I’ve discovered an interesting parallel down through the years that I invite you to consider today.  To stay physically fit we must engage in physical calisthenics on a regular basis. The same also exist when it comes to our mental health and fitness, we must also engage in mental calisthenics.

These calisthenics include the programming and reprogramming of our minds.  Downloading the mental software that will empower and equip us to succeed in the days ahead is paramount.  And we must not forget to delete spam and junk-mail and erroneous information that may slow down our mental processing system.

Yes, it always has been and always will be our own responsibility to protect our mental computers from random viruses and hackers that would want nothing more than to compromise our positive hard-drive and corrupt our delicate mental software programs.  Be sure to maintain a topnotch firewall because random attacks are inevitable.

So the key question today is, will you be ready when your attack comes?  My unsolicited advice is not to “get ready” but to “stay ready” for an attack and you will ultimately live to tell the story of how you overcame and became something extraordinary.

Let’s continue in our unrelenting efforts to upgrade our mental computers on a regular basis as we all attempt to make it GREAT!

As I stumble my way through this life I’ve had the good fortune of coming across people who are sooooo negative that they oftentimes miss the meaning of the spoken and written positive messages because they’re too busy checking for errors in spelling, grammar and enunciation.  Yes, I think of these casual encounters with these negative people as “good fortune” because it reminds me that I can never allow myself to travel down that hill, for it is a very slippery slope indeed.  The unfortunate reality is that some individuals have been submerged so deep under the dangerous waters of negativity for so long that they may not even know that they’re drowning.

The good news is that people aren’t actually born this way.  It’s a direct result of over-exposure to negativity in their respective environments.  The laws of association suggest that it’s almost impossible to dwell in a negative environment around negative people for an extended amount of time and not develop into a negative person yourself.  

But take heart my friends, if you make an honest effort to change your environment or immerse yourself into positive things and surround yourself with people who are positive and uplifting and encouraging, you can totally reverse the affects of the negativity affliction.  So yes there is hope for a full recovery. 

Does this sound like anyone you know?   Hmmmm…  No need to point any fingers or call any names, just make sure you know the rules of the game and stay in the “right” lane and avoid unnecessary pain.   🙂

One of the best things you can do for a friend, family member or foe is to place this book in their hands.  You never know it just might change their life.  So reserve your autographed copy today and let’s all do our part to help others make it GREAT too!

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NEWS BULLETIN:  Our church’s, synagogue’s, tabernacles, masques, temples and sanctuaries are not our mission fields.  These are just the places that we go to fellowship and to be empowered and equipped with the inspiration, motivation and education to be better and do better.  Our mission field is and always has been and will be out into the world at large.

It never ceases to amaze me how often I see others making very little effort to apply the things that they learn from their spiritual and religious proctors, priest, prophets and pamphlets.  The kindness and compassion that’s being taught inside the “good book” and the four walls of our religious institutions is not meant to stay there, for to “know” and not do is the same as not knowing at all.

Let’s all recommit to make our best efforts to apply that which we learn to our respective mission fields of our workplace and communities and the world at large so that others might see us and want to know more about the one who we represent.  GREAT DAY!!!

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I’ve realized that sometimes the most important conversation you could ever have during times of crisis and adversity in your life is the one you have with yourself.  The conversation where you convince yourself that you can overcome and become something greater in the process of it all.  The conversation where you influence and persuade yourself to believe that such struggles and challenges are allowed on your journey through this “life” thing only to make you stronger and more resilient.

The act of talking to yourself has been villainized for far too long.  It’s time to clear up an undeserving, old, negative image about self-talkers and get the story straight.  I sincerely believe that talking to yourself is a vitally important skill set.  The great ones know something that most people don’t know and they’ve made an effort to master the self-talk-technique and turned it into a little-known overlooked art form.   

Yes, the schizophrenic symptom of hearing voices can be a good thing when the voices in your own head are urging and cheering you on and reminding you that you’re an overcomer.  So I say to you today and everyday here forward.  Don’t be afraid of what others are saying and thinking about you when they see you having a good-old-fashioned power-chat with the man in the mirror.  Don’t be apprehensive about what others are thinking when they see you getting pumped up in your car or truck with no music on.  We do things today that most don’t so we can accomplish things tomorrow that most won’t.

Be encouraged today and continue to lean forward with confidence and make this good day a GREAT day.

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