THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Do You Know Your Weaknesses?

Do you know your weaknesss, and how strong do you believe you are? Have you ever thought about that in-depth or are you like most people who shy away from looking in the mirror? That's my thought for the day.

Most of you know your weaknesses, you know where you need improvement yet you continue to replicate them time after time because it is so much easier to think "that's the way I am, OK" and not do anything about them. You know that is a bloody cop out, don't you!

How are you ever going to progress, how are we ever going to attain the pinnacle of who we are as hu-mans if we do not work our shit, I mean really?! We all have this feeling of lack in different areas and some are worse than others, trite but true.

Just remember one thing though, you cannot change anyone, you can only change yourself – your attitudes and reactions. Time to start acting instead of reacting.

Pity Party of One

I am sitting here writing this hoping to get at least five maybe fifteen minutes or more of Internet connection after 14 days without, and feeling sorry for myself because I contracted a mild case of Dengue Fever which normally kills people (who wait too long to get care after multiple bites). 

Thankfully it was just one bite on my arm because I slept (notice the past tense) with the windows open and the fan turned on high.  I never get sick, not even colds so I was in very good health otherwise I would be in the hospital or in a hole in the ground considering it made me sick like a dog.

So I should feel grateful shouldn't I but I am having a pity party of one because I feel all round that I suck right now and I am not receiving the concern an ill person normally should receive considering that people in the house know how dangerous this fever is and they are responsible for the infestation in their backyard. 

My Weakness

But when you castigate people mentally for their lack – and I have said so without accusation – regardless of how justified you feel (that's me), you  cannot truly expect anything positive from them.

That is one of my weaknesses you see.  I therefore am part of the problem so the change starts with me, as with you; changing my thoughts about what I do not like about what I am living, be real about it, and embracing abundance instead of focusing on lack. 

This is where character counts people and it is a steep climb but the view from the top, ah well...

With that in mind, I open my trusty As A Man Thinketh and here's what I found:

Those who are not prepared for the apprehension of great purpose should fix the thoughts upon the faultless performance of their duty, no matter how insignificant their task may appear. Only in this way can the thoughts be gathered and focused, and resolution and energy be developed, which being done, there is nothing which may not be accomplished.

The weakest soul, knowing its own weakness, and believing this truth – that strength can only be developed by effort and practice – will at once begin to exert itself, and adding effort to effort, patience to patience, and strength to strength, will never cease to develop and will at last grow divinely strong.

As the physically weak an can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.

James Allen