Regina Brett's Fifty Life Lessons: The Forty-Forth Lesson

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Lesson Number Forty-Four: Envy is a waste of time.  You already have all you need.

I have a difficulty in relating to this because honestly, I do not have everything that other people have, and not all people have what I have, physically and materially speaking. But as to God my savior, the free air that I so infinitely breathe, the nature that I so love to see and be with, we, all of us have this. Envy has no power over these things.

However, envy is not that easy to let down. That is why, in the Ten Commandments of the Christian faith set by God, it is clearly stated to.... "not covet thy neighbor's wife and thy neighbor's goods." It is true that we also love to possess what our neighbor's possess. Instead of envying, God give us the power to appreciate and be happy for our neighbors. Most especially, He give us also the capacity to posses whatever it is we desire as long as it is in accordance with His divine will for us. So instead of focusing on envy, let us focus on the fulfillment of our dreams, wishes and aspirations because they are what make us whole and the best way to the fulfillment of our missions in life.

Stop envying and start getting happy!

   

Charging Forward

"Don't leave your life up to chance. Grab the reigns of your life, and charge gallantly in the direction of your grandest vision." Darren Hardy

Well put by Darren. Presently I am one of Darren Hardy's email recipient of his new year program Designing The Best Ten Years Of Your Life, which is an eight-week installment for free. Here, he gives tips and worksheets on how to point out and clarify our goals and the ways to achieve them. This greatly help me in clarifying my dreams and following the path where God wants me to trod. 

Ten years ago I knew what I wanted to do and what I wanted to become. Yet that ten years swiftly passed and I am still the same dreamer I used to be. Because I just dreamed for the wrong reasons. Most of all I was yet innocent of how life really goes. I thought when you dream, you just watch at the stars above and keep on dreaming until a fairy godmother appears before your unbelieving eyes wagging her magic wand and asks you what do you want. You excitedly tell her your wishes. Then she raises her magic wand and wham! your dream materializes. I was this naive. I have never grown since I read Cinderella and Snow White.  

At least in those ten years I learned what life was not. When I finally said yes to my calling and vowed unto myself to do and act to become the person I so deeply and heartily want, things became clearer. God then sent people to guide me along the way. And Darren Hardy was one of them.

I know and believe deeply in my heart that ten years from now you will celebrate with me for a job well done.

Live Happy!

Zel