Prioritize your thoughts

Did you ever miss school or work because of an emotional problem? Well, I did. And not just once.

When I say emotional problem, I mean something related to the way we think. Not a visual circumstance just thoughts. That doesn’t sound like an excuse or anything important but they are powerful. Sometimes they cut your energy and you are not in the mood for things, sometimes they even determine the way you feel - health wise.

As a girl especially I notice I let different thoughts decide my day, and that’s not always smart, especially when you are missing important moments in life or you don’t get to enjoy them even if you’re present.

I think the majority of boys are more capable of taking one thing at the time and focus on it, rather than be all over the place. Sometimes I wish I can do that, I wish I can watch a movie without thinking of my grocery list, or what else I need to do later on that day.

This can be very important as a teenager. I remember missing moments with my dear ones just because I was sad that some guy didn’t gave me attention or that girl looked weird at me.

I wish in that moment I would’ve been like…ok, let’s see: I have an amazing family, I have awesome friends, today I woke up healthy, I had food on the table, I get to buy a new dress today..and..that guy doesn’t like me back. Hm…so should I cry today or should I celebrate something?

Do you see where the balance inclines? It was definitely not the end of the world as I thought.

So here is my advice : If you can’t control your thoughts, prioritize them. Choosing the right thoughts first, would make the bed ones lose ground and eventually leave.

I am convinced that no matter what happens to us in this life, there is at least One good thought, that deserve our attention and the first place in our minds, and that is:

We are God's children and

we're gonna spend an Eternity with Him without worries.

Just chill

Driving through the hills on a rainy day. Some areas were flooded, everybody was inside, either their homes or cars, trying to get to the destination as soon as possible.

Because we may like rain, but only from our windows.

The most relaxed creatures i saw in those moments, were the cows. They had no problem staying outside eating, like it was some kind of outdoor party going on.

And i thought, hm..i bet after they are done eating they will return for the night in the shelter and tomorrow they're gonna start over.

Millions of thoughts and worries would rise up from the people passing by, but nothing from the cows. And i am wondering, how come they know they're gonna be fine? I wish i could have the confidence that animals have. And we are much more important for our Creator.

It's all right to get busy, to run here and there, preparing what we need to live. But there is a limit. And after we pass that limit, we only get more stressed.

Like there is a time and place for everything, there has to be a time for us just to relax and enjoy what we've done.

Jesus said He will bless the work of our hands. Does anybody out there still believe that?

There is a time when we have to let it go. If you already put all you have in doing something, overworking it doesn't help.

There is a time to say "Lord, i've done the work, now it's all in Your hands to provide for me."

We need peace of mind to survive, not only food and shelter.

What do you think it will happen with our crops, if after we plant the seeds, we are walking around all day long on it, to see if there's any results?

Nothing will come out , we have to step away after we plant the seed and give it some time.

As my mom says, a human being needs 8 hours of work, 8 hours of relaxing and doing things that we like, and 8 hours of sleep. Now i know for most of us this would be in a perfect world, and sometimes it might not even depend on us entirely. But we need to consider it once in a while.

Overworking yourself it might bring you more money, but if you continue like that you might end up spending them on recovery. Is that worth it?

I'm talking about at least one hour a day where you can let all your worries outside. And don't worry, they won't go anywhere. One hour to do something that you enjoy without stressing.

Today choose not to care about the rain of problems, and what others think about you, and what's gonna happen tomorrow, and go take a walk or just watch on the window cars passing by , not only it will recharge your batteries but you'll get new ideas about how to be more efficient in what you do.

God answers your prayers even after you forgot what you asked

Because He likes to be faithful

He's simple, but oh so complicated in the same time.

But His purpose is not to bring confusion,

His scent bring things to light.

He's there to blow some more life

When our bodies are tired and dry.

And every time i fell and didn't hurt,

I wans't any special..

I was just caught but didn't know.

And even if you never prayed,

but you are safe now

Be thankful today,

He answered anyway.

Keep Japan in your prayers

Stay Special

In everything you do, stay away from mediocrity. Don’t take that road.

Even if you do the same thing as a thousand other people do, you can still do it differently.

There’s still place for being “unique” because you’re unique.

I don’t like mediocrity. There’s nothing bad in wanting to be ahead of the crowd, to be the best at what you do etc. the reason why I don’t like it is because it’s BORING.

Mediocre thinking is : ”I am doing things this way because there’s no other way, everybody does it this way so why bother?”

Did you know that the word mediocre means “halfway up the mountain” in Latin?

So you may be thinking you’ve reached your highest level but you are actually just halfway up the mountain. That would be a funny picture for someone who’s watching . You complain that you’ve ended your journey when you still have, half to climb. You think you’re moving but if you took the mediocre road, that just goes in a circle around the mountain, it’s not gonna get you any higher. Soon you’ll be so good at it, that your sense to explore will vanish.

I believe it’s possible to find something new every day that makes life more interesting and better.

So whatever you do, stay special !