Motivation
"I'll wait until the kids grow up"
"I'll wait until I'm married"
"I'll wait until I'm divorced"
"I'll wait until I lose weight"
"I'll wait until I finish my education"
"I'll wait until all my bills are paid"
"I'll wait until everybody approves of me"
"I'll wait until times get better"
"I'll wait until there are no obstacles"
"I'll wait until the weekend"
"I'll wait until my birthday, vacation, retirement"
"I'll wait until I have more time"
The time is now. Things in life won't get better until you get better.
Don't put your happiness on lay-away. Don't wait to wear your best only on special ocassions.
If you have to go somewhere alone, that's alright. Just show up!
If you have to work on your education, new business, dream or hobby part time, then do it part time, just get started.
If you don't start fulfilling some of your internal needs and dreams,
you'll start to feel resentment, depression, anger, sickness and frustration.
Today is a great day. You are still breathing and alive. Have your dreams died? Has your hope, faith, trust and love in God died?
Stand up right now where you are, open your mouth, shout, dance, move,
sing, smile, look all around, take a deep breathe.... snap out of it! Snap out of feeling in a rut. Stop feeling deprived, feeling sick and tired, feeling inadequate, feeling stuck, feeling hopeless, feeling unhappy. It's not too late. It's not that bad! Life's not that hard, we make it hard.
Stop waiting "to get ready." If you want something out of life, go for it now. It's a process, one step at a time. You get ready by taking action.
Don't waste another day putting your life, goals, happiness, gratitude, love, actions, dreams, forgiveness, praise, thanksgiving, leaps of faith, ideas and self-care on hold. "The more you wait, the more you lose."
(excerpt from motivational book "Success Gems" by Jewel Diamond Taylor) |
