What's Important Now
With the personal and e-interaction that I had with most of you, i.e. face-to-face, e-mails, and blogs, I realized how easy it is to whine, complain, blame, and lambast. Little realizing the phalanx of blessings and the joys in life of waking up to a brand new day and the thought that someone cares.
Then I got thinking... I've had plenty of inspiration.
For the past couple months I've got lazy; I lost my drive, focus, ambition, and basically all the good qualities that make Vusi Moalodi who he is. I have nobody to blame but myself. Success is not an accident. We are the reason for our own happiness or demise, and I am going to start being responsible for my happiness again. I've had to reevaluate myself. In my life, there haven't been any "free lunches". I've worked for everything I have, and I've done it with very little outside help. I have been the reason for my own successes. And... I've always been the reason for my own lack of success.
I think that right now I'm in a major turning point in my life... and I'm going to embrace the opportunity. The opportunity to live! To live is to have life. Neither have I won the lottery nor received an invite from Donald J. Trump to manage one of his exquisite hotels. Nothing extreme... its been simple actually. I have great people in my life, you are maybe part of those. I'm enjoying life one day at a time.
For the first time in my life... I'm actually happy.
Some people might read my blogs and think "who is he to give advice on this or that...". And I'll be the first to tell you that I'm far from perfect. One thing I can tell you is that I appreciate life. Do I have problems? Negative things happen? Sure... who doesn't. Who hasn't been hurt in life? Who doesn't wish they could change a thing or two in their past? What I realized is that: As long as you walk this earth, you are not immune to the daily hassle or problems. But for every sad story I have, somebody has one just as sad, if not more... you don't want to read about my sad stories... and frankly, I don't have to hear about yours to appreciate and tolerate the person you are.
I try to have a "W.I.N" attitude; W.I.N. being an acronym for "What's Important Now". I cant change my past, nor can you change yours. But I can focus on right now. Enjoy the blessings that life has given me right now. If you think about 'whats important now', and stop living in yesterday, you'll start living today.
Have a great time ahead everybody!
Hi Vusi, we ALL feel lazy and discouraged at times and that is when we need to remember that we can only gather our strength from the Lord.I like your WIN attitude, by the way our attitude can change our lives, be it for the good or the bad. Keep up the courage.
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ReplyDeleteYou may not be aware of what you have just done through this massage, infact it revives our inner selves. We need to appreciate and give credits to ourselves especial at this turning point of ourlives, most of all give thanks to ALMIGHTY not forgetting those who are around us.
God bless.
i am reading a book at the moment called 'a new earth' by Eckhart Tolle. It talks about living life in the now as well. I like your post especially because it is what i am trying to apply in my life right now. I am trying to let go of the past and not worry about the future, and posts like this give me an incentive to continue on that path. Thanks a lot
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