Maranathatalks

I consider it a dangerous misconception of mental hygiene to assume that what man needs is equilibrium or homoeostasis a tension less state. What man actually needs is the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. The ordered prioritized life is lived with much less stress, because it proceeds step by step. Progression and accomplishment are its traits. The disordered life is lived in misfits jerks, omissions, relapse and hesitations. How can you say it is finished if you don't know what you are doing? There is no miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. The greatest discovery in our history is that human being by changing the inner attitudes of their minds can change all the outer aspects of their lives.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely (Lord Action). "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power" (Abraham Lincoln). Power really is a test of character. In the hands of a person of integrity, it is of tremendious benefit; in the hands of a tyrant, it causes terrible destruction. By itself, power is neither positive or negative. And it not the source of security or success, beside all dictators. Even benevolent ones eventually lose power.

One of the most common mistakes and one of the costliest is thinking that success is due to some genius, some magic, something or others we do not possess. (Maltbie D. Babcock). Success is : knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential and sowing seeds that benefit others. Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life. Everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfilment, there in he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus everyone's task is as unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.(psychologist Viktor Frankl). Many people let everyone around them decide their agenda in life. As a result, they never really dedicate themselves to their purpose in life. They become Jack of all trades master of none, rather than a jack of few trades focused on one. There can be no success without sacrifice, if you desire to accomplish little, sacrifice little. But if you want to accomplish great things be wil...