Take Comfort in the Promise

Life?s not all rosy. Sometimes you go through a rough patch: things don?t
work out the way you anticipated or there is just an unprecedented twist of
events. Overwhelmed by the experience, the bible is usually the last thing on
your mind? But there here?s a little secret that the psalmist discovered:
each time you go through a rough patch you always have the Word of God to
Comfort you. [Ps. 119:50]

Be Inspired.

Psalm 119:50

This is my comfort in my affliction,

that your promise gives me life.

Moving from Success to Significance

What is success? A friend of mine asked me this
question the other day while we were sitting in the
coffee shop. I was a bit reluctant to answer his
question but he insisted that I do… so I did.

When I gave my friend his response, I explained the
difference between success and significance, which
exactly what I want to do here.

SUCCESS
Strictly speaking, success has no general definition.
The definition of success differs from one person to the
other. To one person it may mean building an empire
for oneself; to another person it may mean being a
superstar; and yet to another it may mean owning the
largest retail chain in the world. Whatever you
consider to be an important achievement in your life all
falls in the scope of your definition of success.

MOVING FROM SUCCESS TO SIGNIFICANCE
Success is good. But there is something better:
Significance!

SIGNIFICANCE
Having significance in life means counting for
something, that is, simply put. It denotes adding value
to the lives of others. In other words, it calls for self-
sacrifice for the betterment of your spouse, your
children, your community, your nation and the rest of
the world, both today and in the future

In a nutshell, “Success is adding value to yourself,
Significance is adding value to others.”

Will you settle for success? Or will you go on to gain
significance? Have this question at the back of your
mind even as you begin to plan your 2008.

Be Inspired.

How bright is your night?

So, you say the odds that are against you are to much
to bear? You cannot believe that what God promised
you can come to pass? Well, take a look at the life of
Abraham and let him show you how to come to grips
with the plans and purposes that God has for your life.
Nothing is TOO BIG for God. Enjoy!


He looked up at the heavens. "One, Two, Three, Four
…," he began to count the stars that hang in the sky. It
wasn't before long that he lost count. “Look up at the
heavens and count the stars… So shall be your
offspring," the words rang in his mind again.


“As many as the stars…” Abraham began. “Wow!” he
exclaimed after a brief moment of silence. Excitement
written all over his face, Abraham simultaneously raised
his eyes and hands as if to reach out to the heavens.


Shining its brightest over the past weeks, the moon
gave such an illumination on the camp that Abraham
could see the steady death of activity in the camp. The
camp was now totally deserted except a handful of his
fighting men whom he could see patrolling the camp.


Smoke drifted from the remains of fires that were the
habitation of children, men and feeble hands as they
awaited the evening meal. Abraham could still hear the
songs, shouts and laughter of children at their play; the
hoarse voices of men discussing the day; and the silent
hum of women bent over the stew pot at the cooking
area.


Standing along the outskirts of the camp, Abraham felt
the evening breeze grow colder. Succumbing to the
growing strength of the coolness, he turned to face the
camp and made his way down into the camp. On
reaching his tent, he entered, gave his wife a gaze,
smiled, and then joined her on the mat. He embraced
her. "You are going to be with child," he thought to
himself.


Be Inspired.

Do It Anyway: Mother Theresa’s Philosophy

Short, but very insightful, Mother Theresa’s philosophy reminds us that we each carry a responsibility to humanity and that, despite all the risks we face when we set out to fulfill it, all we can do is to carry it out.

Mother Theresa’s philosophy is that:

If you are kind people will accuse you of selfish motives, be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win both false friends and real enemies, succeed anyway.

The good you do today, most people will forget, do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may not be enough, give the best anyway.

In the final analysis it is between you and God, it was never between you and them anyway.

Be Inspired.

What's Your Excuse - part 3?

You bid me go
I am wicked,
The people among whom I live are also wicked
I cried
But still
You bid me go

You bid me go
I am a youth, Lord
I know not how to speak
I cried
But still
You bid me go

You bid me go
The people whom you want me to go to have already rejected me
They will surely not listen to me when I speak
I cried
But still
You bid me go

You bid me go
I am not the person for a job like that
No, I am not the person for a job like that
I cried
But still
You bid me go

You bid me go
If I go to the people … they will ask “Which God are you talking about?
What shall I tell them?
I cried
But still
You bid me go

You bid me go
They won’t believe me
They won’t do what I tell them to
I cried
But still
You bid me go

You bid me go
I’m just not a good speaker
I have never been, and I’m not now, even after you have spoken to me
I cried
But still
You bid me go

You bid me go
Lord please!
Send someone else
I cried
But still
You bid me go

You bid me go
If the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us?
And where are all the wonders our ancestors have told us about?
I cried
But still
You bid me go

You bid me go
But this is impossible!
I am old now and my wife is well on in years
I cried
But still
You bid me go

You bid me go
I am the Lord’s servant and I am willing to do whatever he wants
May everything you have said come true
I said
And I went

Be Inspired.

Seven Benefits that await Dreamers that Pursue their Dreams

“The bottom line is execution.” I’ve stumbled across
this phrase a number of times but never really thought
about it until quit recently. In my scrutiny of this
phrase one of the truths that I came to understand is
that a man can dream a thousand great dreams but
unless he pursues them to completion he will gain
nothing from his dreams.


So, let’s say you pursue your dream, what do you
stand to gain?


At least seven things:


 Benefit #1: Dreamers stay alive despite
the limitations of their circumstances

Dreams empower people. Dreamers find it easy and
a joy to serve others even if they are right at the
bottom of their ladders to success. Their dreams tell
them, “Though you are down here today, tomorrow
you will be on a much higher plain. Just stay put.”


 Benefit #2: Dreamers move out of the
limitations of their circumstances

You may find a dreamer stationed at one place for a
very long time, but this does not necessarily mean
that nothing is happening in their lives. In most cases
a lot of the “behind the scene” work is taking place
during this time. Equipping, training and grooming
are also taking place during this time. At the end of
the day, we see dreamers rise above the limitations of
their circumstances as they take themselves to a
better place – one step at a time.


 Benefit #3: Dreamers live a life that is full
of purpose and fulfillment

Purpose is your reason for living. Fulfillment is the
satisfaction that you derive each time you take a step
towards your purpose. In addition to bringing clarity
to your purpose, dreams allow you to enjoy the
journey to your purpose.


 Benefit #4: Dreamers come up with
solutions to life’s problems

Problem solving is the heartbeat of dreaming. If any
dream is to be regarded as worthwhile, it should have
solve or contribute towards the solving of a problem.
Whichever way you look at it, dreamers are WORLD
CHANGERS, i.e. solution thinkers or problem solvers.


 Benefit #5: Dreamers make a lasting
impact on lives

The dreamer’s success is rarely his alone. In most
cases it is something that is celebrated by his family,
relatives, friends, those around him and, at times,
those beyond. What is more, these people may live
to remember and be forever indebted to the dreamer if
the success of his dream has significantly affected
them and their way of living.


 Benefit #6: Dreamers are easy to elevate

A dream is one of the many age-old secrets of
success. A man without a dream has very little to
bring him into the limelight. On the other hand, the
man with a dream is brought into the limelight by his
dream. Once he is in the limelight, the dreamer is
thought of each time there is an opportunity that can
be of assistance to the dreamer in achieving his
dream.


 Benefit #7: Dreamers make history

Wanna make history? Dream. Dreamers are those
that live to be remembered. If not for their contribution
to the world, then for their brevity in trying to do
something. Whichever way, they live to be
remembered.


Do you want to survive and move out of the
limitations of their circumstances? Do you want to live
a life that is full of purpose and fulfillment? Do you
want to come up with solutions to life’s problems? Do
you want to make a lasting impact on other people’s
lives? Do you want to make history?


If your answer is YES… then you want to be a
dreamer that pursues their dreams.

Be Inspired.

Exploring a different facet of your talent

Over the past two weeks, I’ve been working on a project on the African Child. This has seen me trying different genres of writing. I am trying to turn PowerPoint presentation handouts into material that will eventually be posted onto the internet.
I could have just copied what is written in these handouts and pasted it onto a webpage. My task would have been done in a day. But, I didn’t do that. No, I didn’t do that. I gave myself the challenge of trying to present this information in the way that both informs and entertains the reader.
The task has not been easy… Using the information that is on the handouts, I have begun to write short stories. These short stories contain and illustrate the information taken from the handouts. It is not an easy task: it demands a lot of attention, creativity and skill.
Yes, it’s been hard work... But I love it!
It has given me an opportunity to explore a different facet of my talent: I get to discover how to plot a story from scratch; I get to create spoken and silent conversation among the characters in my stories; I get to paint pictures in my readers’ mind using my pen; I get to raise my readers’ suspense, to entertain them, to educate them and to thrill them. I get to do so much more!
It is not much of a big deal for me to write another poem. Nor is it to write another newsletter on a Friday. Nor is it to write another one of the periodical reports at work. But to write a short story which aligns itself to a factual article is nothing routine. It is something out of the ordinary.
As we come to the closing of this week’s article, I want to encourage you to explore a different facet of your talent and see how far it takes you. Be Inspired.

89 Days To Go: It’s Time You Put Your House In Order

Since 2002, I’ve made it a habit to finish the year by writing down all the things that I wanted to achieve in the coming year, an exercise known as goal-setting.

I did the same last year and came up with eight mega goals: Big Hair-raising Audacious Goal (BHAGs). Of these goals, two I’ve achieved and the rest are still work in progress.

However, the likelihood of accomplishing all my goals remains in the balance as we are now close to year end: There are only 89 days left between now and December 31st.

What am I going to do? I’m glad you asked. Here’s what I’m going to do:

1. First, get a grip of myself
I need not panic. The year is not yet over. There are still 89 days to go. And who knows what God will do between now and December 31st. It’s a lie that if I do not accomplish all my dreams I’m a failure. I only need to stay cool.

2. Second, review progress on each of my goals
I don’t know about you but I think two out of eight is pretty good. Especially when I consider that I am making progress on the other six. Now, what I am going to do is look at each of these goals in order to ascertain where exactly I am towards the achievement of each of my goals and how much further I need to go in order to achieve my goals. I am also going to look at what could be or can be hindering me from achieving these goals.

3. Third, chart out a plan of action
I am going to identify and commit myself to the actions that I need to take to achieve my goals. If I see that the effort that I need in order to achieve all of them is too much I am going to either extend the deadline to some of them or put some of them off for next year. (Avoid outside pressure to perform.)

4. Fourth, take action
I am going to do those things that I would have committed myself to do on step 3.

As the year draws to an end some of us may feel a little agitated at the progress that we have made towards the attainment of our goals. I write to tell you that the year is not yet over. There are still 89 days to December 31st and until then you have enough time to put your house in order. Even if you know you do no accomplish everything that you had on your original goal list. Guess what? You need not feel bad about yourself. You can carry over some of these goals to next year.

Be Inspired.

Inspiration vs. Desperation - part 2

After two weeks in the Promised Land, we came back home to see the country no better than we left it – I am trying not make haste to say that the situation has worsened! But it has: the scarcity of basic foodstuff, including bread, has worsened; prices of almost every product on and off the shelves have been hiked; transport costs have almost doubled; and electricity and power outages continue to be a major problem in the country, among the many challenges that we face in Zimbabwe.

These conditions, no doubt, are a great temptation for me to surrender to despair: Why did I have to come back? Why do I live in Zimbabwe? Why couldn’t they leave me in Israel? – Where things are better? What else must I expect to go wrong?

Oh, how easy would it have been for me to find myself in pessimism. Desperation would not only lead me into pessimism, it would also cripple my ability to perform in situations where I would otherwise been able to perform: I would find myself looking for answers where I should be giving answers.

I came back prepared. When the conductor said the fare was more than I thought it was, I said to myself: I do not have enough for tomorrow but I am not limiting my expenses to the income that I earn from my job but to also include any money that may stem from the exercise of my God-given talent and my ability to create wealth.

When I heard there was no bread in the stores, I said to myself: There must be something else that I can have for breakfast.

Optimism is the backbone of inspiration. I came back prepared. I came back with an optimistic outlook to life. Rather than waiting for things to happen for me, I see that I can make things happen for me and move on at my own pace.

Be Inspired.

Inspiration vs. Desperation

I know a lot of us aren’t aware of this but it’s
something worth taking note of: There are only two
motives through which we operate in the world—
inspiration and desperation.

Inspiration is the arousal of the mind to special
unusual activity or creativity and desperation is the
loss of hope and surrender to despair. Thus inspiration
is a state in which your mind is stirred up to do
something about your situation and desperation is a
state in which in which all hope is lost or absent. The
good and bad of being in these two different states of
mind are what we want to look at today and over the
coming weeks.

When you’re inspired your emotions are low (√)
It is good to operate in a low emotional state. A low
emotional state guarantees you a high mental state. A
high mental state translates itself into creative ideas of
how you are going to get yourself out of or through a
situation. After you’ve come up with the idea you can
now map your path out of or through the situation.
Once you’ve mapped up this path you can now begin
to walk out of or through the situation. And you have
a great chance of success.

When you’re desperate your emotions are high (X)
High emotions speak only of destruction. High
emotions strongly correlate with a low mental state. A
low mental state inhibits your creativity and causes
you to lack the ability to think of a way out of or
through a situation. In a way, then, high emotions
that arise as a result of being desperation leave you
stuck!

What drives you today?
If you choose to be driven by inspiration you’ll most
probably operate in a state where your emotions are
low and your mind is clear, which enables you to map
a path out of or through the situation. On the other
hand, if you choose to be driven by desperation you’ll
most probably operate in a state where your emotions
are high and your mind is clogged, which will most
likely leave you stuck.

It’s up to you – inspiration or desperation.

What drives you?

Dear Daddy

This week I thought I’d share one of my poems with you. It is in my book, ‘Poems for life.’

Today I’m twenty
My joy more than plenty
Praising the Lord my only desire
Worshipping Him till I retire
For great has been His work my life throughout
In sent blessings never left out
Lord
Keeper of thy Word
I believe
Great is thy love
They said mine was death
But from your life’s depth
Mine was your breath
The breath of life
For all my life
And still, you left me forgotten not
For my record is more than a note
In my infancy, your hand stroke me
In your love you embraced me
Well fed was l
So much under your eye
You watched me grow
And never let me astray go
With you, I learnt all
Not so great was my fall
For beside me you stood
My pain you understood
You stretched out your hand to me
I came crawling on my bleeding knee
You lifted me up
Reassured me that my time was not yet up
My head laid on your boson I wept
In the comfort of your embrace I slept
The time I awoke
You spoke
Your words comforted me
Your words encouraged me
Accompanying them was a new hope
For one day I shall surely hope
For it was in my childhood
You visited my hood
From down on my knees you lifted me up to my feet
I now know the street
I walk
I talk
Blessings throughout my life overflow
No longer is mine the floor
Mine is a pulpit
Where none of life’s problems is spilt
From there a joyful song I shall sing
To the world declare what I have seen
Yours is love
You are not going to leave me this way half
Yours is patience
Always right is your time of performance
Yours is all
To you forever will be my call

Be Inspired.

The Power of Seeing Beyond the Immediate

When was the last time you came across a person who refused business in order to preserve the integrity of his business?

Last Wednesday, at the dry cleaners, I met a man who wanted to drop off some clothes. “Sorry, we’ve been closed the whole afternoon and we’re not taking any more clothes today,” said the owner of the business.

“Why?” asked the confused customer.

“We already have three basketfuls of clothes and my workers are already working overtime. So, if we accept any more clothes we won’t be able to manage. We usually offer same-day-service but now we’re telling our customers to come within the next 24-hours.”

When the man who’d brought his clothes tried to plead with the owner of the business to accept his clothes, he said, “Sorry, there’s nothing that I can do to help you. If I accept any more clothes and fail to clean them on time, you (my customers) will be the first to complain. Maybe if you try us tomorrow morning, we might be taking a bit more clothes.”

I marveled at this businessman as I left the dry cleaners that day.

I have been to a number of dry cleaners in and around the city. Most of them promise you that your clothes will be ready in three days but always seem to delay. What’s worse, most of them are indifferent about it. “But you said that I can collect my clothes today,” you may try to protest. “There must be a lot of clothes at the factory… I think your clothes will only be ready for collection the day after tomorrow,” is what the attendant will tell you, showing not the slightest empathy towards your predicament and closing all the options of soliciting any kind of further assistance from them.

The next time you want to take something to the dry cleaners which of the two would you approach?

Of cause, you would approach the former. Why the former? Because he was willing to loose business in order to maintain his integrity --- he did not promise you what he knows he cannot deliver so you are now ready to trust him.

On the other hand, the later did business with you but failed to live up to their promise. So, the next time you have anything that you want dry cleaned you won’t take it to them.

Do you see how when you can see beyond the immediate you can draw people to yourself? Not necessarily by giving them what they want, but by being honest with them.

Be Inspired and don’t forget to pass on the inspiration to those you love.

Be Inspired.

The Way to Life!

If you take a holistic look at life what you’ll see is that it is a composite of a number of components: spiritual, financial, health, home and family, mental as well as recreation. These components are what make up the wheel of life.

The problem that we have as human beings is not so much in identifying the wheel of life; it is having a balanced wheel of life. A balanced wheel of life refers to a life where all the components of life (spiritual, financial, health, home and family, mental and recreation) are given attention, without neglecting or putting too much attention to any one of them.

You might be wondering why it is difficult for you and me to have a balanced wheel of life. The reason is that it takes discipline for us to balance the wheel of life and discipline is something that everyone hates!

Even though nobody likes discipline, everybody wants the benefits that come out of discipline.
Nobody wants to give up their candy, ice-cream and other sweet stuff but everyone envies a healthy body. Nobody likes to forgo buying a luxurious car today but everyone wants to have a fortune in the future.

It is not unknown to us that in order to be healthy we need to both exercise and eat healthy food. But we find it hard to do. We need DISCIPLENE to do it.

It is also not unknown to us that in order to build our fortunes we need to save some of the money that we have today. But we find it hard to do. We need DISCIPLENE to do it.

Looking at these things we see that the corrections of discipline are the way of life. [Proverbs 6:23]
Be Inspired.

What’s your excuse – part 3?

At some point in time we’ve all had a wild dream.
Instead of pursuing that dream to its realization, some
of us have allowed our circumstances to get in the
way of the dream.

Some of the circumstances that we have allowed to
get in the way of the dream have turned out to be
nothing but mere excuses – not always because
we’ve been lazy, but because someone else has
found themselves faced by the same predicament as
ours and, nevertheless, gone ahead to pursue their
dream to its realization.

We’ve never got to look or figure out another avenue to
our dreams. This is especially true when we look at
the excuse, “I don’t have the skill.”

It is true. Sometimes we do not posses the skills that
we require to pursue our dream and bring it to
realization. We have this big dream and all, but the
missing link is your ability to follow through with all or
some parts of the dream.

What, then, do you do?

Why not try one of the following?

1. Learn the skill
Just as you were taught how to read and write, you
can be taught how to do what you need to do to
realize your dream. No, this does not necessarily
mean you have to go back behind a desk again. (Yea!
Thank God for that.) Today, learning can also be done
in the comfort of your home and still be as effective as
going to school. You can, for example, do a course
on how to write a book through the internet. All you
need is the discipline to do it.

2. Let someone else to do it
This will be at a cost in most cases, of cause. If a
friend or a relative will not do the thing that you want
done for you for free or at a cost, I am sure you can
get someone else to do it at a cost. Yes, the cost of
getting someone else to do it may cost you an arm
and a leg, but that may be the only way forward if you
really want to see your dream come true.

One of the greatest dreamers of the twentieth century,
Walt Disney, once said, “If you can DREAM IT, you
can DO IT.” Don’t you think that it would be foolish of
us to limit our interpretation of this statement to “we’d
(personally) do it?” Don’t you see the sense in
employing the interpretation that “we could also get
others to do it for us?” If you choose the latter, you’ll
soon come to realize that you have LITTLE or NO
EXCUSE for failing to realize that BIG DREAM that
you have.

Be Inspired.

This is the third and last part of an exciting
series on the excuses that people make for
not dreaming or not pursuing their dreams.

What's Your Excuse - part two?

I know you’ve heard this before?

“I want to go on holiday in America but I don’t think I
can afford to.”

“I wanna be a rock star but I don’t know where I can get
the money to buy myself a guitar.”

“My parents can’t afford to send me to law school so I
will be a teacher, instead.”

Do you hear what all these voices are saying? Do you
see that they are all expressing the same
sentiments? They are all saying, “I do not have the
money/resources to pursue my dream. [If I had these
money/resources I would pursue my dream.]”

Many Christians do not pursue their dreams “because
I do not have the money/resources.”

THERE’S NO NEED TO WORRY
What if I told you that you do not need to worry about
the money/resources that you need in order to pursue
and accomplish your dream? Would you belief me?

Well, let’s turn to the scriptures. In 2 Peter 1:3, it
reads God has given us everything pertaining to life.
Do you know what this means?

Let’s look at the following questions. They will help us
understand this portion of scripture.

• What is life?
• What is the extent of God’s provision in our lives?
• When is God’s provision made available to us?

What is life?
“Life is more than food.” [Luke 12:23] You were not
created just to survive. Your life counts for more than
mere survival. You were born for a purpose [Jeremiah
1:5: Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy
purpose]. And you can only achieve this purpose
when you pursue your dream.

What is the extent of God’s provision in our lives?
“God has given us everything pertaining to life.” [2
Peter 1:3] Just as it is wrong to say that we are alive
just to survive from one day to the next, it is wrong to
limit God’s provision in our lives to be our daily needs.
Surely, it should extend to our purpose, our hopes and
desires and our dreams.

When is God’s provision made available to us?
“God has…” [note: present continuous tense] God’s
provision for your life has been made available to you
today. The same is true for tomorrow. Yes, even for
the day after tomorrow.

Why wait a moment longer? Go out there and begin to
work on your dream. God’s got you covered. He has
already made available to you everything that you
require in the pursuit of your dream.

Be Inspired.

This is the second part of an exciting series
on the excuses that people make for not
dreaming or not pursuing their dreams. This
series will continue over the coming weeks
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What's Your Excuse?

Encouraging people to dream and to pursue their dreams has raised my awareness of people’s dream related phobias, one of which is that they do not see themselves being released to pursue their dream, that is, in view of their “present circumstance”.

“Present circumstance” for them ranges from having overprotective parents, working in a busy office, being a newly wed, right through to having to look after their families.

As you can see, for these people “present circumstance” is comprised of a ceiling of authority that prevents them from stepping up to the challenges posed by their dreams and a floor that prevents them from stepping down to make way for their dreams. These are usually both real and psychological. But, the bottom line is, either way it is merely an excuse that those who do not want to pursue a dream use to justify not doing so.

But, it’s not good enough. No excuse is! Even Nehemiah would tell you so. You see, Nehemiah was a Jewish captive in the land of Susa under the service of King Artaxerxes as a cupbearer at the time that he dreamt of rebuilding the fallen wall.

What an outrageous thought it was for him to think that he could be released from service to pursue his personal dream.

But, it did happen.

In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before; so the king asked me, "Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart." I was very much afraid, but I said to the king, "May the king live forever! Why should my face not look sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"

The king said to me, "What is it you want?"

Then I prayed to the God of heaven, and I answered the king, "If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah where my fathers are buried so that I can rebuild it."

Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?" It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time.
[Nehemiah 2:4-7]

Like some of us, Nehemiah had a ceiling that could have prevented them from stepping up to the challenges posed by his dream (he was a mere captive, a person under authority and without any authority of his own) and a floor that could have prevented him from stepping down to make way for their dream (he was the King’s cupbearer, a person who carried a very huge responsibility). But, this did not keep him from dreaming and actually pursuing his dream.

What is it that is keeping you from dreaming or pursuing your dream? Is it that you lack the authority that you require to pursue your dream? Or is it that the responsibilities that you carry seem not to allow you to pursue your dreams? Whatever it is, today you can choose to look on the bright side and believe that when the time comes for you to pursue your dream, God will ensure that you are granted the release that you require in order to do so.

This is the first part of an exciting series on the excuses that people make for not dreaming or not pursuing their dreams. This series will continue over the coming weeks and if you’re not on my mailing list but would like to know all the other excuses, subscribe for future issues of Inspiration Online at dareme@mweb.co.zw. The good thing about this subscription is that it need not be permanent. You can choose to unsubscribe at any moment in the future. Be Inspired.

The Way to Success

“Where you are is nowhere near to you are supposed to be: you have not yet gone to every place that you are supposed to go; you have not yet done everything that you are supposed to do; and you have not yet become the person whom you are supposed to become. There is so much more in store for you.”

Being truly successful in life is not so much what you have as much as the person that you become. Now, in order for you to become the person whom you are supposed to become you need to do two things:

· First, establish where you are going with your life.

· Then, do whatever you need to do to get to where you are going.

These two action will take you on the road to your success!