by Irene C. Dasalla

Created on: January 04, 2009

The Amazing You

You are extraordinary and you do not even know it. You have lived with yourself all of your life, yet you do not possess a single clue to the magnificent ability that you have it in you. You struggle to find something that you desire; however, you cannot explicitly describe what it is that you want. You have tremendous energy to believe and you have successfully convinced yourself that it is impossible when it fact you just confused yourself between hard and impossible.

Wake up! Life is indeed wonderful whatever state of economy we have. If we get passed the negativity that we hear over the radio, watched on the news, and read on the daily tabloid, this is indeed the best time to let our creativity kicks in and use our natural ability to find solutions to our everyday problems. I have read stories of successful people that they actually built their successful businesses during recession. When people were busy talking about how difficult life was, that there was no end in sight, creative people did just the opposite. They spent their energy in focusing on the possibilities, making the best out of the situation. They focused on improving themselves and putting their innovative minds into action, and the results are just outstanding. I cannot think of a better person who had demonstrated his creativity than Tony Hawk.

One of the key ingredients to discover how amazing you truly are is to believe that you are amazing. With the belief in yourself that you are indeed an extraordinary person no matter what other people say will build up your self-confidence to great heights. When people say that you are not good enough, let it go. This is just a mere projection of their own reality not yours. You have to believe in yourself more than anything. Believe in yourself and others will believe in you sooner or later.

Another key ingredient is courage. My niece, in her very early stage of her life has demonstrated what most adults fail to express. She believes that she can do anything, while most adults when faced with challenges, the first thing that will come out of our mouth are the words I CAN'T. I CAN are absolutely very powerful words. This phrase removes any barrier to our dreams. By repeating these words in our minds, we are activating the power that is in us that will absolutely fuel our dreams. Words take root in our minds, so let us be careful which words do we want to dwell upon.

ACTION is the key ingredient that will determine whether you will get to where you are going or not. Even when we believe that we are amazing and we think that we can do it, without action, it is a fruitless pursuit. Action will separate those people who will make it and people who won't. A good idea does not have an intrinsic value unless accompanied by action.

There is so much to life than eating, drinking, and sleeping. Welcome each day as it comes with great enthusiasm and set on a journey to constantly get to know the wonderful that is YOU.

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