Daily Wisdom Motivational Podcast

Has someone made you famous or someone said you are famous? See, we each need recognition. What’s important to know, however, sometimes, you don’t need to be acclaimed by others to know who you are. If you believe in yourself and you develop your talents, and use them to the best of the ability that you have, you don’t need a crowd. You don’t need recognition. You don’t need a frame. You could be an artist and develop your own harmony, and be well worth it.

I recently read a story about a man whose name was Alvarenga. He was a 37-year old fisherman and working in Mexico. On November 18, 2012, he decided that he was going to go out to the sea and go fishing. What he did not know is that there was a storm coming which would change his life forever, and not only that, his friend who went with him would never come back.

A writer once said “You have to learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”

Quite amazing, isn’t it?

Very interesting, indeed.

“But to have more, however, than you have got at this point, you have got to become more than who you are”.

So what does that mean and where does that lead us?

Have you ever heard the expression, “you must be happy with what you have while in pursuit of what you want”?

This is so important to realize and understand at all times.

What really matters to you, what you really feel should make you happy, and what kind of life you want to live. It’s so important to know where you are.

When you’re upset or you find yourself in these obstacles, think of these options and decide for yourself which one do you want. Once you make that decision, you’ll find, that you’re happier. Know also that you have the strength to do whatever it is that you want to do with it moving forward or not, and things will be so much easier in your life.

It’s quite amazing how many people you meet at times who tell you “it’s over; it’s done; it’s the end of that chapter; I am finished; it’s the end of my book.”

What does that all mean? That they’re going to die? That there is no other solution? Why get all worked up? What’s the point?

There is a story about a writer by the name of Flannery O’Connor. She battled lupus, a terrible disease, but wrote about her life, and then she died unfortunately, at the young age of 39 years old. Now, at one point in time she was asked, “Why is it that you are writing in spite of your illness?” And she said, “Because I’m good at it.”

You know, it’s interesting. If you think about that, she battled her sickness but what she was good at, she used as an incentive to become better. It was an enticement for her to make things better.

Some people believe that the reason why they are unhappy is because of their biochemistry. That may be true; I’m not going to discuss the medical implications of the medications or hormonal imbalances, or the chemical dependency that some people taking. That’s not what this is all about. What I am going to discuss, however, is that although these biomechanical imbalances may be real, you have to ask yourself, what can you do to try to overcome some of these unhappy times? What should you do?

At times, we have decisions that we have to make and we’re not too sure which direction to go. Interestingly enough, the grief that we cause ourselves in not making the decision or second-guessing our self, can be quite difficult to handle at times. Not only that, as it says, it’s the difference between a promise and a price. The price that we’re going to pay if we don’t keep our promise can be difficult. Regrets weighs literally tons while discipline weighs ounces. Think about that for a second.

Did you know that Michelangelo was one of the artists who lived years ago and he was able to imagine and literally come up with designs in his level which were beyond and above so many artists? Michelangelo, a famous sculptor, was asked how he saw what he saw. He said, “I did not create anything. I saw an angel set in the marble and all I did was chiseled around the angel and I set the angel free.” Interesting, isn’t it? Now, you have to ask yourself, in your life, you have to find the angel in the marble.