Welcome to the blog of Pastor Alton Stone, from Simpsonville, SC. Pastor Stone is a retired Ordained Bishop of The Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee with over 45 years of pastoral ministry.

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Some Things You Ought To Remind Yourself Of Everyday (Part 1)

Some Things You Ought To Remind Yourself Of Everyday (Part 1)
Life is not easy.
-Hard work makes people’s dreams turn into reality. 
Decide to start every morning ready to run farther than you did yesterday and fight harder than you ever have before. The bigger the dream the harder you need to work to fulfill it.
-You will fail sometimes. 
The faster you accept this, the faster you can get on with being brilliant.  You’ll never be sure it will work, but you can always be sure doing nothing won’t work.  So get out there and do something!  Either you succeed or you learn an important lesson. 
-The day you stop learning is the day you stop living. 
Embrace new information, think about it and use it to advance yourself. The more you know the better prepared you are to succeed in your attempts.
-Tomorrow may never come.  
Right now, someone is planning something for tomorrow without realizing they’re going to die today.  This is sad but true.  So spend your time wisely today and pause long enough to appreciate it.
-There’s not much you can control.
Wasting your time, talent and emotional energy on things that are beyond your control is a recipe for frustration, misery and stagnation.  Invest your energy in the things you can control and do your best. Conquerors never quit because they can’t control everything around them.
-Knowledge comes from experience. 
You can discuss something a hundred times, but those discussions will only give you a philosophical understanding.  You must experience a task firsthand to truly know how it works and the consequences that come from it.
-You can’t be successful without providing value.  
Don’t waste your time trying to be successful, spend your time creating value.  When you’re valuable to the world around you, you will be successful in all that you do.
-Someone else will always have more than you. 
Whether it’s money, friends or whatever you’re collecting, there will always be someone who has more than you.  Remember that it’s not how many or much you have, it’s how passionate you are about collecting them.  It’s all about the journey.

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