I went to a conference for my job and our keynote speaker was really awesome! He has won the most high school basketball games in history. he survived a devastating, life-threatening car accident when he was in his forties, and while he was recovering from that, he learned he had cancer coursing through his body. Crazy! well, of course he was not going to let that stop him. The cancer was located in his leg so he had it amputated. He is now about seventy-something years old and still in great health.
While he was talking, he gave us some smart quotes and words to take back and the one that stuck with me was a list that said, "The 2nd Ten Commandments" and it spoke to me because it dealt with all the things that I go through in life, while still maintaining a free-grace feel to it. So, i want to share them with you and hope you find it useful too:
1. Though shall not worry; for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities.
2. Thou shall not be fearful; for most things we fear never come to pass.
3. Thou shall not cross bridges before you come to them; for no one yet has succeeded in accomplishing this.
4. Thou shall face each problem as it comes; you can only handle one at a time anyway.
5. Thou shall not take problems to bed with you; for they make very poor bedfellows.
6. Thou shall not borrow other people's problems; they can better care for them than you can.
7. Thou shall not try to relive yesterday for good or ill, it is forever gone.
8. Thou shall be a good listener; for only when you listen do you hear different ideas from your own.
9. Thou shall not become "bogged down" by frustration; 90% of it is rooted in self-pity and will only interfere with positive actions.
10. Thou shall count thy blessings, never overlooking the small ones, for a lot of small blessings add up to a big one.
There you go! I will of course fail at these many times, but they are wise words that have strong roots in the way I plan to live my life.
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