START STRONG!…January 4, 2010
So let’s take a look, over the next several days, at how to START STRONG.
This is so important. To really start your day right becomes a mental battle. Often we wake up with a “I gotta go to work” mentality. Or we wake up and say, “Nothing good is going to happen to me.” Chances are with this attitude you are right. You will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. When we fill our head with negativity and pessimism it affects everything we do and say.
They have proven that depression comes from a variety of reasons…genetic, external trauma, addiction and the like. However, what keeps most of us depressed is the negative thinking that swirls within our heads. Many wonder why they are unhappy…well look at your attitude and the way you view things. Nine times out of ten, when we start becoming positive we begin to view life differently.
How does the Psalmist stay positive in a dire situation? Well, first he knows God is with him. God will not let him down even in death. But his thinking is always looking up not down. His mind is focused on God’s blessings not the pain. His heart is holding onto what he needs, not what he wants! While the psalmist is thinking positive, most of us would scream bloody murder. The psalmist knew how to START STRONG and when he did it carried him through the rest of his life!
I see so many who go through awful things. Most have heard about Zach’s motorcycle accident. It has left him paralyzed and over the last several months it has left him fighting for his life. Do you know the one thing that has saved him…first God, but HIS ATTITUDE! Zach has every reason to be depressed and mad at the world. But his attitude is amazing. He knows he is going to make it. He sees the future not the past. There is hope and a reason to press forward. God bless him, because he is a testimony of what our thinking and attitude combined with the Holy Spirit can do for a person. Way to go Zach!
So change your language and your thinking. Change the “it always happens to me” attitude. Change the “I never will be that lucky” mentality. Instead, THINK POSITIVE! Let your heart and mind look at the good things in life. Then when you wake up put your feet on a positive word, thought and attitude.
It’s a New Year, so start strong and think positively and when you do watch the world change from just so-so to a color that will change your heart forever.
Love you all!
Rev. Jim
