Get Fired Up

God gave us power and authority over every day to make it either good or bad. Every morning we have the choice whether it shall be a good or bad day.

I choose to make it a great day. It’s not about positive thinking. It’s about making a conscious choice to see the silver lining beneath every cloud that floats our way. There will always be challenges in life; the idea is to see them as challenges and not problems. Today, thanks to the training I received working with my brother last time, you won’t even hear me using the word “problem.” It’s wiped out from my vocabulary.

So, start the day with enthusiasm. As Charles M Swab says, “A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.”

And enthusiasm does make a difference – that between success and failure. Norman Vincent Peale said in his book Enthusiasm Makes the Difference: “The people who do the most with their lives are those who approach human existence, its opportunities and its problems, even its rough moments, with a confident attitude and an enthusiastic point of view.”

He cautions though, “Enthusiasm builds a fire within a person, but he must control his enthusiasm for an idea or project rather than be controlled by it. He must never allow uncontrolled anticipation to run away with judgement and reason. Like any powerful force, uncontrolled enthusiasm can destroy, as controlled enthusiasm can create.”

How can we ignite this fire inside us? Historian Arnold Toynbee believes that enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal which takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

Put simply, enthusiasm is not that abstract thing which “some have it, some don’t.” It just takes some dreaming, and a whole lot of planning. It is difficult for us to be enthusiastic about something we are not quite sure about.

That’s why I spend a lot of time researching and reading, and learning from my mentors about health. And the more I learn, the more enthusiastic and passionate I get about sharing what I have learnt. (Do check out my blog: meals2heal.blogspot.com for my articles on health.)

So, first, think a good day. Then, plan a good day. And finally, give the day all you’ve got, and it will give you all it’s got, which will be plenty.