Things turn out the best for those who make the best of the way things turn out.
Dr John Maxwell says that if there's hope in the future there is power in the present. The reason is simple: Hope in the future has a dramatic impact on your thinking today. Your thinking today determines your performance today, and your performance today has a direct bearing on your future. Dr Tony Campolo of Eastern College in Pennsylvania says that your past is important because it brought you to where you are, but as important as your past is, it is not nearly as important as the way you see your future. He is saying, "I understand the problems of your past. I know that you were abused as a child, raised by alcoholic parents, suffered through bankruptcy, depression, and/or alcoholism. You've gone through one or more divorces. All of these things are traumatic events that affect the way you think and the way you act." In no way is Dr Campolo denying any of the impact of your past, because many of those events are extremely significant. However, he is saying that despite all these things, the way you see your future is even more important.
John Johnson, publisher and owner of Ebony magazine and one of the four hundred wealthiest men in in America, says that "men and women are limited not by the place of their birth, not by the color of their skin, but by the size of their hope."
Make friends with your past so you can focus on today, which will make your tomorrows even better. If you are familiar with my material, you realize that my nature is that of an optimist -- I just can't see any point in being pessimistic. I'm not talking about denial of reality; what I am talking about is facing reality, but facing it in an optimistic way.
It may be true that most people can't handle prosperity, but it is also true that most people don't have to.
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Dear parents, if today you realise that you have made a mistake in your parenting style, it is not too late to change. The problem is, you may not want to change. Don't give yourself excuses. Acknowledge your mistake and move on.
