Change is a long game. It all starts with a thought.&nbsp; When we transform our thoughts, we transform our world. &nbsp;Let&#39;s start with today&#39;s transformation.&nbsp; Let&#39;s start it right now.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Let&#39;s think about change.&nbsp; Change is a long game. It&#39;s not something that&#39;s going to happen overnight in many cases. And I&#39;m talking about transformational change. This means self-help, personal development, growth in areas that you lack. &nbsp; Let&#39;s understand that when we start these journeys of change, we really want to change now and we get discouraged when we have these hiccups, these burps, these moments in time where we lack judgment. You&#39;ve got to be tender on yourself at the same time being strict with yourself. It&#39;s a love hate relationship. When we go into change, if we really truly want to transform, expect to take baby steps and expect to fall many times. Just like when we learn to walk for the first time. We&#39;re going to trip, we&#39;re going to fall and changes just like that. &nbsp; Also, when we take the time to reflect during these periods of change, we can see transformation actually happens over long periods of time.&nbsp;&nbsp; These periods of change, they bring up really troubled thoughts, really troubled times. And yes, we have to sort it all out. We have to weed through the garden, if you will. If there&#39;s a bad weed, it&#39;s going to take nutrients from other plants in your garden that needs that vital nutrients. So just like a muddy shoe walking down a path, it gets caked with mud, it gets heavy. &nbsp; A lot of the times we have to stop, we have to wipe that mud off and then our journey gets lighter. We&#39;ve got to do that with people, places and things.&nbsp; Really take an inventory on those things. People, places and things that are about your life surrounding you every day.&nbsp; This is where change comes. And you know the important thing to remember is the only person that can initiate change in personal development is yourself. Don&#39;t expect someone else to hold you accountable. Don&#39;t expect somebody to hold your hand and nurse you through this change. Either you want it or you don&#39;t, and that&#39;s critical to understand when you start your journey down the path of change. &nbsp; It&#39;s going to hurt and it&#39;s going to feel like you want to give up. But I can tell you, after many years of this transformative change for myself, it gets easier. And boy, pretty soon you&#39;re running down the path and you&#39;re taking your shoes off so you don&#39;t collect as much mud. The mud just flies off. It&#39;s just like that. And you have to take time to nurture yourself through the early stages of change.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Be easy on yourself, but yet be accountable. This is what change is about. And if you truly want change, you can&#39;t change without the accountability.&nbsp;&nbsp; So long game is the focus here. &nbsp; <span s

Remember, Shame and Guilt are warning signs! &nbsp; What are shame and guilt? I&rsquo;m not talking about shaming! (That&rsquo;s for another day.) Shame 1 a: a painful emotion caused by the consciousness of guilt. b: the susceptibility to such emotion &ndash; Such as, have you no shame? 2 : a condition of humiliating disgrace or disrepute &ndash; Such as, the shame of being arrested. 3 a: something that brings censure or &nbsp;reproach also: something to be regretted. b: a cause of feeling shame &nbsp; Guilt 1 : the fact of having committed a breach of conduct, especially violating the law and involving a penalty &ndash; Such as, A jury will determine the defendant&#39;s guilt or innocence. or broadly: guilty conduct 2 a: the state of one who has committed an offense especially consciously. Such as, His guilt was evident all over his face. b: feelings of deserving blame, especially for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy. &nbsp; https://podcreations.website

The phrase &quot;steady at the helm&quot; is used to describe someone who is in charge or has the command, like steering a ship. It can also refer to having strong, unwavering discipline and control. *** Today more than ever we need to be steady at the helm. Right now, we are in a political season, although it seems that we have been in a &ldquo;Political Season&rdquo; for many years now and we are seeing the backlash of our lack of discipline and control. I&rsquo;m sure that many of you understand what I mean when I say this. For this reason, we need to look at what has been driving us to be so immature in our responsibilities, you can see it everywhere and it is getting dangerous. As we age, we worry about our long-term safety and security. This alone can make the decisions we have to make harder as we watch the fabric of our institutions crumble and become more openly distorted. We are bearing witness to the immoral boundaries being rapidly overtaken by forces that have no allegiance to anything other than greed and the lack of good morals. It is time for strong, unwavering discipline and control. Have you looked at the national debt clock lately? Where do you see disciplines and control? As we witness the circumstances, it should make you pause with great concern. Have you witnessed the lack of discipline and control in our Justice system, letting petty crimes sore as they narrow the focus of all departments to political-style attacks? I could go on for hours about how our systems and institutions are failing in so many ways. Every one of the issues we face should be about the safety and security of each one of us, however, we have let the wrong influence take control of every aspect of our societies. This topic is a big one to talk about, and that is why we need to bring back some Sand, Grit, and backbone to our way of life. The easy convenient lifestyle is by choice! Just think about that. &nbsp;

As many people along with myself. Saying reflection is a must to better ourselves. It&#39;s time to do a little bit of thinking on that concept. I think we really need to go further. With this. Reflection is great. It&#39;s how we grow. However. I think you need reflection. With accountability. This is extremely important. A lot of people live in a bubble that they create. Because they never. Get accountability for their reflection. What do I mean by that? A lot of us, we find comfort in understanding. Ourselves. However, we can&#39;t truly understand ourselves. If we don&#39;t listen to the people around us. These people that we interact with day-to-day. We need to reflect with their impression also. We need to find out what people think about us in order to understand. How we truly are. Or what some perceive us to be. Is it a facade? Are you being somebody who you&#39;re not? This is the trap that many people get. Stuck in? They reflect. But they only reflect on those things that they remember how they see things. This is dangerous if you truly want to fix yourself. You&#39;ve got to incorporate the thoughts of others. For instance. My wife and I, we&#39;ve been through some roller coasters, ups and downs. It&#39;s part of life. However. When I started down the journey of self-discovery. Self-help. In transformation. I was trying to reflect. On the way I saw things. How I understood things. This was a trap. And I got stuck in this for quite some time. And then I realized. It&#39;s part of the roller coaster. If you do not. Listen to others how they see. What went on in your life? You&#39;re just going to loop back until you fix it. It&#39;s a perpetual cycle that can&#39;t be ignored. Many of us. Want to ignore? What we can&#39;t take? We can&#39;t take. And sometimes taking criticism. About us. We find that offensive. This itself is a trap. Sometimes criticism is offensive, and sometimes that criticism should not be there. Constructive criticism. Comes from those closest to you. I remember getting mad a few times. When I was put in check with my attitude. However. Nothing was going to change until I accepted. That other people saw the other side of the coin. And I needed to really incorporate that into my understanding to get a full entire picture of how things happen in my past. This way I can direct a better a brighter future that is better for myself and the people around me. Reflection is very important and I think it&#39;s vital that we all incorporate what those people that are closest to us. Really think about us. And you should have these conversations. You should find out. What people think of you? And, you know, often I say I don&#39;t care what people think of me, and that is true. However. There&#39;s also falseness to that because it&#39;s important to understand what people think of you. Because it&#39;s the only way to get a well-rounded picture of who you truly are. So yes. I say reflect often. Reflect. With accountability. Bring those closest to you into your conversation. And bring accountability. To what you&#39;re trying. To change. You will be amazed. At how far you will go. Once you accept. The other side of the coin. Reflection. With accountability. I&#39;ll see next time.

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Are you a winner? Each of us has our ideas of what a winner is. Sometimes I look at what is presented to us as a winner, and I am shocked. It makes me wonder how we got to this thinking and how far can this kind of thought go. Winning is never about the prize or the praise, although it does help when we are recognized for our overall performance. Winners understand how many losses come with just a single win. Overcoming all the obstacles that hold us back from that ultimate win, is what a win is all about. Winners should never brag about winning, but we find people bragging about the simple wins and never really finding an understanding of how the win came. Don&rsquo;t get me wrong here, being proud and sharing your win with others is not a bad thing, but if we allow our ego to take over a lot of the time it can go way too far. Winners are eager to help others that might be following the same path as you have. This is a big part of winning! Taking time to give back is a great way to help improve not only yourself but the people around you who might need your help. So often in our world today this simple practice is forgotten or overlooked to pursue a little extra for themselves. Winners do not gossip or talk about others to find acceptance from others. If you find yourself engaging in such behavior, ask yourself why and be aware of your behavior. If you find yourself around people who are engaging in this behavior, understand that what you allow yourself to be around is what you will become. So, ask yourself, are you a winner? The choices that we make in every situation are what tell us if we are. Healthy choices will help us set healthy boundaries and in turn, you will find yourself feeling more like a winner and ultimately will allow us to love and forgive more. Conclusion: Being a winner happens every day not just during some competition. The struggle is real, and it happens to all of us. Being aware of what we are always doing and making the best choices that we can, is one way to know that you are in the right competition.

When we think of a garden people&#39;s minds tend to have such a different idea of what a garden is. And as we get deeper into spring and summer, many of us will find ourselves in the garden. Today I want to concentrate on a garden because I feel that we can miss so many things that we would never associate with a garden. For me, a garden is a place of healing, relaxation, contemplation, and most of all a place to help me get closer to nature and God. I find myself picturing the relationship that Adam had with God in the garden, and it makes me more understanding of my faults or even weakness. A garden can be whatever you want it to be, all it takes is action. That might sound a little clich&eacute;, however, let&#39;s take a deeper dive and see. You see, I feel a garden is about a place that you are at peace in, when you can feel at peace it is a mental garden that we should nurture and care for, protecting it at all costs. When we first start building our garden, it is very easy to make simple mistakes that can feel devastating, however, it is the joy of learning that we can&rsquo;t fully understand as we are making the mistake. I often associate a garden with life and how we must take the time and care to build the dream that we see for our garden or lives. This is when we can turn what we perceive as a failure into the building blocks of our foundations. Dreams just like gardens take time to mature into that beautiful garden or life of our dreams. Never rush a long-term plan. Many times, in life just like the garden we might start building what we see as the best way to achieve our long-term outcome, however, about halfway through it the plans must change to get the desired outcome for the long term. Change is never going to be easy, and yes it can through a few wrinkles in your day or even year. This is the time when we can take a moment and enjoy the beauty, taking the time to reflect can revitalize you and give you that boost you might need. When we start changing our thinking on what life is and why we are here, we can start living the dream life that we are inspired by. Life is just like a garden, what we do with it is what it will respond with. The size or the amount you receive from your garden is all in the planning and preparations. The plan can change but the garden never happens if you don&rsquo;t put the work in and start one. When you have a desire to put meaning and order into your life, it will always require personal commitment and action. Conclusion: The sooner you see your life becoming a beautiful garden, the sooner your dream will come true. All it takes is one step at a time, and remember, never count the steps, reflect on and enjoy the steps!

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