cholesiesam

to help you do this, answer these three questions:

1. What takes up most of your time and energy? Determine how your activities can be categorized according to the following list: 

a. something i was taught or told I should do

b. something i see other successful people doing

c. something i know i should be doing

2. Are you maximizing your strengths? if you need help determining what your strengths are, seek advice from others who know you well, then ask yourself “am I doing them?” am i growing in my ability to do them? am i enlisting others to do what i cant or  shouldn’t do? 

3. Are you spread out too thin? are you determined to do everything that goes on in every area of your life? is you philosophy “if you want something done right, do it yourself?”

…learn to say NO to things that are not essential. refocus! just keep in mind those that are important :)

-july 25, 2010

They say that the wealthy English Baron Fitzgerland had only one child, a son. when he was a young teenager, the boy’s mother died also. tragically, in his late teens the boy died also. in the meantime, Fitzgerland’s financial holdings greatly increased due to acquiring the artwork of Europe’s greatest masters. before his death, fitzgerland left explicit instructions that an auction be held at which his entire art collection would be sold. a big crowd of prospective buyers gathered. among them were many well-known museum curators and private collectors eager to bid. the artwork was displayed for viewing before the auction began. among the paintings was one that received little attention.it was of poor quality and an unknown local artist. it happened to ba a prtrait of Fitzgerland’s only son. as the auction began the auctioneer read from Fitzgerland’s will, which clearly instructed that the first painting to be sold was of “my beloved son.” because of its poor quality, the painting didn’t receive any bids-except one. the  bidder was the old servant who’d helped raise the boy and had dearly loved him. for less than an english pound he bought the painting. at that point the auctioneer stopped the bidding and asked the attorney to read again from the will. the crowd was hushed when he read, 

“whoever purchases this painting of my son, gets all my art collection-the auction was over!” 

…this was one great story and we can associate it with the story so like Christ

that without Him we have nothing. with Him we have the best of both worlds: this one, and the one to come.

The world needs people who cant be bought; whose word is their bond; who put character above wealth; who possess opinions and a will; who are larger than their vocations; who dont hesitate to take chances; who wont lose their individuality in the crowd; who will be as honest in small things as they are in great things; who will make no compromise with wrong; whose ambitions are not confined to their own selfish desires; who will not say they do it “because everybody else does it” who are true to their friends thru good report and evil report, in adversity as well as in prosperity; who do not believe in shrewdness, cunning and hard halfheartedness are the best qualities for winning success; who are not afraid to stand for the truth even its unpopular; who say “no” with emphasis, even though the rest of the world says “yes”…

STRIVE FOR INTEGRITY not POPULARITY