Time is your friend

Ever since I was little I wanted to grow up. I always said that when I grow up... Never does any child realize that when they do grow up, they would at some stage wish they were still small, especially when you are all grown up and you start ageing. 

Right now I am thinking of my retirement. Setting priorities in place to make sure that I am well provided for should that age come. In my 20's I worked so hard that I can get the future I was dreaming of, but I was so future minded that I never enjoyed the now. Planning for your future is key, but being too future minded will cause that you miss the now time and this can also mean that you miss the opportunity presented to you now which could fast track your progress to get to your future goal. So what am I saying. I am saying that you should not miss the now Time and the opportunity its sets now by always focusing on the future time, especially when it comes to people. Relationships are of the greatest investments you can ever make. Whether it is a love- family or friend relationship, this holds the key to how well you have spend your time.

Live every day as if its your last. Love, be friendly and build for tomorrow as you never know whom you met today might have a key role in your tomorrow. a Bird always returns to the place it gets fed, so should your time be. It should be used to feed your now and your tomorrow. 

All is good.

Friendship should not be selfish

I always wondered what makes a person to end a friendship, cut them off and just exclude them from their lives. Well I came across some acceptable reasons, but are any reason just acceptable? Can we who are mortal say we vanquish a person, never to have anything to do with them again? I also understand that when one gets angry you do certain things out of the moment you find yourself in, but come on, really? I did it myself and I feel convicted about it, some friendships I was able to "re-friend" and others I am still waiting for forgiveness and that person has every right to make me wait. Imagine if GOD did this to us! Thank you GOD for JESUS! Now Jesus never cuts anyone out or off. He stays true even if we don't. He stays committed even if we give up. He keeps on believing in us even when we choose a different path. He keeps on believing in us even when we back stab him. Why should we act differently? Shouldn't we be the example of the gospel? Well, I challenge everyone reading this to revive a lost friendship, to make first contact., maybe that is your own breakthrough, your own next step towards the next level of your success. Do not be afraid, just do in the name of Jesus and success is surely to follow. Even if you are the one that did the damage, even if it is damage on a whole different level just say you are sorry, but make contact. Do not worry about the other persons response, do it and hope for the best. We all would like to be like Jesus, forgiving, accepting, caring, loving, cherishing. Do not be the person who lived for the moment or for your life, remember there is life after this earthly existence! Even this life you so call yours is not yours, its borrowed. Even this success you have is not yours, its borrowed. When you choose to ignore God's grace in your life, you have a problem with life after this life. For we are to be like the one who created us, shouldn't we also be mercy full? shouldn't we also give grace?

Well, all the best with the "re-friend" efforts and may you experience God's grace on a whole different level when you do this. If it is Grace that you sow, you will reap grace, if it is mercy that you sow, you will reap mercy.

All is well.

Invest in your safety

In the world we live in today we are all surrounded by the elements of harm, death and injury, both physical and mental. Know your surroundings. From an extensive background knowing what worked and what still works, it is still correct saying that 80% of crimes happening today all over the world is committed by people who see the opportunity for taking something that is not theirs. What created this opportunity? Remember when you had nothing to do and you sat and thought of some plans and then suddenly a bright idea came up! yes, exactly the same method is used for all ideas, good or bad ones.

People who are in desperate need of something and with bad intentions finds an opportunity to solve their problem and it often leaves you and me on the giving end. From home contents, cars, money and even loved ones. How do you protect yourself against all the above? You can not, you just have to live in faith and hope that you will be OK, but you can do something! Faith without works is dead.

Here are some basic safe keeping tips:
1. Life insurance
2. House hold insurance
3. Car insurance
4. Screen all your employees for criminal records
5. Do a physical back ground check on:
a) area where you live
b) where you work
c) where you go to school
d) where you shop
e) the routes you drive
f) Keep your mind in shape
g) Keep your body in shape
h) Choose who you talk to and who you become friends with ( screen them as well)
i) Try to avoid habits - routine habits, like leaving home everyday the same time and driving the same route
j) Avoid giving to much information to cleaners and friends of your children - keep all valuables out of sight!

The above may seem drastic, but you never know what happened  yesterday in the persons life you trust the most. Start being risk aware, security conscious. Take off the blinkers and be vigilant. Think like a thief to catch a thief and you will quickly identify the area's that needs immediate attention. After all, these are the times we live in. Be prepared and ready for anything.


All is well.

Ability to conquer or destroy

Every person on earth has the ability to conquer or destroy. It is just a matter of what you choose. You choose what it is you want to live out, you choose what it is you want to stand for. There are some days that you just don't feel well, and there are some days that you just don't care and there are some days that your aura shows people that they need to stay out of your way. Although you never intended to show this or you never intended for your problems or issues to affect others, it did and it does. It affects others so bad that they who intended to have a great day are also being influenced by this negativity and this just rolls over them and it leaves them afraid, scared and insecure. Not being the people they are meant to be. This however is much worse when you are in a leading role or if you are an influence. People, and all people design a pattern around ever person meaning that they are able to tell when he/ she is in a happy mood or when he/ she is in a bad mood. Your mood does affect the outcome of the day. Your moods do effect the growing of the relationship. Your moods do affect the outcome of your life.

Before you go out into the world every day, stop and ask yourself one question, are you presentable to stand for what you believe in, is your mood presentable to show what you as n persons stands for. Remember, you choose whether you are going to conquer or destroy, check your mood daily and the way you speak, it might be the turn around event of your life!, or choose to be polite and friendly, caring and energetic even when you don't feel like it. It might be the difference in someone else'e life to show then how a mood can effect a situation.

All is well.

Time matters

Why is the title of this letter called time matters? Why not something else? The answer, because this is what I wanted to call it. Ok good, now this done and typed, another 40 seconds passed and you know what? They are for ever gone! never to be seen again. I am now 40 seconds older, it is 40 seconds later in the day and time is something that cannot be bought or reversed.

Some would say time is the best method of answering questions and some would say only time will learn. All is true but time lost is sad. Infact, have you ever wished that you could turn time back to change a situation. Maybe do something diffrent or maybe tell some one something or even do something for someone. Enough with the soaping, lol. We have time ahead of us, this is not even guaranteed, but lets be positive and believe that we who are able to read this have at least one day's worth of time. NOW  in a possitive manner think what you achieved this year and what you did not achieve. You might find yourself discouraged or excited at this stage, but now knowing that time thats gone by is lost, change your mind set and now know that the time ahead is coming towards you and not the other way around. The saying goes that sometimes we sit and wait for time to go by, exactly true! Time does not stop or wait for anyone. Today I challenge you again, this what you have not achieved or even started with this year, start it now. The now Time is all you have. I understand that for some of those certain things happened and made it difficult, but don't give up. Use your NOW time and dont waiste it. Make every second count. Remember, when you leave this world, you are a memory. What kind of memory do you want to leave behind. Go study. Go do something that scares you. GO, just go and enjoy every minute of life. Make it count while you are being the difference. Be who you are called to be during your time of living and keep on excercising discipline, respect towards the elderly and most of all, live to let live.

All is well.

Why should you be thankfull?

As a human and of the male species, I often neglect being thankfull, even for the little things that people do for me. A simple example is the cleaner  cleaning my home: I am always quick to act when something is not done correct or when something is out of place, but although this is ok to do, there is still something missing here. People dont always need to hear how bad they are or how bad they are performing, they need some gratetude from time to time as well. Something like THANK YOU for being at work today or THANK YOU for opening the store today or THANK YOU for praying for me.

Although people tend to do good to us without us asking for that, they still deserve gratetude. They deserve a thank you. They deserve that you spend some of your precious time on them. Do it today, write that person/s a note, sms or an e- mail. Just communicate and show this person that you are aware of the good that this person is contributing to your life. Know this, imagine this person not doing the things he/ she is currently doing.. not a nice thought? offcourse not, even if you dont own anybody nothing and even if you think you made it on your own, there is still some one out there that needs and deserves your THANK YOU.

So, be bold today, take a deep breath and go thank a couple of people today. Thank God for all things, good and bad as it al work together for your good anyway.

P.S. thank you for taking your precious time to read this.

All is well.

Why today matters...

I woke up this morning and found myself in great awe that I was yet again lucky to be alive. Yet again I had the opportunity to live another day, to pick up where I left yesterday and to make a diffrence in this life again. Actually, the fact that I woke up, unharmed and still in great shape made me realise once more that today is all I have and that today is all you have!

Today is all that matters. Today you have the chance to fix what you broke yesterday, to finish what you left undone yesterday. Today you have a chance to put a plan in place for tommorrow should you not see it, should you not wake up. May I plant a thought? think of this: You find yourself very busy, so busy that you forget to do what matters! now you may ask what is that matters and that only you can answer. To some it may be to provide food for the next day, for others it may be by telling some one they love them and to some it may be making sure that the plans for the kids, business and family are in place for tommorrow. The point of this matter is not to go and think of all things nice and fairy, but to make you realise that today is all you have, today is the only chance you have to share your gift of life, to give your best performance every where, all the time. Whether it is at a job, sport or a relationship, go all out and make today count. Do today the things that will get you closer to that dream of yours, should you be granted the gift of life tommorrow, make sure you build your stair case to that dream and make sure that those people around you, remember the good you did and the bright person you are!

today is all you have...

All is well.