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  • 28th February, 2025

    Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.

    Napoleon Hill

    Life is chaotic and unpredictable, if you think you can plan most of it, you’re wrong. Life is like a game of chess, you are limited by how far into the future you can plan and often times you have to adapt your plan or even change it completely depending on the situations you encounter along the way.

    Just think about how much simple daily plans can be disturbed, let alone life plans like when to have children, when to marry, when to buy a house etc. There is no such thing as perfect timing, there is always something stopping you, dragging you, whispering in your ear “You shouldn’t do it just yet, maybe tomorrow.”

    Let’s cast those doubts aside and have a little more faith in ourselves (as well as in GOD) and give ourselves a little more credit. I won’t go too deep into this topic as I will be writing a more detailed article about this in the following days, so for now all I have to say is have a lovely Friday, hopefully your work week ended and now you have some time to rest over the weekend.

  • 27th February, 2025

    For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

    Jeremiah 29:11

    It is foolish to think that any situation you find yourself in can be more powerful than God. He has the power to help you, but we need to be willing to be helped first.

    When you find yourself in a seemingly desperate situation, kneel down, pray and cry to God. When you are living out the darkest scenarios (whether in reality or in your mind), embrace that darkness, it’s the best time to find your light in prayer.

    Quick personal example

    I started my professional career training to be an air traffic controller. It was a perfect job for me and one that I wanted for a long time. The training is tough, the work is very fast paced and exhausting.

    One day I had a rough hour at work that made me doubt myself. At break time, I went to one of our bedrooms at work (they’re there for night shift) and cried. At that point I thought I won’t get through the training and that my career will be over.

    I was worried because I have a family of my own to support and that is a extremely well paid job I’d be losing. At the time I wasn’t really practicing my Christianity regularly. I was a bad believer and a big sinner, but a believer nonetheless. I knelt down next to the bed and had a very long and emotional prayer.

    I specifically remember asking God:

    “I don’t know if I will make it through the training, I love this job so much and I’d love to keep it so please help me. BUT I love my family more, so if your will is that I don’t do this for a living so be it, so please don’t make my wife and daughter suffer. Just take care of them and I will work whatever job you send my way.

    That is the whole point of this quote, to keep trying to align yourself with a God’s plan for us. I did lose that job about 8-9 months later and I felt awful for a long time. However, I used that to strengthen my faith and relationship to God. Since then my life started to improve and opportunities started coming my way. The type of opportunities that I couldn’t have ever imagined for myself, but God did.

    Conclusion

    Letting go of your view of the future and giving in to God’s plan is one of the hardest things to do. You won’t be perfect in it, you’ll stumble, but remember to stay persistent. God has planned something for you so good that you won’t believe you deserve it.

    Have a lovely Thursday my dear reader and stay tuned. In a few days I’ll publish an article about God’s plan, destiny and our free will.

  • 26th February, 2025

    When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

    Isaiah 43:2

    Those who have faith in God and Jesus Christ will be protected and helped when in need.

    I have more than one example of God helping me when I had no more strength to fight. The most recent one was about two weeks ago. Here is the short story what happened:

    Context

    I came home from work and I was exhausted(partly because I haven’t slept well). My wife had some errands to do so I was home alone with my daughter. She just woke up and was full of energy, so much so that I didn’t know how to keep up with her.

    What did I do?

    I dropped to my knees and had one of my purest prayers ever.

    I had prayed my usual prayers (Lord’s Prayer, Hail Mary…) and then I usually follow up with a “free speech” prayer. It’s my short statement in which I express my gratefulness for everything God does for me. It’s also a part in which I would talk about what bothers me and with what I need help.

    That day I said something like this:

    “…Please God help me today with my daughter. Give me enough strength and endurance to keep up with her energy until her bedtime. Don’t let her suffer from my lack of attention…

    What was the result?

    The more I was going into it and the more I was speaking from the heart the better I felt. Suddenly I felt a burst of warmth and energy spreading from my chest throughout my body. Once I was done praying, it felt like I just woke up from a long sleep, fully rested and energized.

    Feeling this, I just looked up, thanked God for His miracle, wiped my tears and went on with the day. That day God gave me more than I asked for, because not only was I fully energized with my daughter but I also had the strength to spend some time with my wife later that night.

    Conclusion

    Ask God for help when you need it, but don’t forget to also express your gratefulness for Him. Walk the earth with your faith centered in Him, don’t be ashamed of your fate no matter what and He will protect you.

    Have a lovely Wednesday and if you like what you see come back tomorrow.

  • 25th February, 2025

    It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

    Theodore Roosevelt

    Think about something that you really wanted to have or something that you really wanted to achieve, you did your best but failed nonetheless. That must have felt awful and it might have even felt like you’ve hit rock bottom. Now think about the different time when you also really wanted something but never bothered to pursue that wish or you just plain out convinced yourself that you are not worthy.

    Today’s quote obviously gives a clue to where I’m going with this but I’ll ask the question regardless:

    What feels worse, the feeling of failure or the feeling of regret of not trying?

    Well for me I know it is the latter. No matter how “rock bottomly” failure might feel, at least it gives me one very important thing and that is CLOSURE. It gives me the ability to move on and close that chapter so that I can focus on the new one. It eliminates all of the “What if?” questions.

    Conclusion

    I know none of these quotes can magically change the way you think, you are the only one capable of changing yourself. I do, however, hope that they might spark you into thinking about changing something (if there is a need to).

    Try to go after something that you always wanted, you can always start with something small. You will regret it if you don’t start with anything, and that, my dear reader, will hurt… A LOT.

    Have a lovely Tuesday and come back tomorrow 🙂

  • 24th February, 2025

    You are not obligated to win. You’re obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.

    Jason Mraz

    Success is not guaranteed in every endeavor, and it is unwise to presume otherwise. Such a mindset can lead to unnecessary distress and potentially result in significant self-esteem problems.

    You can however try your best every day. Definition of everything you can do will not be the same every day. Some days you will move mountains and some days you will just clean your room. The important part is to keep a promise that you gave to yourself.

    If that promise is success then that’s a promise that’s hard to keep and failing to keep it can lead to discouragement. However, if the promise you gave to yourself is simple I will give my best every day, then that promise is far more realistic and feasible.

    In the end, don’t beat yourself up about failures, they are just something that gives flavor to the upcoming success. Now look to your daily life. What can you improve and in what areas can you give a little more of yourself? Have a lovely Monday everyone 🙂