Changes Thru Faith (application)

                                                    

Make The Change By using Faith

Faith. This one particular principle is the most important principle of them all for the simple reason that if you cannot believe that you will accomplish a expected result without seeing any immediate gratification or reward for the efforts you are putting forth you will never complete any task you will simply get frustrated and give up. Let us examine what faith is.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

The whole chapter goes on to give example and explain what faith is so I will give you an example. Imagine you are in a car or a plane traveling from point A to point B, you no where you want to go you no what type of vehicle that will transport you there but you are not sure how it works completely or what route to take but you no that car, train or plane will get you there. Faith will help you visualize and believe in the attainment of your desire. You will need to develop a capacity for faith because it will give you the power to transform the ordinary energy's of thought into the tangible and give you the ability to take action on your hope and beliefs. This applied faith will give you hope of achievement.

What is “applied faith”? It is defined as the mental attitude where you clear your mind of all fears and doubts and direct it to the attainment of whatever you desire in life, to take possession of your own mind. In developing this applied faith it is necessary to be believe that you have it and be grateful for it, next keep an open mind and be ready for “hunches” and inspiration when it presents itself. You must know and understand yourself to believe in yourself then you can forgive yourself for past mistakes to heal and move forward in life and living. Always be willing to try new things for this is how you will determine what is right for you and to take action in the face of fear to make your dreams and goals become reality. Remember that persistence is the necessary effort to induce faith.

I have to take a step backward so you will understand that you must have “hope” to activate the faith. You see hope is like the ignition source like a match or a spark plug and faith force of your desire which you make your desire's known so it all start with desire. But desire without hope means weak faith which equal's poor result, so here are some tipping points on hope:

Change your attitude by changing your physical action.

Example: change sleep patterns, read books, exercise, get a hobby, change your diet.

Physical motions can change emotions, this is most likely because the brain releases certain chemicals called ENDORPHINS; we know them as the natural pain killers but there are several type and they have an added benefit such as; While many people are vaguely aware that the blissful feelings one experiences after sex may be endorphin related, few are aware that endorphins are naturally produced by a wide range of activities like meditation, deep breathing, ribald laughter, eating spicy food, or receiving acupuncture treatments or chiropractic adjustments. Fewer still know that endorphins are actually good for health.

How you think determines how you act so you will need to build in yourself an optimistic progressive glow, a feeling that “yeah, this is great and I am all for it” and you will become 100% enthusiastic. Also note how you act in turn will determine how others react to you, you are what you think you are. Smile big; speak up especially in meetings, walk faster and more confident, practice making eye contact when talking to others. Believe you can do it, when you believe your mind finds ways to get it done; your mind will create a way if you let it.

CHANGE (principals)

Everyone seems to be looking for the “quick fix”, but we must operate from our belief systems and from deep values that assure us that in the long run the principals we use are absolutely the best policy.

Here are some principals to work on to help you figure out where you want to go and what you want to achieve and how to develop a method to get there;

1.Clearly Define you goals;

2.Develop an unshakable desire to achieve those goals;

3.Take action in the face of fear to make your goals become reality;

4.Know yourself, believe in yourself, forgive yourself for past mistakes heal and move forward;

5.When negative things and thoughts happen use logic and patient to counteract it;

 

6.Save as much as possible even in small portions and amounts;

7.Use common sense, keep it short and simple, talk less and do more;

8.Try new things;

9.Develop a pleasing personality;

10.Master all the details;

11.be persistent no matter how slowly you may have to move at first;

12;Do not be scared to fail, but remember failure is not a option;

make the change self assessment

                                                  

SELF ASSESSMENT TOOL

You will need some materials to work with so gather a few good writing pens, a notebook a ruler and some correction fluid for mistakes, everybody makes them or maybe use your computer. The most important thing is for you to be objective and honest about the question you ask and the way you answer them, if you don't be completely honest you will only be lying to yourself and you may not get the desired results you seek.

What do you you want ?; you may think this is a given but so meany people run into problem because they do not have a clear decisive idea of what they really want to acquire or accomplish so your first and foremost purpose is to decide what do you want. It is always good to have some flexibility in the way you do things but there must be concrete goal and or end game you want to attain, other wise you will end up like a fish out of water.

What are you looking for?; ask yourself what “am I looking for in... “, this can be very complicated, start by asking what am I looking to do with my life, who am I trying to please, am I trying to gain acceptance, respect, adulation from family, friends or coworker or am I doing this for myself? Am I looking for independence, or am I just following a trend?

Next, determine which type of personality do you posses. A type “a” person may exhibit such as competitive, outgoing, ambitious, impatient, or aggressive; while a type”B” personality will be more relaxed. This doesn't mean that one is better than the other but if you are aware you maybe able to adjust you thinking to overcome obstacles that will arise, and they will arise for that is the nature of all things.

This is very important, you will need to determine how much time you are willing to implement to your endeavor. Since time is the one asset that nobody has in abundance do not take this lightly. You need to establish tangible time frames for things to get done, and as you see yourself meeting these deadline your confidence will grow.

The next step is to get out your pen and paper and make to columns, at the top of the one on the left you may call it “my strengths” at the top of the one on the right label it “my weakness's”, this tool is to be known as the pros & cons of your character. The object of this exercise is for you to visibly recognize and acknowledge your strengths and weakness's so you can accentuate the positive and correct the negative by using corrective measures.

Being objective and taking this type of inventory of your character and ability's will also help you to figure out what you are willing to give up to achieve you goal because there are no free ride and free lunch's, you will have to give up something and make sacrifices if you are to move forward, this is inevitable. But armed with this knowledge you will have a good starting point of what you will need to give up. Another consideration is what do you stand to gain from success? There is nothing worse than to acquire success and then have that prosperity turn into a curse and devour you, to have it consume your very essence and then you find all you live for is the “thing” not the joy and freedom that it's acquisition should bring you so decide what do you want from success.

What if I fail? Should I have a backup plan? Ok so you may fail, but just like anything else in life you get up dust yourself off and get right back in there, it is natural to fail this is why your doing all this planning and homework now to minimize your failure but you will fail but the key is to learn from you failures and make adjustments. Almost all successful people fail time and time again but they

keep trying until they get it right. Yes, you should always have a plan “B”, I love this old saying , “Victory loves preparation”. So make plan's and prepare for anything you can imagine, can't hurt.

The purpose of this is to figure out what else you can learn and how can I grow from this knowledge. Always relish the opportunities to expand your thinking, strive to make a difference so you may have an effect on someone else as well as change your own circumstances so that life will have intrinsic meaning beyond the time you spend here

My last point I would like to make is how determined are you to do what it takes for you to achieve your objective? make a decision and stick by this decision no matter what happens, nobody like a wishy washy person so take a deep breath, take aim and fire. Good luck.

Make Tthe Change "Know yourself"

     

                                                                                         

Who are you? No the question is not about where you were born or who your parents or grandparents are, or where you were brought up or what school you went to the question is much deeper than that. I heard this saying once and it goes like this “ It's not who I am underneath It's what I do that defines me”. Put simple it is not where i was born or what family I belong to it is what I do that give my life purpose me.

 

My life, the choices I make that will determine what kind of person I become. Agreed our environment

plays a big part of our destiny but after a certain time in life you are handed the rein’s of your life and

you make the choice that will guide you on your path. A path that will leads you up the road to success

or down the road to destruction. In order to obtain any personal growth a person should practice being totally honest with there self because only in this way will you achieve true results that will bring a relevant change. Many people lie to themselves then they wonder why nothing changes, why they cant lose weight or why they cant finish a task, the problem is that their foundation is unstable and they are doomed to fail before they even start. So honesty is the best policy and a self assessment the best place to start. My point is, we all have philosophy's that we use in our day to day choice's, which we use to determine action's which cause's result. So in using the self-assessment tool the goal is to improve redefine or adjust your philosophy that will bring the desired result. Also a good thing to remember is that many time's you cant change the circumstance of a given situation or problem, but you can control yourself and the way you react or act to a problem and this starts with your mental state, you philosophy's your morals and ethics. These tool are not set in stone but just a few that can be used to point a person to the path of self accomplishment. Also you must realize that knowing which path to take is much different than actually walking it. Knowledge only has power when the instruction is put to some useful purpose to perform a needed task.

 

Therefor you must recognize that what matters is not what you should have done but what you do now that makes the difference and the best was to make effective change is to identify the problems or short comings, this will take some tools. When my uncle was teaching me how to do some minor repairs to my car when I was younger he would always tell me the right tool for the right job, so I think the right tool for us to begin our character tune-up should be the “Self Assessment tool “ . There are all kinds of self assessment tool out there but the one I am going to give you is for the sole purpose of the the individual to decided where they are in life, where they want to be in life and help you figure ways to get there. It is up to you and no one else. Remember this you can't always change the situation's you will face or peoples attitudes or even human nature but you can control the way you react to it thereby having a hand on the wheel of your destiny.

EPIPHANY

“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.” Lao Tzu

MY EPIPHANY

According to the Buddhist, there is a thing called "The beginners mind", in this concept you should assume nothing and with humility and inquiry look for the most meaning and importance in the smallest thing. When I was around eight years old and I had made myself a slingshot and i wanted to test it out, but i didn't want to break anything and have my mother kill me so I got up early in the morning and went to the park a couple of blocks from my house. Everybody was still asleep that's how early it was plus it was the weekend and the sun was just coming up, the dew was still on the ground, now that I think about it, it was a perfect Indian summer morning, anyway I am ready to test my new home made device so I find a pretty good size bottle and set it on top of a tunnel thing that kids play in, this is a park in a major inner city so there is some litter around, definitely not Mayburry RFD. So I set it up and moved away about ten to twelve feet,Then I find a smooth oval shaped rock just shy of the size of a penny, then for some reason I said to myself , "The smallest stone can shatter the biggest bottle", I take aim and fire and hit it dead center. I swear at the time at it seemed to be happening in slow motion, the bottle exploded into million pieces, I couldn't believe it. That was a moment of enlightenment that I will never forget. A detail of how the smallest of things can change the greater of things with the right circumstances.

Have you ever see a newborn baby jump out of the mothers arms and start doing lap around the neighborhood? I don't think you have if so get pictures and call Ripley, anyway just as a baby must become secure and confident like crawling then standing and falling then one step and fall get up another step and fall, they hold on to furniture and take steps then finally they find their balance and faith and start to walk and run. This same concept run true in most of my research. Very, very few can jump in with both feet into any situation with help and training and succeed. That why I want to share with you some of the principals I have studied and still work with because they have at some point or another help me, but every one is different you know, but we are similar to a degree right? Hmmmmmmmmmmm.

Make The Change...

CAN WE TALK?

Recently I had done some research on personal development, I felt that I wasn't getting any younger so it was time to make myself “a better person”, I did some serious research which I will be sharing with you again, but I think I put it out there not in the proper order, I thought no one was really reading my blog but after I reclaimed my work and took it off the air I guess I was wrong, it would have been nice if someone would have dropped me a note or something I would have done that a different way.

Irregardless what I am going to do is go over my material and sources and republish it, I doubt if my talent has progressed to the point of a E-book which I could market so if you want to help make a donation or make a comment or something either way that would be helpful for me to keep working on this. I started this because I had some issues and I knew the only person who could solve them was me. The Bible say's take the beam out of your own eye before you condemn someone else and that was my mane objective.

In my writings you will notice I reference to the Bible, I think this is the greatest book ever written in the history of mankind, but that is just my opinion, but you have to admit there is some serious knowledge there for us to use, anyway that will not be my only source of reference, and I will do my very best to give each author all the “props” that is do them, like I said I am just trying to be the best I can and hope that I can bring you along for the ride. I will do my best to keep it as simple as I can after all I don't have a PHD, or a masters in Psychology but what I do have is some formal training from the school of hard knocks and I just want to be the best I can be for myself, for my family and for my country, which by the way needs some serious help and you know where it starts ? You and me.

I don't do gimmick so don't look for any from me what I do is put the theory to test and tell you what I have learned or not you can take it from their because if there is one thing I have learned in life is that there is no one size fit's all approach , something may work for one person while doing nothing to help another while somebody else get on nominal results, this is why before you try anything you have to understand the person on the other side of that mirror or you may find yourself being just like this dog I saw once running around in a circle chasing his tail until he feel over and went to sleep.

Well I guess that is enough for now, I be back soon with the first installment of MAKE THE CHANGE”. SEE YA. Jerry...

Only You.

LORD I AM NOTHING, I AM THE LEAST OF A FEW AND NOBODY KNOWS HOW I TRULY FEEL INSIDE, NOBODY EXCEPT YOU. I HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN AND NO ONE WILL HELP ME UP EVEN WHEN I POUR MYSELF OUT LIKE LIQUID FROM A CUP I'M SO TIRED I FEEL USED UP. I JUST TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND TRIED TO STAND AND TAKE A STEP FORWARD BUT THE STRESS OF THIS WORLD IS CRUSHING ME. PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG I AM SO THANKFUL FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT LONG TIME AGO IF NOT FOR YOUR MERCY IT'S JUST I AM FEELING SO INADEQUATE AND INSIGNIFICANT RIGHT NOW BUT I WILL DO MY BEST TO CONTINUE KEEPING IN MIND WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PAST FOR ME. I WILL CONTINUE EVEN IF I HAVE TO WEAR A MASK SO NOBODY CAN SEE THE REAL PAIN THAT I FEEL BECAUSE I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE REAL. EVEN THOUGH I CANT TOUCH YOU OR SEE YOU YOU I CAN SEE THE EVIDENCE OF YOU AND THAT YOU ARE STILL WORKING I WILL NOT GIVE UP OR GIVE IN TO THE URGE TO QUIT, I WILL RECALL TO MY MIND THE TRIALS AND TEST I HAVE FACED AND DRAW FROM THE CONFIDENCE OF YOUR PREVIOUS INTERVENTION ON MY BEHALF AND I WILL MOVE FORWARD.PLEASE STRENGTHEN ME IN THESE ENDEAVOURS OF LIFE SO THAT IN SUCCESS OR FAILURE YOU WILL GET THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU.