Love Always - Coach J
One definition of patience is the ability to endure through difficult situations. This definition is the reason I never wanted patience in my life - I figure why ask to endure difficult situations? Why not tackle them head on? Take the fight to the situation and keep your eyes open to learn the lesson- live life to the fullest! Recently the word patience was broken down for me to finding another's pace. All you are doing is pacing yourself to another speed of action. This is far more tolerable for me and even welcome when I come from the mindset of adjusting my speed to the issue at hand for final resolve. It is not about enduring, it is about recognizing the speed of the situation and dealing with it as is.
Love Always - Coach J
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There is a feeling of renewal at the new year. The past is let go and the future holds excitement. The actual calendar new year is nothing different than the day before and yet we have set a mental program that we use to get a fresh start. Going over this thought as I woke today I asked myself how refreshing it is to take this approach each day. Leave the bad and good of yesterday behind. Fully embrace the potential of today. Be open and aware of the blessing that awaits you today. Driving forward while looking in the rear view mirror is not wise. Come into each day - not just the new year - fully expectant of the miracles that are just awaiting your arrival and permission to activate. Start each day fresh and renewed. Love Always - Coach J Experiencing a new joy through someone you love is so amazing. Watching them learn something new or just watching them be fulfilled and in a joyous place just charges me up. Watching your son catch his first fish, your smallest child build a puzzle on their own, you older children become amazing young adults, and dancing the night away with your wife like you've just met and she has your heart in the palm of her hand all over again feels so good. If you haven't had a first time with the ones you love in a while do so tonight. Buy a something or prepare a new dish for dinner. Lay out a blanket in the floor and have dinner like a picnic with no TV on. Anything to have a first time experience each day with the ones you love. Love Always - Coach J Have you ever had an experience where you were working on something or having a physical experience and the self talk in your head was telling you to quit or give up? Have you ever felt like you are not smart enough or strong enough? I am not sure why that wall is there. Many times I have read and written walls are put up to keep the people out that don't want it bad enough. I know you get stronger and smarter by pushing past that voice and performing regardless of what it says. When those thoughts come (and they come to us all) replace them with positive self talk. Try switching it up just a little from "I'm not smart enough" to "I don't have all the facts yet but I am researching them now" or "I'm not strong enough" to "I can do this one step at a time". When you break it down to stages and look back you will find you are incredibly smarter and stronger than that voice in your head ever believed. Smash the mental wall. Love Always - Coach J Yesterday teaching my youngest son about giving we were going through clothes that he had outgrown that we would donate. As I looked around his room I knew it was time for him to learn to part with some of the toys he has accumulated. As I laid out his impressive hot wheels collection I had two show boxes, one for "other kids" and one for him. He lined all the cars up and started slow at first picking up one car and talking about it then deciding if he would give it away or not. As he placed the first car in the giving box he began to move rapidly through all of the cars and before I knew what was happening all of them were in the giving box. I figured he misunderstood so I explained that he was giving them all away to other kids, to which he said "Okay". So I went through this scenario a few more times going as far as asking about specific cars "Are you sure you don't want to keep this one?" and he would say no. I found my lesson to him end up being one for me. My giving heart had a limit and his did not. Care for what you teach your children as they will take it and multiply the lesson. Love Always - Coach J A wife was made to help the husband. When you consider this it is important to understand that the husband must be engaged in his work - he God given passion and purpose. When he has his path and work he can have a helper. A helper must be just as strong or stronger to assist you. On this blog I often push you to find your work, but today let us celebrate the help that gives us a lift and enables us to more than we ever could alone. Love Always - Coach J The process of birthing a child is called labor. Sometimes this can last a few hours and others it can last days. Sometimes the woman is cut open to have the baby removed. Reflecting on the labor it takes to birth a child how amazing is it that a woman will have more than one child, or even just the first one? This shows us the beauty and connection created during this process. A selfless service that brings life to Earth. The beauty in the Mother child relationship is an awesome thing to consider. Love Always - Coach J Should you base your realistic expectations on past events? Doesn't that make sense that you would? If "X" has been happening every time you "Y" then every time you perform "Y" you have a realistic expectation of the result. What if you go into "Y" with a clear understand of the past result and alter your execution slightly to record the outcome will you still receive a realistic outcome? Is having a realistic expectation holding you back? What if we became bold and set our realistic expectations unreasonably beautiful and beyond imagination? What a reality we would live in... Love Always - Coach J |
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