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20 May 202420 May 2024

Seeds of Success by Og Mandino / Audio and Transcript

God, I thank you for this day. I know I have not accomplished as yet all you expect of me, and if that is your reason for bathing me in the fresh dew of another dawn. I am most grateful. I am prepared, at last, to make you proud of me.

I will forget yesterday, with all its trials and tribulations, aggravations and setbacks, angers and frustrations. The past is already a dream from which I can neither retrieve a single word nor erase any foolish deeds. I will resolve, however, that if I have injured anyone yesterday through my thoughtlessness. I will not let this day’s sun set before I make amends, and nothing I do today will be of greater importance.

I will not fret the future. My success and happiness does not depend on straining to see what lurks dimly on the horizon but to do, this day, what lies clearly at hand.

I will treasure this day, for it is all I have. I know that its rushing hours cannot be accumulated or stored, like precious grain, for future use.

I will live as all good actors do when they are onstage—only in the moment. I cannot perform at my best today by regretting my previous act’s mistakes or worrying about the scene to come.

I will embrace today’s difficult tasks, take off my coat, and make dust in the world. I will remember that the busier I am, the less harm I am apt to suffer, the tastier will be my food, the sweeter my sleep, and the better satisfied I will be with my place in the world.

I will free myself today from slavery to the clock and calendar. Although I will plan this day in order to conserve my steps and energy. I will begin to measure my life in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not seasons; in feelings, not figures on a dial.

I will remain aware of how little it takes to make this a happy day. Never will I pursue happiness, because it is not a goal, just a by-product, and there is no happiness in having or in getting, only in giving.

I will run from no danger I might encounter today, because I am certain that nothing will happen to me that I am not equipped to handle with your help. Just as any gem is polished by friction. I am certain to become more valuable through this day’s adversities, and if you close one door, you always open another for me.

I will live this day as if it were Christmas. I will be a giver of gifts and deliver to my enemies the gift of forgiveness; my opponents, tolerance; my friends, a smile; my children, a good example, and every gift will be wrapped with unconditional love.

I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day.

I will treat today as a priceless violin. One may draw harmony from it and another, discord, yet no one will blame the instrument. Life is the same, and if I play it correctly, it will give forth beauty, but if I play it ignorantly, it will produce ugliness.

I will condition myself to look on every problem I encounter today as no more than a pebble in my shoe. I remember the pain, so harsh I could hardly walk, and recall my surprise when I removed my shoe and found only a grain of sand.

I will work convinced that nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. To do anything today that is truly worth doing. I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.

I will face the world with goals set for this day, but they will be attainable ones, not the vague, impossible variety declared by those who make a career of failure. I realize that you always try me with a little, first, to see what I would do with a lot.

I will never hide my talents. If I am silent, I am forgotten, if I do not advance, I will fall back. If I walk away from any challenge today, my self-esteem will be forever scarred, and if I cease to grow, even a little, I will become smaller. I reject the stationary position because it is always the beginning of the end.

I will keep a smile on my face and in my heart even when it hurts today. I know that the world is a looking glass and gives back to me the reflection of my own soul. Now I understand the secret of correcting the attitude of others and that is to correct my own.

I will turn away from any temptation today that might cause me to break my word or lose my self-respect. I am positive that the only thing I possess more valuable than my life is my honor.

I will work this day with all my strength, content in the knowledge that life does not consist of wallowing in the past or peering anxiously at the future. It is appalling to contemplate the great number of painful steps by which one arrives at a truth so old, so obvious, and so frequently expressed. Whatever it offers, little or much, my life is now.

I will pause whenever I am feeling sorry for myself today, and remember that this is the only day I have and I must play it to the fullest. What my part may signify in the great whole, I may not recognize, but I am here to play it and now is the time.

I will count this day a separate life. I will remember that those who have fewest regrets are those who take each moment as it comes for all that it is worth.

This is my day.
These are my seeds.
Thank you, God, for this precious garden of time!

Mandino, Og. Mission:Success (pp. 143-148). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

04 Jan 202404 Jan 2024

El Juego de Nombres

Esta publicación es para personas que nunca le darán un ME GUSTA, un 👍, un ♥, un 😂, un 😲 o un COMENTARIO 📝…

¡Sin embargo, éstas se encuentran entre las PERSONAS MÁS IMPORTANTES DE MI VIDA! Han tenido un impacto en mí de una forma u otra de manera significativa.

Algunos de ellos nos dejaron hace muchos años, mientras que otros se fueron más recientemente. Cada uno de ellos me ha dejado valiosas lecciones de vida que nunca olvidaré.

Ninguno de ellos está con nosotros hoy para escuchar lo que tengo que decir, que es que como me canso de contar números para las tareas cotidianas, se me ocurrió una manera de REEMPLAZAR LOS NÚMEROS con los NOMBRES de estas personas que quiero recordar y que son importantes para mí. Para esta versión particular de mi JUEGO DE NOMBRES (tengo tres), estas son las personas del 1 al 21 👇

Buddy McBride
Ronnie Werick
Abigail Vigil

Tim Anderson
Chris Mullins
Mark Skotchdopole
Grant Bauer
CJ Coffin

Alan Lujan
Ray Griego
J J McBride

Abel I. Vigil Sr.
Maximiliano McBride Sr.
Beatrice Vigil
Leonore McBride

Betty Mott
Bobby McBride

Johnny Montes de Oca
Jill McBride

Sneaky
Rascal

Mientras repaso sus nombres diariamente para tantas cosas, para las que normalmente usaría números, ahora pienso en ellos y les envío una pequeña oración a ellos y a sus seres queridos.

Si bien me entristece que ninguna de estas personas ya esté con nosotros, me consuela saber que todo lo que tengo que hacer es pensar en cualquiera de ellas y, en un instante, están allí conmigo. De la gran mayoría de ellos, recuerdo su forma de caminar, su forma de hablar y su comportamiento general.

Si tengo una pregunta o inquietud, puedo imaginarme qué consejo o dirección podría darme cada uno de ellos, con la excepción de Sneaky y Rascal, quienes probablemente simplemente se sentarían allí y me mirarían como si fuera loco, o más probablemente venir a sentar a mi lado para consolarme.

Es común que lamentemos a quienes se han ido, y supongo que el dolor que sentimos debe sentirse, es real y sentido. Que anhelemos una conversación más, un abrazo más o un beso más de aquellos que han significado tanto para nosotros probablemente sea bueno para nosotros mientras procesamos su pérdida.

Sin embargo, es bueno saber que están a solo un pensamiento 💭 de distancia… 😉

¿Quiénes son esas personas que han tenido el mayor impacto en tu vida?

¿Siguen ahí para llamar y decir “Qué pasa”, o han pasado a esa incertidumbre que eventualmente nos espera a todos? 🤔 📝

∞ Rob McBride ∞
4 Ene 2024

04 Jan 2024

The Name Game

This post is for people who will never give it a LIKE, a 👍, a ♥, a 😂, a 😲, or a COMMENT 📝 …

Yet these are among the MOST Important PEOPLE IN MY LIFE!

They have made an impact on me in one way or another in a significant way. Some of them left us many years ago, while others have gone more recently. Each of them has left valuable life lessons for me which I will never forget.

None of them are with us today to hear what I have to say, which is that since I get tired of counting numbers for everyday tasks, I have instead come up with a way to REPLACE NUMBERS with the NAMES of people I want to remember and who are important to me.

For this particular version of my NAME GAME (I have three), these are the people from 1 to 21 👇

Buddy McBride
Ronnie Werick
Abigail Vigil

Tim Anderson
Chris Mullins
Mark Skotchdopole
Grant Bauer
CJ Coffin

Alan Lujan
Ray Griego
J J McBride

Abel I. Vigil Sr.
Maximiliano McBride Sr.
Beatrice Vigil
Leonore McBride

Betty Mott
Bobby McBride

Johnny Montes de Oca
Jill McBride

Sneaky
Rascal

As I go through their names daily for so many things for which I would normally use numbers, now instead I think of them and send a little prayer to them and their loved ones.

While I am sad none of these people are any longer with us, I am comforted in knowing that all I have to do is to think of any of them, and in an instant, they are there with me. For the great majority of them, I remember the way they walked, the way they talked and their general demeanor.

If I have a question or a concern, I can imagine pretty much what advice or direction each of them might give me, with the exception of Sneaky and Rascal who likely would just sit there and look at me like I was stupid, or more likely, come sit beside me to comfort me.

It is common for us to mourn those who are gone, and I suppose the pain we feel should be felt, it’s real and heartfelt. For us to long for one more conversation, or one more hug, or one more kiss from those who have meant so much to us, is probably good for us as we process their loss.

Yet, it is nice to know that they are only a thought 💭 away… 😉

Who are those people who have made the greatest impact on your life?

Are they still around to call and say, “Whassup”, or have they passed on to that uncertainty which eventually awaits us all? 🤔 📝

∞ Rob McBride ∞
4 Jan 2024

03 Jul 202303 Jul 2023

Fractures

Like a broken bone leaving its mark, there are events we experience which can change us forever. They can break us into tiny pieces or make us or make us better when put back together again.

The break can come as a result of a long-standing relationship, which abruptly comes to an end; or perhaps from losing a job we thought was stable but turned sour in the end. Maybe a moment of inattention caused an accident resulting in a broken bone; or it might be that we are in wrong place at the wrong time, for someone else’s imprudent acts. Social or political situations can cause us to emigrate to other parts of the world; and other situations can cause us to feel like foreigners right where we are.

Time and time again, history tells us that most important isn’t what happens to us, rather how we react to it. Depending on the severity of the fracture we experience, sometimes a little rest is all we need to recover. At other times, more time and energy are required to get back on track again. Ultimately how we heal depends on many different factors, some internal and others external.

External factors are difficult to control, and in many cases, there is little to no chance of changing them. Internal factors are an entirely different situation. How we perceive what is happening is paramount to its resolution. We can play the role of the victim, blaming everyone and everything for out troubles; or we can play the role of the hero, taking responsibility for our thoughts and actions.

Which role do you choose to play?

∞ Rob McBride ∞
3 July 2023

03 Jul 202304 Sep 2023

Fracturas

Como un hueso roto que deja su marca, hay eventos que vivimos que pueden cambiarnos para siempre. Pueden rompernos en pedacitos o hacernos o hacernos mejores cuando se vuelven a unir.

La ruptura puede venir como resultado de una relación larga, que termina abruptamente; o tal vez por perder un trabajo que pensábamos que era estable, pero que al final se volvió amargo. Tal vez un momento de falta de atención causó un accidente que resultó en un hueso roto; o puede ser que estemos en el lugar equivocado en el momento equivocado, por los actos imprudentes de otra persona. Las situaciones sociales o políticas pueden hacer que emigremos a otras partes del mundo; y otras situaciones pueden hacer que nos sintamos extranjeros en el mismo lugar en que nos encontramos.

Una y otra vez, la historia nos dice que lo más importante no es lo que nos sucede, sino cómo reaccionamos ante ello. Dependiendo de la gravedad de la fractura que suframos, a veces un poco de descanso es todo lo que necesitamos para recuperarnos. En otras ocasiones, se requiere más tiempo y energía para volver a encarrilarnos. En última instancia, cómo sanamos depende de muchos factores diferentes, algunos internos y otros externos.

Los factores externos son difíciles de controlar y, en muchos casos, hay poca o ninguna posibilidad de cambiarlos. Los factores internos son diferentes. Cómo percibimos lo que está sucediendo es primordial para su resolución. Podemos jugar el papel de la víctima, culpando a todos y a todo por nuestros problemas; o podemos jugar el papel del héroe, asumiendo la responsabilidad por nuestros pensamientos y acciones.