Speak up, why don't cha!

I have had a head cold the last four/five days. I have been doped up on meds & sleeping in my free time. I hate head colds. I get frustrated that things just don't make sense to me, or that I completely forget what I was working on or thinking about just a minute before. Ok, so I do that one anyhow, but you can understand it gets much worse with a stuffed head.

Anyhow, today couldn't be more clear. As time is slowly passing at work today, I was thinking about what I want to accomplish this year. Making a few health & business goals, I realized that I have been talking, planning all these same goals for about two years now. And still in the same place so far, nothing has happened. So trying to re-focus and continuing to clean my desk off, I read a one page devotional - it has my favorite Psalm in it - Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God. The devotional talks about being still enough to hear God, to be present with him & willing to listen. - Yeah, cool. Sounds good, I mark the page, and put it away.

I pickup my Mary Kay inspirational desk calendar - flip to Jan 8 - and read today's page designated to Dreams.

God would not give us a dream without the ability to achieve it. Winning begins when you throw away your pride and "go for broke." When you aim at something that's bigger than you're sure you could ever achieve, and then you practice believing and seeing yourself achieve that goal. Act as if you have already achieved it. In other words, "fake it 'til you make it."

Huh? Ok! Now, you may not think that these words are as powerful by themselves, and that's fine neither did I - they were powerful, because minutes ago, I had just wrote an email - talking about that I haven't "went all in" - that I haven't really tried. - "going for broke." Wow, that really hit me, I have heard it. I know what he's trying to show me. I haven't, but I CAN!

I have so many things that I try to shoot for, so many goals within a year, but I think I am really going to try and focus on just two or three really big ones this year! and I can do it!

God is behind me, he is inspiring me and encouraging me. Wow, how lucky I am! How great this year is going to be! when I start listening to him and letting him guide my pace and my steps!