Life Accelerated

1. We have to find a way to live our lives regardless the current situation in the world!

"When things don't go our way, we typically have 2 choices, either be controlled or take control" - Carlos Wallace

2. Create a plan and do what's best for you and your family! 

Proverbs 24:27 Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field; and after that build your house.

3. Be a leader or get around leaders who will push you and help you get to where you want to be!

"Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better" Bill  Bradley

Bonus Tip: We have to create unity in fairness in this world for everyone!

Malachi 2:10 Are we not all children of the same father? Are we not all created by the same God?

1.What is happiness? The quality or state of being happy, good fortune, pleasure, contentment, joy. happiness is used in the context of mental or emotional state. Life satisfaction. 

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude" - Denis Waitley

2. Happiness begins when we change what we do and how we think!

1 John 3:18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and truth.

3. Take the time to look inward and take care of your soul. 

"Happiness consist of small conveniences or pleasures that occur daily, rather than great pieces of fortune that seldom happen" - Ben Franklin

1. What is Love?

1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. it does not dishonor, it is not self-seeking, it does not keep a record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil and it rejoices in truth. It always protects, it always hopes, always preserves. Love NEVER Fails!

2.Relationships take work!! 

"When someone truly loves you they make an effort, not excuses" -Unknown

3. You have to love yourself before you can love someone else! 

"If you are not good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you will resent the time and energy you give another person that you are not giving yourself" Unknown

1. Start with creating new habits! "The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step" Lao Tzo

2. Create a morning routine and stop hitting snooze!

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, Shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you!

3. Boost your concentration, focus productivity and goal setting!

1. AS long as you're still breathing you can reach your goals and dreams!

2. Action, Application, and Assertiveness will get your started on the right track!

3. Develop expectations and a timeline and remember to be thankful for where you are and for what you have wile you are moving forward!

Bonus: Limit the distractions

Ecclesiastes 6:10 Whatever exists has already been named, and what humanity is has been known; no one can contend with someone who is stronger.

1. You can't have negative thoughts, say negative words, have a victim mentality and expect to accomplish anything!

2.  Negativity is a mindset that must be changed and only you can change it!

3. Quit letting outside sources control your thoughts and actions!

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to those who are in the arena" Teddy Roosevelt

Proverbs 16:3 Commit your work to the Lord, then it will succeed. 

1. Start with where you are and make a plan to move forward!

2. Do what you love!

3. Find your why!

Job 8:7 though your beginning was insignificant, your end will increase greatly.

"Words may inspire, but only action creates change" Simon Sinek

1. We can't allow ourselves to stay down and believe we are not good enough!

2. Our failures and willingness to get back up build character!

3. It's time to eliminate the excuses we are allowing to control our thoughts and actions!

Proverbs 24:16 the righteous fall seven times, but get back up

"A failure is not a loss. It's a gain! You Learn! You Change! You Grow!" -Unkown

1. Look at what you can do, not at what you can't do.

2. Set yourself up in advance for the day to come!

3. Are we showing up daily in our careers, relationships, parenting and in our own lives?

"the willingness to show up changes us, it makes a little braver each time" Brene Brown

D ecide to start

I nclude those around you

S tay Focused

C hoose to take action

I nvest in your growth

P reperation

L et go of what you can't control

I nspire yourself

N ever Quit

E xpect Greatness

1. Define mental health a persons condition with regards to psychological, emotional well-being and social well-being. An individuals ability to create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve psychological resilience! An absence of mental disorder.

2. You can't fill anyone else's cup up if your cup is empty!

3. Take control of your mind, how you think, how you speak and how you act!

2 Timothy 1:7 For God have us  a  spirit not of fear but of power, love and self-control.

"Spend time with people who are good for your mental health" -unkown