Food for Thought
The following was taken from the Biblical Womanhood site:
Dear Friends,
My mom spoke to a small group of women a few weeks ago on not giving up. She gave me permission to share the following which was taken from what she shared:
What is courage? It is a condition of the mind that enables us to encounter danger and difficulties without fear or depression. Courage is determined by what we are thinking upon.
Many of you have probably read Created for Work: Practical Insights for Young Men. The author, Mr. Shultz, has a chapter titled "Sidestepping Discouragement" from which I've taken some of the following thoughts:
Discouraged people (those whose courage has been taken away) think too much about themselves and too little about God."
When discouraged, we get behind; when behind, we get discouraged. A discouraged man doesn't have to wait until he feels joyful to accomplish his work. When you are committed to a job that you don't feel like doing, do it anyway.
Go to work, do a good job, and you emotions usually follow. Discouragement is allowing your mind to keep your body from doing what it ought to do.
Thoughts of disagreeable projects run round and round in the procrastinator's head, getting heavier with each lap.
"I'll write that note some time, make that phone call another day, write those lesson plans when I'm not so tired, start my new diet on Monday, get up early tomorrow, clean out that closet next week."
We can spend more time thinking about what we don't want to do than the time it would take to just do it.
Once allowed into our mind and permitted to stay, one discouraging thought opens the door to others that enter in declaring, "By all means work any other day but not today!"
Ignore your excuses. Ignore your emotions. Pick a disagreeable task on your to-do list and begin to work. Just do it! Often finishing a project is just the thing to overcome discouragement.
-Written by my mom
Bio: My mom, Barb, has been helpmeet to my dad for over 30 years and is the wonderful mother to seven children ages 29 to 9. She's my hero, my role model, and one of my closest friends and biggest cheerleaders. She's by no means perfect, but if I can be half as great of a wife and mom as she is, I'll be more than fulfilled.
Dear Friends,
My mom spoke to a small group of women a few weeks ago on not giving up. She gave me permission to share the following which was taken from what she shared:
What is courage? It is a condition of the mind that enables us to encounter danger and difficulties without fear or depression. Courage is determined by what we are thinking upon.
Many of you have probably read Created for Work: Practical Insights for Young Men. The author, Mr. Shultz, has a chapter titled "Sidestepping Discouragement" from which I've taken some of the following thoughts:
Discouraged people (those whose courage has been taken away) think too much about themselves and too little about God."
When discouraged, we get behind; when behind, we get discouraged. A discouraged man doesn't have to wait until he feels joyful to accomplish his work. When you are committed to a job that you don't feel like doing, do it anyway.
Go to work, do a good job, and you emotions usually follow. Discouragement is allowing your mind to keep your body from doing what it ought to do.
Thoughts of disagreeable projects run round and round in the procrastinator's head, getting heavier with each lap.
"I'll write that note some time, make that phone call another day, write those lesson plans when I'm not so tired, start my new diet on Monday, get up early tomorrow, clean out that closet next week."
We can spend more time thinking about what we don't want to do than the time it would take to just do it.
Once allowed into our mind and permitted to stay, one discouraging thought opens the door to others that enter in declaring, "By all means work any other day but not today!"
Ignore your excuses. Ignore your emotions. Pick a disagreeable task on your to-do list and begin to work. Just do it! Often finishing a project is just the thing to overcome discouragement.
-Written by my mom
Bio: My mom, Barb, has been helpmeet to my dad for over 30 years and is the wonderful mother to seven children ages 29 to 9. She's my hero, my role model, and one of my closest friends and biggest cheerleaders. She's by no means perfect, but if I can be half as great of a wife and mom as she is, I'll be more than fulfilled.
