In The End

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In The End

The things that consume the most of our time today, in the end will it really matter? We never appreciate the importance of time until it begins to slip away from us. It then becomes especially important in life which battles we choose, and how to live life to the fullest.

Each day is an opportunity to hit the reset button, and make any necessary adjustments from our yesterdays’. We will rarely have the perfect day, but we will have an opportunity to approach our day with a different perspective.

In the end survival isn’t enough, triumph is what we want to achieve.

Glennel Hardy

Moving On

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Moving On

We will come to the point in life in which it will be time for us to move on from our current position. We do our best to delay the process, and make every reason why we should stay, but before we know it we’re forced to make the move.

Forcing the move is much more painful than freely making the decision on our own. When we’re forced to make the move it’s because circumstances pushed us forward. When we make the move on our own, we act upon opportunities that are presented to us, that allow us to move forward.

There are those that are meant to stay, and those that are meant to depart at a certain point in our life. It’s time to decide are we going to choose the opportunity presented before us, or do we allow circumstances to drive us.

Glennel Hardy

Getting Burned

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Getting Burned

We may never realize how great we have it, until we know what it’s like being burned for the first time. Wisdom may not be from the one that is walking alongside of you, but with certainty it’s from the one that has traveled, to where you are headed.

That very first time that we are burned, it forces us to come to one conclusion, whether we gain wisdom from it, or we continue to burn ourselves. If we choose wisdom, this allows us to share our story with others, to prevent someone else from getting burned.

Can we truly say how great something is or how bad something may be, if we never have experienced it ourselves?

Photograph Courtesy of Evan Curtis

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Facing Our Own Giant

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Facing Our Own Giant

We each have them, our very own giant that stand in our path to intimidate us in the way we move forward and the decisions we make. The job of the giant is to instill fear and tell us those things that we cannot do, and those things that have never been accomplished.

Our own personal giant does have one particular fear that makes it appear very small, it’s when we take a stand, and our shadow becomes taller than the giant.

It takes one moment of courage and one leap of faith to cause our own giant to tremble.

If we have the vision of winning the victory, we should never fear going into battle.

Glennel Hardy

Changing Course

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Changing Course

We generally set goals and objectives for ourselves but at times we could be forced to change course midway through our journey. Changing course can be frustrating, but in the long run it allows us to find additional opportunities, we never knew existed.

When we have one way of accomplishing things, changing the course allows us an even better way to reach where we desire to be.

We would have to decide if “changing course”, is our friend or foe.

Glennel Hardy

A New Chapter

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A New Chapter

We rarely take the time to reflect on the closing of one chapter, while preparing for a new one to begin. There comes a time in our life where the old chapter must be sealed, in order to move on to a new beginning.

Your new chapter is built upon your experiences from the latter chapters, but is not meant to be the final story of your life.

The amount of chapters that we open and close depend on the experiences that life give us. The more experiences we have, the better the story becomes.

When does your new chapter begin?

Self-Value

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Self-Value

When it comes to self-value do we add more each day, or do we subtract from what is already there? Our own self-value is something that we have complete control over. How we perceive ourselves sends signals to those around us, and therefore others at times react towards those signals.

What can you do today that will increase your self-value for tomorrow?  Our contentment and satisfaction with our lives should never cease, as long as we are able to wake up to a new day, and be persistent in looking for ways to grow.  

Once we have become satisfied with where life has brought us, our own growth comes to a halt.

  – Glennel Hardy

Anticipate

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Anticipate

When you wake up each morning what do you anticipate will happen, and how often of what you anticipate actually occurs?  Our brain is set like a plane headed to a certain destination.

If we anticipate the day will be disastrous the odds are very likely it will be. What if we took that very same day, but come at it with a different approach. Every day is not going to be pleasant, but every day does give us an opportunity to practice our approach.

The type of day changes with the approach we make towards it. We may not be able to control the wind that pushes against us, but what we can control is how we approach it.

  – Glennel Hardy

Almost There

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Almost There

We never know how close we are to the next checkpoint in our lives.  At times the battle gets harsh and it seems as though it will not let up.  I have found when the battle seems as though it has taken the last breath out of me, at that moment I use all my energy to get up and stand once again.

Since we never know how close we are to the next great thing before us, we have to be very wise in choosing when to call it quits. The greatest things that has occurred in our lives were battles of sacrifice that never came easy, but once we faced them head on and defeated them, victory felt really good.

So you the reader of this blog, you’re almost there. We can’t see what tomorrow will bring, we rely on faith to do that for us. Our faith refers back to the battles we already have overcome, and gives us the courage to face tomorrow.

  – Glennel Hardy

Strategy

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Strategy

We generally have this fear that being last on most things causes us to miss out. In actuality being last has its advantages.  In a society where there is a high amount of competition with others, being there first we believe is paramount. The person that gets there first only knows what the true experience is like.

We can’t see life as a competition we can see life as a journey in which it’s a joy to take it with stride day by day. You ever knew of anyone that purchased a new phone, that had several new features but you decided to wait, and just several months later your new phone did twice as much?

Every action that comes upon us more than likely will not require a response, and if it does, it has to be a well thought one, before proceeding.

 

  – Glennel Hardy

The Building Process

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The Building Process

In order to have a strong foundation in life it may take of years of building before everything falls into place.  Before you begin the building process, you have to create a solid plan and have a vision of what the end result will look like.

Without a vision the design is uncertain and the end result is almost always less desirable. Our vision is formed within us, and is not duplicated in the mind of others. Its uniqueness is what makes it extraordinary.

If someone says that you can’t, it should increase your ability to propel, if someone says you can, it should cause you to become unstoppable.

 

 

  – Glennel Hardy

What’s Next

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What’s Next?

When we think of the following individuals; Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Walt Disney we think of innovators.  When I think of the big three I go beyond innovators, I wonder what would happen if they never would have thought, “What’s next?”

If either one of these innovators would have not dared stretched their imaginations, what would our world look like today? Now I want you to imagine if you were to stretch your imagination, what would your world look like today?

Is there something you have been wanting to do, but haven’t done it? Is today keeping you so busy that you don’t have a moment to daydream about tomorrow?   

 

 

  – Glennel Hardy

Destined

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Destined

Most of us when planning for a vacation we generally plan ahead and already have the destination set.  The more we plan ahead the more excited we get for when the vacation comes along. It wouldn’t be as much fun if we were to wait to the day of the vacation and wing it.

When you have a destination in mind to where you would like to go, the journey getting there is the joy of it all. If you have a destination in mind today of where you want to be in life, how much thought have you put into it?  Do you actively work on it every day, do you keep it as a roadmap until you reach that point?

Pick a destination point in life of where you would like to be and get excited about it, as you continue the journey of obtaining it.

  – Glennel Hardy

A Solid Structure

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Solid Structure

An architect reviews and completes the blueprints before a structure is ever built.  Within the blueprint is the vision of what the final structure would look like.  It’s drawn out and step by step the vision soon becomes a reality.

In order to have a solid structure you must begin with a new foundation.  You can’t build a solid structure on top of a structure that already exists. The old structure represents our former way of thinking, and the new structure represents a new chapter.

If you want a solid structure our old mindset must cease, and a new mindset must begin.  

  – Glennel Hardy

The Moment It Happens

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The Unexpected

To some the unexpected can be unwelcoming and intrusive once it appears. We have a very important decision to make once were confronted with it, do we fear it or do we embrace it.

The series of unexpected events are guideposts along life’s highway. The unexpected sometime forces us to make the change that we for the longest put off.

The unexpected has the ability to make tomorrow different for each one of us, and has the potential to bring us to a new path that we never knew existed.

  – Glennel Hardy

Elements in the Equation

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Elements in the Equation

In school were taught the concepts of algebra how everything in the equation matters in order to get to the end result.  We’re also taught that what must be done on one side of the equation must be done on the other side as well.

If we use the same concept about life everything that happens to us is part of the overall equation. The elements whether it be positive or negative will give us the sum that we are looking to achieve. Our life is like an equation, there are elements of both positive and negative, but at the very end it has a purpose.

The true test of the equation is that as much as we love the goodness of life, we must be prepared to face the rough times ahead as well.  Once you can solve both sides of the equation you will surely find your purpose.

  – Glennel Hardy

Progress

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Progression

Most people believe that in order to show signs of growth that huge advancements must be made.  In reality progression is moving in the right direction, no matter how big the step you take forward.

It’s easy for us to compare our pace with the pace of others.  What we may think is a race, could just be meant as a wonderful journey, when to someone else it’s a sprint.

Our life is meant to enjoy and seize the moment, and not fast forward to the next scene.  

 

  – Glennel Hardy

Being Mindful

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Being Mindful

It’s very important for us to embrace the events that occur within our lives.  Those events that occur shapes and builds the character of the person that we become later in life.  The scars that we develop over time, serve as a reminder of areas in which we no longer wish to return.

Without scars there would be no lessons to be taught, no experiences to share, no history to reflect and share with others.

The individual that we are today is a representation of what we chose to do once we were scarred, and our outlook on how we view tomorrow.

  – Glennel Hardy

 

Reflect

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The Importance of Reflection

 

 Where have we been, and where are we going? We have found ourselves moving in such a pace, we sometimes forget where we once originated, which can also determine where we are destined.

 Have we stopped and considered our surroundings, for example nature itself?  Have you recognized the beauty of the ocean, and how far it expands?  Have you ever closed your eyes, and just listened to the sound of waves crashing against the shore, or walked in a pine forest, and listened to the wind push against the trees, and smell the pine seeping from it, as you dodge flying pine cones. 

 If we can’t stop and consider the greatness of these that have been given to us, what will get our attention? – Glennel Hardy

  – Glennel Hardy

Being Thankful

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Being Thankful

The equation of our life represents many different elements, but the end result is the sum of the person  we are today.  When we consider the good and bad, the joys and sadness, the victory and defeats, we still manage to stand.

Being thankful is not only appreciating the good things that life has to offer, but learning to embrace the trials that have been placed upon us.  If you are able to read this post, you have persevered, and now have the courage to move forward.

When we look at the overall equation, the elements in the beginning never appear to make sense.  We therefore must remain optimistic, that the end result will bring us to the sum, of where we desire to be.

Glennel Hardy