Great teachers connect with their students on a deep level, they care about them, and they know what they are talking about. Great teachings inspire a lifetime of learning and encourage us to think deeply and actually apply what we’ve learned.
In the New Testament Matthew reminds us that where your treasure is, there will your heart be also… We have been given the great gift of agency.
We have the power to choose good or bad. We can choose to be happy or not. We can choose to fail or to learn. This is the one gift no one can take from us—the power to choose.
From the time we are small we are taught to be nice. Our parents and other teachers in our lives encourage us to make good choices and to be kind in our interactions with other people. This is for a good reason. Kindness not only benefits the recipients of our actions, but it also has a positive effect on us and anyone who witnessed the act of kindness too.
While the triggers may be different, any situation we perceive as threatening, or that requires us to adjust or change, can set off stress. It often creeps in quietly through the back door and before we know it we feel overwhelmed with the burdens that have seemingly mounded up from nowhere.
Since comparison is the thief of joy, and that is what makes life so fulfilling, let us stop missing out on life! Let’s be brave and dare NOT to compare. Let’s embrace the gift of being who we are!
Sometimes we are our own worst enemy. Our discouragement and doubt can drown out our desire to find success. (Photo Credit ©Julia Rosenlof)
![As a young teen, I was taught to begin with the end in mind. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”[3] Our goals and resolutions should reflect the type of person we are working on becoming. Rather than the typical motivations, consider your desires. Desire goes beyond just wanting to make something happen, it is a deep commitment or determination to act. Select one new desirable habit, virtue or characteristic. Don’t go overboard – but find something to focus on that matters to you.](https://www.choosingwisdom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ChoicesForChange.jpg)
There is something about the clean slate of a new year that causes most to reflect on the past and determine what we would like to accomplish in the year ahead.
As I reached the top my daughter saw my labored breathing. I told her that I felt sick and thought I was going to pass out, to which she replied “Mom you’ve just got to breathe.”
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