New Year or New You?

Most people in this time of the year start to share what they wish for next year: more health, more opportunities, more family union, etc. The problem resides in that most of them wait for those improvements just to happen, and few are the ones that take responsibility for that to happen.

If you think that this year 2017 was equal to 2016, and this one was equal to 2015, and so on, I think that the problem doesn't reside in the years, but in you. And I can assure that, without fear to be wrong, that for you, if you don't change, 2018 will be equal too.

Instead of wishing for 2018 to be different, take responsibility of yourself so you can be different, and you will see that you'll have more authority and power to make the changes you need.

If you didn't like your 2017, don't blame 2017. Of course you didn't have control over the things that happened to you, but you did have control over your response. And it'll be so in 2018. As John Maxwell says: "You don't have control over the winds, but you do over the sail". 

The Bible teaches in Ecclesiastes 9:11 that opportunity come to all. That's means that in 2017 you did have opportunities, and that's means that in 2018 you'll still have them. So, will you be prepared for them? Will you have the right attitude? Will you expectant everyday for them to come or will you still be lamenting for the ones you lost?

I encourage you to have a more-than-a-conqueror attitude all 2018, knowing that your Heavenly Father will be with you all the time to help you in any situation you might go through. No more lamenting and no more complaints! Your Father has given you all what you need to see your dreams come true!

Gadol's Nugget: His main problem

Gadol, the main character of my novel, went through many terrible hardships, but he didn't realize that his main problem was found in his mind. That, in the long run, would be the main cause of the suffering he would go through.

Gadol is like many of us. Everybody has to face many problem, but the main problem is not found in the problem itself, but in how we handle our problem. Our attitude when we face our problems determines if we prolong the problem or if we find an answer.

How are you facing your current situation? Remember that complaining, lamenting, blaming others, etc., DO NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM, on the contrary, IT MAKES IT BIGGER. But if you take responsibility (even though it hasn't been your fault), ask for advices, seek help, make plans, etc., sooner or latter that problem will be something of your past, and you will be coming through strengthened rather than destroyed.

Hope it helps!