Think and grow rich

Success conscious

I want it and I’ll have it. Ford

Desire: knowing what one wants. 

Masters of our fates, captains of our souls. 

Transmit thoughts into physical realities. 

Brains become magnetized to dominant thoughts. 

1.Desire

Dominating dream. Definite goal. ALL energy and effort back up goal. I will start anywhere, but before I’m through I will have attained dream. Win or perish. Cut all sources of retreat. Convince yourself you WILL have it. 

Definiteness of purpose. 

“Success requires no apologies. Failure permits no alibis.”

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success. 

The oak sleeps in the acorn. 

All who succeed get off to a bad start. Become acquainted with other self. 

Open minded. Ready to receive  

Whatever I would have asked for life, life would have willingly paid. 

Our only limitations are the ones we set up into our own minds. Seeds of equivalent advantage and useful purpose. Plant attitude of faith in self. 

Definiteness of purpose. 

Handicaps as obstacles or stepping stones

What I intend to give:

2.Faith

The secret (in my opinion, reading it the second time through): you have to own it. The desire has to belong to you. It has to line up with your values. If motherhood is my number one value, like, truly owning my calling as a mother, than I can’t be true to myself and own the following desires (at least not right now):

-Going back for Masters degree

-Being an art teacher

-writing a book

-running a marathon

These are desires I can own:

-truly loving, accepting, appreciating, and adoring the little presents of which HF has blessed us. 

-adoring, cherishing, respecting, and spoiling the son of God heavenly father gave me. 

-sharpening my saw by attending classes, exercising in moderation, spending time in nature, and doing a few things I love. 

-knowing, encouraging, owning, and loving my boys’ best friends

-magnifying my callings and cherishing my Moai. 

Value: I really don’t want to miss out. Not the FOMO missing out but the “real” missing out. I don’t want to miss out on the perfect little babies is my home. The sweet, gentle, tender, impressionable, perfect spirits that I rub shoulders with and the kiss faces of all day long. I suppose this time in my life might not appear “balanced.” But I guess many phases don’t because neither do time in college, on a mission, the first year of teaching, etc, etc. seem balanced. 

Of course I could pursue things on my bucket list. But at what cost? Achievement is not high on my value list. And therefore, I can’t own or truly desire an item that would tear me from what matters most. I ask: at what cost? And there are many, many things I am not willing to pay for.