Hi Dears!!
Happy Monday!! (You can tell I'm excited by the number of exclamation marks I'm using, Yup I had an awesome weekend!!...hope you did too)
Today (and for the first time on the blog) I'm hosting a guest: Kanayo Aniegboka, he's blessed with an interesting sense of humour, a unique view of life and a deep thinker too. Just read his article below and get gung-ho for the week!
Here it is:
“It is always wise to stop wishing for things long enough to enjoy
the fragrance of those now flowering” -Patrice
Gifford
‘Hunger for
more’ is a natural human instinct. It’s a necessary faculty you must further
develop in order to go far in life.
When I talk of 'hunger for more', I mean the desire to add to the things you have already achieved in life, not the craving for extra chicken and fries.
Every great
success was driven by the desire to grow, to accomplish greater things, and to
exceed all you have ever done. Truth is that anyone without the hunger for more
might not only die unfulfilled but will most likely achieve very little with their
lives.
For you to truly succeed, you must hunger for
it like King Ragnar (in the mega-fantastic series ‘Vikings’) desired to go
West.
Nevertheless,
the insatiable desire to achieve more and furthermore, the success wisdom of ‘delayed
gratification’,makes us postpone every manner of pleasure till sometime in the
future--to a time when we have either qualified to enjoy it or amassed all the
wealth we can. Unfortunately, this is almost as wrong as having no desire at
all.
Success is not a destination, it’s a journey
and for you to truly be successful, you must learn to find the balance that
allows you enjoy the result of your effort at every level.
·
Your days are numbered: you really don’t know when your visa on earth
will expire. You may not have legal status to be here until you can retire to enjoy
all your wealth. Word of advice, go have some fun while you can.
·
Your tastes change: there are some things you love now and would
want to enjoy; like riding a bike, wearing tight jeans, going mountain
climbing,
some of which might not be interesting to you
when you are older. Why not do them now.
·
You may not always be able to afford it: so you finally got the private pool that you
always wanted,
·
Every success needs to be celebrated: we are all creatures of conditioning. The same way a dog perpetuates good behaviour
when you give them tidbits, we tend to want to repeat whatever we do that makes
us happy. When we celebrate after every little achievement we attain, we
automatically condition our minds to repeat success. If you give a wonderful
presentation at the board meeting, eat some ice cream, you deserve it.
·
Your life is not in the future, it’s NOW: you know how everyone prepares for the
future? Come closer let me tell you a secret, there’s nowhere called ‘the future’.
The day the so called ‘future’ comes, it will still be called ‘today’ and it
will feel like today. Plan to enjoy every day of your life. Don’t live in abject
poverty now in order to splurge at 70. Your knees and pacemaker aint gonna let
you.
Life is best
when it is balanced, not when it tips at one end. Make plans for tomorrow, but
don’t forget today as you do.
‘We should certainly count our blessings, but
we should also make our blessings count.’ –Neil A. Maxwell.
Written by,
Kanayo Aniegboka. (www.reallifewithkani.com )
And there
you have it friends, a good dose for the week, don’t you think? Pause to enjoy
life, be spontaneous sometimes! Stop postponing that thing you've been wanting to do. DO IT NOW (Today if possible or before this week ends). I encourage
you to visit Kani’s blog www.reallifewithkani.com,
you’ll be glad you did.
Take care Dears!
PS: Please
share this with someone else, you never know, you might be saving the person’s
life.
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