Reach Your Goals

You cannot have a feeling or emotion without first having experienced a thought. Your thoughts are entirely yours to keep, change, share , or contemplate. The problem is that scattered thoughts can make any task seem more taxing, and it decreases your mental power. The good news is that you have the power to control your thoughts, train your mind to focus on one thought at a time, and let go of unimportant random thoughts. “The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.” – Harry A. Overstreet                                 Moreover, you may have nagging thoughts and/or worries about the future that distract you from giving 100% attention to the task at hand . As a result, they decrease your concentration and make it difficult to focus on one thought/activity at a time.  ...

The Bible says that we cannot even add one inch to our height by worrying. (See Matthew 6:27) Worrying does us absolutely no good and it is a complete waste of time and energy. Yet we worry, worry, worry, which gets us nowhere. It doesn’t change one thing, and we waste time by being upset over stuff we cannot do anything about—things only God can change. And He’s not going to change them until we put our trust in Him instead of being anxious and worrying. The problem is that we let our hearts to be troubled, and disturbed when we find ourselves in unpleasant circumstances and as a result we begin to feel depressed, disappointed, and discouraged.  Also, it is noteworthy that every time we get really upset it takes a lot of emotional energy, tires us out, messes with our health, steals our joy, and still doesn’t change one thing. Yet, most of our present-day living is weighed down by worrying about what might happen in the future.  If you worry too much about things you can...