We live in a world in which people are more apt to discourage than encourage. If you have a dream to do something great, and you tell ten people about it, nine will tell you that you won\u2019t succeed.\u00a0 And they\u2019ll give you different \u201crational\u201d reasons to support their opinion.\u00a0 But their messages will be the same: You can\u2019t.\u00a0 Now if you are lucky, one person will tell you, \u201cYou can do it.\u201d\u00a0 My suggestion is to listen to the one person and prove the other nine wrong.<\/p>\n
Anyone who has achieved anything meaningful in this world has had to ignore the nine naysayers. And many successful folks haven\u2019t even had that one cheerleader.\u00a0 The unifying quality of successful individuals is their ability to believe in their vision and their ability to block out the naysayers.<\/p>\n
For example, my daughter has had both the \u201cYou can\u201d and \u201cYou can\u2019t\u201d types of teachers. What I admire about her is that the \u201cYou can\u2019t\u201d teachers don\u2019t stop her.\u00a0 She simply ignores them, carries on, and typically exceeds all expectations.<\/p>\n
Now my comments are not intended to denigrate well-meaning teachers, parents or friends. Very often people will advise you as to what you can and can\u2019t do in an effort to save you from disappointment.\u00a0 Their intentions aren\u2019t bad.\u00a0 They are just misguided.<\/p>\n
What the naysayers don\u2019t know is that when your dreams are inspired by God, you are unstoppable<\/em>.\u00a0 You and God are always a majority.\u00a0 And if God has a plan for your life, you simply need to do your part to fulfill that plan, and He will do His.\u00a0 When it comes to bringing our God-given dreams to fruition, we are not facing the challenge alone.<\/p>\n In my own life, I never heard this message. I grew up knowing only what I could not do.\u00a0 I had no idea what I<\/em> could do<\/em>.\u00a0 No one ever said, \u201cYou can accomplish anything that you set your mind to.\u201d\u00a0 As a result, I have spent many years as an adult retraining my brain to think correctly.<\/p>\n I now see it as my personal life mission to encourage others. I truly believe that the only thing stopping each one of us from achievement is ourselves.\u00a0 If you are willing to work hard and seize whatever opportunities are given to you, there is no reason that you won’t succeed in accomplishing God\u2019s plan for your life.\u00a0 As Paul says in Romans 8:31, \u201cIf God be for us, who can be against us?\u201d<\/p>\n This week, consider whether you have the right mindset to achieve your goals. Stop listening to people who tell you what you can\u2019t do.\u00a0 They don\u2019t know what they are talking about.\u00a0 Decide to prove them wrong.\u00a0 Decide instead to listen to God.\u00a0 God has a plan for how you will be a blessing on this earth.\u00a0 He has planted dreams in your heart to show you what that plan is.\u00a0 Your only job is to do everything you can to fulfill that plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We live in a world in which people are more apt to discourage than encourage. If you have a dream to do something great, and you tell ten people about it, nine will tell you that you won\u2019t succeed.\u00a0 And they\u2019ll give you different \u201crational\u201d reasons to support their opinion.\u00a0 But their messages will be…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n