"What a curious phenomenon it is that you can get men to die for the liberty of the world who will not make the little sacrifice that is needed to free themselves from their own individual bondage"-Joyce Meyer
In Chapter one, Joyce Meyer discussed how we should write a list of good habits that we need to create and breaking the bad habits, starting with the easiest ones first. In Chapter two, she discusses procrastination. The first thing she said in chapter 2 is "the biggest thief of success is procrastination." That is true because even though we really want something to happen, you may not get to that destination of success if you tend to hold things off.
Joyce Meyer said something that really stuck with me in chapter 2. We all know that while we are working on getting to our goals, there will be some tough times and pain. A lot of us do not want to go through that pain in order to get to our final destination of freedom. We must sacrifice! Wow, isn't that the truth?!
I am going to quote a short story in Joyce Meyers book that I believe we all should read and really think about:
There were three demons who were graduating from their course on how to deceive people in the world and prevent them from knowing God. Satan was questioning each demon, and he asked each one how he would deceive people. The first one answered that he would tell people there was no god. Satan answered "You won't deceive many because most people deep down inside of them do believe God exist even if they have not chosen to follow him." The second demon said he would tell people that heaven and hell really didn't exist. Satan said "You will deceive a few more than your coworker, but you won't get many souls either." The third demon said that he would tell people that there was no hurry, and they could pull off the decision to follow God until another time. Satan got excited and said loudly "You will reap many souls for the kingdom of darkness by simply telling them to make the decision later."
See what I mean about procrastination??
Procrastination steals our time, our potential our self esteem and our piece of mind. It's a thief. Joyce Meyer stated that we have to become a "NOW" person. We must be aggressive in order to obtain those good habits that we want so much. When we put off a project or a task, it aggravates us. For example, you see a pile of dirty dishes in the sink. You were just in the middle of working on a project for school and decided to walk in the kitchen to get yourself a drink. When you come back from the kitchen, all you can think about now are those dirty dishes in the sink. The more you think about it, the more it bothers you. That's when the NOW person needs to step in. Get up, do the dishes while it is on your mind then get back to your project. If you would have said "You know what, i'll just do the dishes some other time," you would have been upset with yourself later because Just when you need to cook something or you come home from a hard days work and see those dishes still sitting there, you become upset. We must value our time, not waste it. Every minute that passes by, we never get that back so start becoming a NOW person and get to your destination......stop holding off your dreams until a later time.
I'll be posting a blog about chapter 3 real soon!
-Markesha xoxo
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