One of my very favorite books is Og Mandino's bestseller - The Greatest Salesman in the World. I was first introduced to this book many years ago when as a Pastor I was needing to supplement my income and began a job as the front desk clerk at a local hotel. The manager there required all of his staff to read this book. From the maids to the maintenance crew to every desk clerk and sales manager. He called them the ten commandments of sales - and he was right. As I put the 10 steps into place in my life, I became a better front desk clerk and hotel employee. But I was equally pleased that each of the 10 steps made my life as a Pastor more effective too!
For the next few weeks I am going to share some reflections about the steps Mandino puts forth in this book - because I believe if you will live his way your life will be better in every way. Every way.
Today i want to talk about the first step just a little. If you want to be better at your job, better in your relationships, better at making a difference in your life, you have to take the first step. And the first step is to realize and claim that today "I begin a new life." Say it out loud right where you are Today I begin a new life!
This first step sets the stage. We can't live in the past - we can either learn from it and move forward or let it paralyze us. We can either seize the new days opportunity or we can let life pass us by. Because each new day brings a new start we can create good new habits and stop following the impulses that always lead us int trouble. Because every day allows us to begin a new life we can shed the old skin and has for to long suffered the bruises of failure and the wounds of mediocrity. Today we get a new start, a new life, a new hope. Today I begin anew - aiming at the "more" life has to offer. More joy. More hope. More love. More.
It is a decision - to begin a new life. To not live in the past. To not be a slave to that which could have been, to not be chained to the failures of yesterday. And we have that power - the power to choose. To choose life. To choose love. To choose joy.
Choose this day.....to begin a new life.
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