Trust in the vision of your dreams and press ahead with eager eyes...

Trust in the vision of your dreams and press ahead with eager eyes.

Spread out your wings to reach the skies.

Turn your back on yesterday, forgetting all its shame.

You must make a new brand start, free from all guilt and shame.

There are no obstacles too great for you to override, no mountain range that you cannot cross to reach the other side.

Only the brave achieve great things, so go and seek your goal. You cannot miss the goal you seek.

Just play your role, if in your heart you think of a great dream, think of no defeat.

If lofty visions stir your mind, success is at your feet.

If you believe in honest work and life’s goals set right; if you don’t idle time away, success is in your sight.

If you trust in God when days are dark, when you cannot see the end;

If you believe you will reach the stars no matter how far,

SUCCESS IS YOURS!

It does not interest me what you do for a living....

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain! I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it, or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see beauty even when it's not pretty, every day, and if you can source your own life from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, “Yes!”
It doesn't interest me to know where you live or how much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.”

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

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Often many people have no plan or purpose. However, if you can see your dreams, I mean really see it in your mind's eyes, it's yours.

When goal goes, meaning goes; when meaning goes, purpose goes; when purpose goes, life goes dead on our hands -Dr. Carl Jung.

If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief. -Oprah Winfrey

Know what Fills or Drains you.....

1. Know what Fills or Drains your tank.

• Write it down.
• When schedule gets busier, increase your play or your fills.
• Know when you are filling your tank: what are you doing, with whom are you with and where you are.
• Understand also what fills your partner's tank

2.    Understand balance in life.

• Follow the lead of the Holy Spirit. Put your heart where there's pressure 'fulcrum'. 
• Work on your life issues in a balanced way. 

3. Lead out of rest

• Schedule your break first, before your busy schedule.
• Ideas are birthed at rest. 
• Ensure you sleep on the right side of the clock.

4. Find a lightning rod

• Have people to communicate with.
• Book an appointment with them.
• You may choose older people; and let the electric charge of problems be grounded.

5. Redescipline your daily devotions

• Life jounaling
• While reading scripture use the acronym (SOAP) to note down the (S)cripture that speaks to you, (O)bservations you make (A)pplication in your life (P)rayer-write down a prayer
• If  you don't spend time with God, you may make permanent decisions from temporary setbacks.

If you don't spend time with God, you may make permanent decisions from temporary setbacks.

As long as you are doing something worthwhile, living authentically, trying to find your way and place in the Universe while making mistakes, there will always be detractors, some valid, some just spiteful. But one must never be derailed from one's life's purpose, mission and journey in life.

Empty hearts never stopped anyone. Only empty heads and minds.

Remember, in living a happy life....

Remember, in living a happy life:

1. Family and friends are more important than work.
2. You need to do what you love doing.
3. Exercise everyday.
4. Eat healthy.
5. Spend less, save more. Live simply and modestly.
6. Only study what you are truly passionate about.
7. Always live in the moment.

Always live in the moment. Make time to do the things you love, no matter how busy you are.

Prioritize your relationships over work, because they are what bring real meaning to your life.

Happiness is not about wealth, status or possessions. It's about focusing on what really matters in life.

We are all human, but we are all different trying to make sense of this world we live in.

Nothing is permanent. Don't wallow in lows because that shall pass.

Shake off your past, and move on.

The road to success is Patience, Hardwork and Determination.

Ability is what you are capable of doing, Motivation determines what you do, and

Ability is what you are capable of doing,
Motivation determines what you do, and
ATTITUDE determines how well you do it.
With the combination of all these three,
nothing would stand in your way to success.

Don't be fulfilled by your permanent position. This is your time to wake up early, to innovate and to be productive.

Making your 20s most memorable

Enjoy your 20s. Take advantage of what you have: energy, idealism, enthusiasm, willingness to experiment, desire to learn and grow.
1. Travel the world
Travel cheap, use hostels.Take a road trip
2. Do something physically dangerous and do it OUTSIDE
Push your body to the limit. You won't gain anything by watching all movie series.
3. Do volunteer work
4. Take your parents for dinner
5. Drive a wickedly cool car, one that turns heads, even if its only for a day.
6. Take risks with your job
Get into the career you dreamt of doing. Enter into business with your classmates
7. Use this decade to go to extremes.
Climb the tallest mountain. Picnic at midnight. Talk to strangers.
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Enjoy your twenties. Live in the present. Don't wish so much for the future but enjoy where you are now and what you are doing.

http://www.schaefersblog.com/20-things-to-do-in-your-20s/

When you give, it is not that you have extra, it is because God is the one who supplies.

We give because we declare dependence on God. It is never money that supplies our needs, it is God.

When money controls you, you are emotional. Your happiness is dependent on money.

When you say one day I'll give when I have money, trust me, you'll never have it.

It's not how much your earn, it's what you allow God to do with it.

Know Yourself.

You don't need to know everything; just know enough.

Don't think you are, know you are. Free your mind. Let it all go; Fear, Doubt, Disbelief.

There's a real world. But we have to be unplugged, come out of this world, be born a new and be refreshed.

Everyone of us was created for something bigger than ourselves. When you know your purpose, you stop living for your paycheck.

I choose not to build a monument of my past.

Other than being human, be humanitarian.

Give, Give, Give!
Be charitable. Visit hospitals, elderly homes, orphanages.
Give during holidays, give during happy and sad occasions, give every time.

Always share with others. That is the true essence of life.
(speaker on Charity, at Nairobi Toast Masters Club (NTC) #TransformationAtToastmasters)
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When we think of giving, we only think of ourselves first,

When we think of giving, we only think of ourselves first, but what about others?

You never fulfill anything if you never start anything

You never fulfill anything if you never start anything.

Not Caring About Others Opinions

Live your life to the fullest. Do not care what people say to you such that you want to change yourself to become who they want you to be.
(Rachael, while undertaking her internship at Old Mutual)

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Live life to the fullest
30 ways to live your life to the fullest
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