“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear”

The value of each moment

Imagine that on each a bank deposited an amount in your account to use as you please. Imagine that at each end of day whatever wasn’t used you lose. THATS YOUR LIFE. Each day you get the chance to use your time and be focused, to not let a cent go to waste. Your time is valuable. Daily, you get time to spend as you like, invest and use it to be a blessing to others or if you choose again, you can waste it by being disorganised, unhappy, worried, discouraged.

When we fully understand the value of our time, and use each day by taking it as a gift, it helps us to keep everything in perceptive. We realise that there are some battles that are not worth fighting.

Do not get involved in things that are not between you and your destiny. If someone has a problem with you, as long you’re being your best, doing what you believe God put in your heart, you are already way ahead to becoming successful and that is all you need to be.

You cannot please everyone in life

One of the greatest lessons I have learnt in this life is that, I do not have to resolve every conflict with people. This is true for you as well. Some people just want to be a distraction to your happiness, some people will only slow your progress and waste your precious time. You do not need to respond to every critic, wasting your time trying to make people like you that never will. Accept the fact that not everyone will accept and give you their approval for being who you choose to be. Accept the fact that you are a beautiful being, a masterpiece of God’s creation and even though not everyone will like or approve of you, all that you need to do to be happy in life is to just run your own race.

There are people that will never be happy, whatever you try to do, whoever you try to be. No matter how many favours you do, gifts you buy them, compromises you make, sooner or later they will find fault. Understand that their happiness is not your responsibility and your happiness is not their responsibility. Rise above them and learn to embrace and love who you are inspite of all the negativity and complaints about you. Do not waste your time trying to fix somebody that doesn’t want to be fixed, or trying to change something that you cannot change.

The friend that frustrates you because all she does is talk about other people, do not try to change her. Her unhappiness and insecurities are, after all, not yours. The colleague that is always talking behind your back, accept that you cannot make her like you. The boss that is always making you feel less than you actually are by not appreciating your hard work, accept that you cannot make him see you the way that you are. The husband, or wife that is always finding fault in everything that you do, you cannot make them see and treat you any differently, do not therefore waste your time trying to change their minds about who you are, you will not succeed.

The saying goes “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear”

Only until a human being is ready for change is it that they can they change, only until change is inevitable will they choose to be different. Most people wait until they have something to gain before they can change who they are, or how they react to the world “including you” so until and unless they are ready to be different, yours is to simply accept yourself as the being that you are and not seek approval from them. Besides, your responsibility is only to yourself. Use your time effectively, as best as you can. You have your own gifts and talents, your own seeds of greatness.

 

You have an assignment with a purpose to fulfil. Stop wasting time responding to every dog that barks rather learn to concentrate on enjoying the journey to your own destiny.