motivation

Motivation: Continue to Follow Your Dreams

Hey, I think we sometimes limit a dream to a job. But, it doesn’t have to be the dream job. It just needs to be a dream.

I encourage you to do what you love to do. Do what you’re good at. Utilize your gifts in a powerful way. For me, I use the blogs I have. For you, it may be singing. Giving advice. Being good at sports. Do what you love to do, at any capacity. Just do it.

All you do when you don’t follow your dreams is be upset, depressed, and even angry.

But, when you follow it, you end up being a lot more confident about your life. It’s amazing how powerful you can feel when you’re doing what you were designed to do.

Monday Motivation: Get Stubborn

Sometimes, when we go through life, we need a level of stubbornness to help us get through.

We need a line in us that we just won’t cross. We need to be stubborn in our determination. We fight and fight and we don’t quit. Don’t quit.

I remember I was working on the Good Friday play for my church and my lighting crew was going down in flames. I wanted to quit. I was stressed. I was angry. Tired. Yet, I couldn’t give up, mainly because I was too stubborn to actually throw in the towel. I kept pushing because, for me, once I give my word and commitment, I see it through, no matter what.

So, that’s part of what I mean. See some things through. You make new year’s resolutions? Get stubborn about them. Keep them and never let go.

Dante Writes

Monday Motivation: Share a Joke

It’s okay to laugh, ya know.

I want you to share a joke today with a classmate…coworker…friend…neighbor on the train…somebody.

Here’s mine:

There was a Minister whose wife was expecting a baby. The Minister went to the congregation and asked for a raise. After much consideration and discussion, they passed a rule that when the Minister’s family expanded, so would his pay check.

After five or six children, this started to get expensive. The congregation decided to hold a meeting again to discuss the Minister’s pay situation. You can imagine there was much yelling and bickering. Finally, the Minister got up and spoke to the crowd, “Having children is an act of God!”

In the back of the room, a little old man with a full beard stood up, and in his frail voice said… “Snow and Rain are also ‘acts of God’, but when we get too much, we wear rubbers!”

Like this one? I GUESS you can share it. I encourage you to search for one on your own though. Search on this blog or my blog designated to hold jokes.

Dante Writes

Monday Motivation: Claim your year

2015 is better than 2014. You have to claim it. This is the year you become great. If you’re already great, be greater. Raise the bar of your life. Set a higher standard. 2014 was awesome. You made it. Now it’s time to take on 2015.

Claim your year. Claim it right now. You must do it. The power of the tongue is real. So go and speak life into your year. You will rise. Your family will rise. Your friends will rise. Your career will rise. Your academic performance will rise.

It all starts with you claiming it.

Dante Writes

Monday Motivation: Forgive

Uh-oh.

Forgiveness.

I want to push you to forgive those that have wronged you. Understand that forgiving is not the same as accepting.

Forgiveness is for the victim more than the offender, especially if the offender doesn’t even realize what he’s done. For instance, you are walking down the street, somebody innocently bumps into you. He says sorry. He didn’t mean it, and he’s sleeping tonight.

You, on the other hand, are pissed off. This bump has now taken over your thoughts for the day and you can somehow connect that bump to all other negative moments of the day.

Inhale. Hold. Exhale.

Let it go. Forgive.

What about the harder things? She stabbed you in the back. You thought you were friends. Yet, she went and did that. She hasn’t apologized, so I guess you don’t have to forgive her, right? Well, this isn’t going to be a sermon, so I’ll leave the Bible out of it…for now.

Don’t be afraid to forgive someone. This doesn’t mean you approve of what the person did. For instance, someone may get shot by some guy who decided to shoot up a school. Now, forgiving him means that you’re no longer holding this against him. It is what it is, and you’re attempting to move on. Give yourself peace. However, you don’t accept or approve of this. Why is that? Well, most likely, you wouldn’t go have a cup of coffee with this person. You’ve moved on, but you’re also done with that person.

So, I encourage you to forgive. It is for you.

-Dante Writes

Monday Motivation: Encourage someone

Well I guess I’ve officially run out of things to motivate on for the moment. In an earlier motivation, I called for you to motivate somebody else.

Let’s try this again, but with a little more content. Specifically, encourage someone. Your friend. Lover. Momma. Co-worker. If you see someone is feeling down, send a kind word to them. Chances are, all of us know somebody with cancer, sadly. Give that person an encouraging word.

If they don’t take it; too bad. You did your job. Make a sincere effort and sleep well tonight.

There’s a lot of stuff going on in this world that can make ya feel like crap. Well, this blog’s main goal is to encourage. It’s almost a sin that it took me this many motivations before getting to this one.

If we all keep encouraging each other to keep going through the fire, we’ll get through it, or at least bare it better.

Dante Writes