Heart-warming Poetry

These are just a few verses from my recent work that I thought might inspire you in this season.  None of these verses have been published and I trust that they will be published among my new work. Be Inspired.

It is the Lord who has made me strong
He has raised me up to my feet
I will sing to Him my praises

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Even as we pray
May we in your awesome presence stay

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If I am still to be found alive
All the more have I reason to praise thee
For Thy presence is still with me
And thy promises shine on the morrow

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The Lord is not mute
How can he who created the mouth not speak?
He will no longer remain silent
The time has now come for Him to break the silence
And everything else silence
They will remain silent
The execution of His word is swift
The Lord is not mute

How to Fully Utilize the Power of Goal Setting

What connection is there between your mission and the goals that you are pursuing today?  If there is none, you are probably under utilizing the power of goal setting.  Goal setting is a tool that is designed not just to get you whatever you want in life but, rather, to get you what you need to achieve your mission.

1.        Tie your goals to your mission
Your mission represents what you want to achieve in your lifetime.  Whatever goal you set in life should be in line with your mission.  Unless you do this, you may spend a lifetime chasing after goals that take you nowhere, although they might be exciting.

2.        Set goals that are progressive
Your goals should successively contribute to the attainment of your ultimate goal.  The journey towards your ultimate goal should be like an ascend up a staircase. Just as each step should be joined to the one before it and the one after it, your goals for this year should be joined to last year's goals and next year's goals.  That way you are assured of going somewhere with your life.

3.        Move from setting goals to setting strategic objectives
Goals keep your focus on what you want to do within a given timeframe.  Strategic objectives, however, shift your focus to the end to what you intend to achieve through your goal.  Focusing on the end is more energizing than focusing on the means.

Goal setting is a wonderful exercise. No doubt, every person who sets concrete goals and commits themselves to taking decisive action towards the attainment of these goals has a greater chance of realizing their dreams than the one who blurs out 'resolutions' under the ecstasy of the moment and does nothing to make them happen.   However, the greatest results do not come from the exercise of goal setting. It comes from aligning them to your mission, having them progressively lead them towards your mission and shifting your focus from what you have to do to the end in mind.

Be inspired.

The Exciting Year Ahead

In today's issue of Inspiration Online I want to give
you an update of the work that I have been doing behind
the scene and also give you some things to look
forward to as we begin the new year.


For some time now I have been working on my website,
Like Ed: You Can Do It, and have set aside this
coming weekend as the time to polish up whatever work
is still outstanding.  I look forward to have it up and
running sometime next week so look forward to a like
ed launch notification email anytime starting on
Monday.


Also, I have been living my dreams that concern other
areas of my life.  This has made me only too eager to
share with you what it is like to pursue such a lifestyle
and have decided to share my experiences through our
regular weekly newsletter, Inspiration Online. I will
still be giving you the principles on how to succeed in
life, but above it I am going to show you how I have
taken these principles and applied them to produce the
results that I have. Isn't that exciting?


The last thing that you might want to know is that I have
set aside the coming two months as the time that I
write two of the books that I have been wanting to write
for some time now.  The first one is going to be a
motivational self-help book that I have written tracing the
timeline of Joseph.  The essence of the book will be to
reassure the reader that their dreams can survive
despite the emergence of obstacles along the journey.


The second one will be a little more serious.  It is going
to be tackling the urgent issue of social transformation
– how badly it is needed and how we as individuals can
spearhead its initiation.  The reader will have an
opportunity to meet some of the champions of social
transformation, whose efforts were recorded in the
Bible, and

If you continue being extremely nice to me I am going
to possibly return the favour in one of two ways: I might
ask you to proof-read my manuscript or I might give you
free exerts of the first few chapters from the books. Just
keep your fingers crossed.


The publication of these books will add two more titles
in my name and hopefully spur my writing career.

The year ahead promises to be an exciting year and I
am glad to be able to share it with you.  I also hope that
you will share the news with all your relatives and
friends.  

HAPPY NEW YEAR!