I THINK we all take life for granted sometimes. Waking up every day is an honour and a privilege and we must be thankful. Every day I am appreciating life even more and it was not from a near death experience or some tragedy. I look forward to inspiring myself and others every day. The mind is such a powerful thing and we don’t maximise its potential. Many of you may be familiar with the power of thought. We are what we think and we sometimes attract what we don’t want. For example, if we desire something but think it will never happen, if that is the way we think then IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN.

We have to condition our minds to be no limit people and understand everything that comes our way as an opportunity. Your circumstances have very little to do with your fulfilment in life. It is the way you react to them. No limit, people! Celebrate the mountain and the valleys. How people treat you is their Karma and how you react is yours.
I have heard surgeons saying they prefer to operate on patients who believe they will have a successful operation.

Recently some friends invited me to their home to catch up because we have not connected in a while. They were very interested in my just concluded book tour and my journey. Another guest joined us after half an hour. It was someone I heard of but never met. He was very upbeat and full of life but yet humble. The couple was genuinely elated that he joined us and I kept saying to him how proud they are of him. Very soon I realised that he was living his best life because he has a new lease on life. I was anxious to hear the whole story so I was excited when he started to share his journey. A few years ago he had three heart attacks in a short space of time and a stroke a week later. ISN’T THAT SOMETHING?
I had many questions for him. He was in a hospital for two years and that is a lot of time for reflection when you regain consciousness. The guy suffered major memory loss and had to learn how to talk, walk and to do other functions again. He still has a little difficulty sometimes when he speaks but his surviving is what mattered. He said some days it was absolutely horrible to be alive and he wanted to die.

His resilient nature, close family members and friends’ full support made his recovery possible.

He is well travelled and enjoyed what he regarded as the finer things in life. He said looking back now those things don’t matter. He looks forward to constantly going to mass and straightening his faith. He enjoys praying vacations with the monks and enjoying the simple things. He told me if I knew him then it was someone with a different attitude but the last few years have been so humbling. He shared some of the simple things he enjoys now that he never noticed before. He has a testimony that may even be converted to a best seller one day.

I do believe that God has extraordinary plans for his life and he agreed. Achieving inner peace is not always easy but it is priceless. I have been working on my inner peace and loving the journey.

“Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savoured.” Earl Nightingale

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