Mental Strength: Soar. Contributed by @Olawalium
I am presently reading T.D Jakes’ book titled Soar. He opened my eyes to see some in-depth and embedded truth in the little things we need to do, so we can have our minds shaped and our thoughts filled with positive things.
During the summer holidays, because they couldn’t afford the expensive treats and travels that other families enjoy, his dad would take all of them to the airport to watch the planes. They do this most summers and they would be there for hours.
They would watch people board, watch the plane in the runway, watch the plane take off, and watch other planes land. They get excited doing this all summer and they don’t feel bad about it. They were not there to feel pity for themselves for not having the privilege to fly, but for thinking outside the box, for desiring a good life and trust me, naturally this will raise a fire in them that couldn’t be put out, and it did.
This is why when we were younger, we have dreams because at that age we shape our thoughts and minds, but for adults, it takes more efforts but never impossible.
We need to develop our mental capacity. We cannot feature in the future that we cannot picture. We need to think outside the box and stop feeling bad for ourselves. Our exposure will soon become our reality. A wise man once said, if you can think like a king, your head would soon wear the crown and because you wear the crown doesn’t mean you are actually a king. It’s all in the way we think. If you can picture it, you can achieve it.
Now, T.D Jakes’ must have flown to several countries and entered the plane over a thousand times. I remember he recently come to Nigeria for a programme at House On The Rock.
We need to be deliberate about what we expose our mind to. Our thoughts shape our reality and we need to be deliberate about what we think and what we see because, over time, we soon become the things we imagine in our head. Imagination with no deliberate steps won’t help either and when we don’t imagine or view things differently, we lose focus on what is expected. When we think and expose ourselves to the life we desire to have, it forces us to think and re-strategize by taking deliberate steps towards it. The first step is to be exposed or visualize in your head the kind of life you want, only then can you take a deliberate step towards that same life we desire.
Our exposure is our reality. What you are exposed to will determine how far you will go. You will soon smell like the company that you keep. A man is capable of being the same in 5 years except for two things: the books he reads and the company he keeps, and this only confirm that, what you are exposed to matters.
Change your view. Imagine the future you want to see and take deliberate steps about it. Whatever you are exposed to strengthens or weakens your mental capacity. Be deliberate.
Thank you for your time.
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Your post always extraordinary, I love reading them, they always leave me or with answers I wanted or more questions than the one I had, THE MIND IS WONDERFUL, We live in a world full of stimuli, in which we can chain one after another without rest and without time to recover mental strength. We can finish watching a chapter of our favorite series and continue watching the next one without pause. We live in times of endless opportunities with communication channels open 24 hours.
Despite the known benefits of mental rest, it is very difficult for us to renounce these pleasurable stimuli. Day after day we saturate our mental system, without realizing that rest is only in the hands of a will that we sometimes do not exercise. This happens because we are not aware that the world is not going to give us a break if we do not ask for it.
I am glad you always love reading the post. It delights me to hear this and i am excited. It's the right motivation. Thanks a lot.
The way we think determines how big we want to be or how far we would go. Stay small but dream big . dont look down on yourself and the sky would be your beggining
Absolutely, the sky would be the beginning. If we can dream it, we can achieve it. We should never limit our mind. We should stretch it.
Thanks a lot brother.
T.D Jake's soar is a book that should be read by every youth who aspires to be extraordinary with his/her life.
It all begins in the mind. Like Walt Disney said "if you can dream it, you can achieve it". This seems to be my favorite quote.
No man ever grows bigger than his mental picture. We must to think big if we really want to be great in life.
Absolutely. We must think big. If we can think it, we can achieve and i agree with you on that Waltz Disney's quote too. It all starts in the mind.
Thanks a lot brother. Always appreciate you.
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