Make a commitment to excellence today. Whatever it is you are doing, do a superior job. Take a little bit of extra time and make that additional effort beyond that which is required. If you are committed to excellence, you will give your attention wholeheartedly to what you are doing.
When you are preoccupied with self-centered concerns and not focused on producing excellent results, your work will be inferior. This leads to displeasure and unhappiness for you and for others. You can help make life great by doing your work with excellence. Dedicate yourself to using your talents to the ultimate. You will be blessed.
When we are joyful we feel good—we feel healthy and strong. Joy brings enthusiasm and energy. This positive quality of mind lightens our work, brightens our home, and makes everything we do interesting.
There is no need to go through life feeling dull or discouraged when we can accomplish our goals through the power of a joyful spirit. Joy is a building tool that helps us create, a multiplying activity that produces right results. Joy is like a giant magnet, for when we express joy we attract exciting and rewarding relationships and experiences.
Solve your problems and make your life brighter by consciously putting joy into your mind and heart. Joy in your thinking will bring forth new ideas and new ways of doing things. Joy in your heart will feel so good it will naturally overflow and bless other people.
You have been created in God’s own image and likeness. Are you aware of this Truth? Have you seen yourself in this light? The very essence of God is within you. You are imbued with the attributes of God—life, love, wisdom, power, and substance. You are, consciously or unconsciously, involved in the process of bringing forth and developing that which God has implanted within your soul. Through quietness, prayer, and meditation you can receive guidance and inspiration from God’s Spirit within. You can demonstrate the wonderful qualities that God has implanted in you.
Have you stopped to think how important it is to continue learning and seeking spiritual growth and unfoldment?
Dedicate yourself to learning. The world is a school in which we can acquire wisdom and spiritual understanding. In every situation that confronts you, seek the lesson it contains. Attune yourself to the instruction of the Spirit of Truth within.
When faced with a problem, meet it in the faith that you have within you—the Source of wisdom, which is God. Turn to God for guidance and let divine wisdom and intelligence find expression through you.
Dedicate yourself to learning and to spiritual growth and unfoldment. Your life will be richly blessed, and you will be a blessing to others.
You can be fearless, strong, and courageous if you will develop an abiding sense of the presence of God with you. God’s presence assures you of the ability to stand strong. God’s Spirit abides in you as unfailing courage. You can draw upon that courage to meet all things.
Take time today to withdraw for a few moments from the demands of living and remind yourself of God’s Spirit in you. Let go of any sense of fear, and depend upon God to see you safely through every situation.
Refuse to allow anything or anyone in the world cause you to be afraid or to undermine your confidence. Be intimidated by nothing. Know that God’s fearless Spirit is active in you, filling your mind and heart with strength, courage, and confidence. God is always with you.