One More...

*This Video is from Cartoon Networks "Baby Looney Tunes" Ep. title "Creature from the Chocolate Chip" Readers only need to watch up to 2:20 to get the point of post. Although I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to watch the whole thing ;-) *









      Haven't you found your self in that situation before? You convince yourself that "one more" won't hurt, than all of the sudden you have eaten all of the cookies! Or maybe this sounds familiar "just ten more minutes, then I'll get off Pintrest." I believe this is human nature, I will admit to having this problem. However who says it has to be a problem? With the right focus, this could be a useful tool in our every day lives. I realized recently that i have been doing this for years and never knew it. I am a slow reader, always have been, so to get through long books i tell myself "one more page" and before I know it I am at the end of the book. I caught myself doing this same thing on the treadmill the other ;day. I had set to walk 30 minutes, and at about 15 minutes i wanted to quit; but I told myself saying "one more minute" until the 30 minutes were up. I will admit I was surprised by the power of self motivation.
     The applications to this technique are endless! Think about it; do you struggle with Daily Bible reading, simply tell your self "one more chapter" until you reach your daily goal and not only have you done your reading, you feel a great sense of accomplishment and want to do it again. Perhaps you have already been using this motivation technique and were not aware of it, but whether you have been doing for years or never tried this here is my challenge to you: TRY IT!! simply pick an aspect of your life that you struggle to get through and tell yourself "one more" whether it is reading a chapter or making it another minute/hour through work or school, I think you will be surprised by the power of your own motivation! Hope everyone has a Blessed day! #faithhopelove

2012

     The New Year has come. It is during this time when people think about themselves, and what they want to change/improve on. These "resolutions" take many forms and are different for many people. For instance I have had a New Year's Resolution to stop biting my finger nails for about 5 years now...Although I will admit to never trying harder than thinking "I probably should stop biting my nails" Sad as it is to say, but that's about the extent of most  people's resolutions. Sure they really mean it at first, and may even get through the month of January, even February. However the majority of people will "fall off the bandwagon" rather quickly.

     According to Webster's dictionary Resolution means "firmness of purpose". In order for us to make a true resolution we must FIRMLY be committed to it, the occasional "I think I should..." is not going to cut it. So here is my New Year's Challenge for myself and my readers (all 8 of you) Let's make a resolution to be committed to our resolutions! Perhaps the best way to do that is to involve God in Our resolutions, pray to keep them. I will. Let's make 2012 count and leave our broken resolutions behind.

God Bless 2012!