Step Out of the Boat If You Want to Walk on Water

Although human beings are intrinsically social and gregarious, there are moments when the community we live in does not fulfill its role of reinforcement it is supposed to have. It is then when people have to deal with feelings of exclusion and loneliness.

When these feelings of rejection are not appropriately dealt with, they have a paralyzing effect on the personal growth of the affected person. Lack of self-esteem and boldness will inevitably lead to a life of failure and underachievement.

If you are struggling in this area, here are some powerful thoughts that will help you confront those feelings of loneliness and rejection successfully: (more…)

Human needs hurt and hurt demands attention. People who are conscious of their hurting needs are prone to meditate about them throughout their day. Ultimately all their life starts to evolve around their unmet needs and they have fallen into the trap of self-centeredness without realizing it.

When you give too much attention to your unmet needs, you automatically magnify them. After a while they’ll seem so huge to you that it will seem impossible for you to ever have that requirement in your life satisfied.

Furthermore, a needy person will (more…)

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” (2. Timothy 1:7)

You know how it is when you lack self confidence: you have this great idea, you know it is a good thing to do, you are certain that it will benefit you and others. But you can’t get yourself to step out and do it.

After your mind has gone through the usual tug of war, you decide to leave it for “later.” And then it is filed under the innumerable unaccomplished projects you didn’t dare to pull off.

Here are 5 steps to always walking in triumphant self confidence: (more…)

Do you feel like deep down inside you know there is more to life, but you don’t know how to make it happen? Is there something pulling at your heart that wants out?

It’s so easy to get stuck in a rut. Your routine takes over and suddenly you find yourself watching life go by. You have become a mere spectator and there is no meaning in what you are doing anymore.

Nevertheless, God created every human being with (more…)

Sometimes we get so caught up in our daily routine with its preoccupations and challenges, that we forget what we are really here for, –the typical stressed out, but aimless life anybody can get trapped in.

Typical, but not natural. At the risk of sounding melodramatic, I believe that many people are so obsessed with getting by in life, that they miss out on the most important.

Most people feel once they’ve done their share of hard work for the day they can turn their brain off and just relax. And many times by doing that they close the door to those dreams that are lurking in their heart.

As days, months and years go by they alternately work and relax and get on with life until they reach midlife and suddenly realize that half their life is gone forever. And that dream is still there, waiting to be aroused.

Maybe we should all ask ourselves every now and then, “What (more…)

The main reason for human inefficiency is that people simply have a poor self-image. Usually we have no trouble doubting our capabilities and accepting our shortcomings, but we struggle when it comes to convincing ourselves that we can achieve much more than we think.

The whole problem lies in our mind-set which has been framed by the information we have received about ourselves throughout our lives. And most of it is plain junk. If you have been listening to all those voices and heeding their message about what is and what is not good and acceptable, your self-image is probably not in a very good shape.

But you don’t have to stay that way for the rest of your life. You can (more…)

If you are dependent on some drug treatment today, and you’re still struggling, you might have asked yourself whether there is not a more natural way to beat the blues.

Besides some very important changes in your lifestyle that you should check on, like enough exercise, at least 7-8 hours of sleep and a healthy nutrition, there is another simple and natural option. It is a guaranteed successful antidepressant therapy: self-directed learning.

There’s nothing like delving deeply into a subject you are passionate about. It will build your self-esteem, spur your spirit to a higher level, and give you a vision for life.

If you are feeling blue, what about (more…)

The main obstacle most people encounter when they endeavor to start on a new promising project is that they focus too much on external circumstances to accomplish it.

“Where am I going to learn how to do this? How am I going to pay for it? When can I possibly have enough time to invest in this?”

True, these questions are all essential when planning the project, but by focusing on them we often forget something far more important: our attitude. Attitude is everything. If you are not fiercely determined to make it happen, you’ll probably soon be waving goodbye to your once so promising project.

That is why it is so important to (more…)

This has happened to all of us: Something we have always dreamed of is about to happen. We get excited about this project, and start making plans for the next steps to take. In our mind we are already basking in the light of victory and accomplishment.

Then all hell breaks lose. Things start going wrong, and obstacles we had never thought of start showing up at the turning of every corner.

Finally the whole endeavor, which we had started out with such high expectations, is about to collapse under the weight of all the opposition we encounter.

There is an attitude you must possess if you wish to achieve success in your life. This attitude is the asset of every achiever, and of every history-maker, that has walked on this planet. (more…)

Are you feeling like just one more homo sapiens struggling to survive in the complex maze of humanity? The law of the jungle will dictate that only the strong and talented are entitled to excel, and that the rest of the crowd is inevitably destined to barely keep their heads above water.

But that is not what God says about you. In God’s eyes, you were lovingly designed and created for greatness.

He has predetermined (more…)