Category: empowerment and inspiration
“The dream still burns … but the rest of us should take heart. The key here is the dream, rather than its realisation.”
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“Schumachers 2010 return shows the dream still burns – but the rest of us ‘losers’ should take heart. The key here is the dream, rather than its realisation. It may not be explicable to us mere mortals, but the more I heard about this ‘Heaven on Earth’ called the Zone, the more I was convinced it is the true Holy Grail – not just for racing drivers, but for all human beings in whatever we do. Finding it often enough inevitably leads to ‘winning’ in earthly terms, but it only comes into reach, when you rid yourself of the obsession with the end result. The shortcut to the Zone is to join the wimps, forget about winning and revel in the beauty of playing the game.”
“The untapped potential in every human being is limitless: we are perfectly capable of producing all by ourselves, true magic.”
– powerful (and great) writing from Clyde Brolin in his excellent book ‘Overdrive: Formula One in the Zone’ (web site www.overdrivef1.com)
from http://raceinthezone.wordpress.com
* The various books (including ‘Stirling’ and ‘The Prize’) that Craig “felt inspired to write”are available athttp://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4
http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html
http://www.creativekiwis.com/index.php/bookswww.lulu.com/craiglock
and http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/craiglock (e-books) * Hard-copies and e-books, fiction and nonfiction: self help, novels, travel, humour, writing, inspiration and money management
All proceeds go to needy and underprivileged children – MINE!
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“Life is about finding, then following the dream… and one’s dream/vision comes to reality through believing in yourself, making the commitment and then creating it.”
– me
“Together, one mind, one life at a time, let’s see how many people we can impact, encourage, empower, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials.”
“The same Spirit that made the world is in YOU…but first it has to be activated.”
“The same Spirit that made the world is in YOU (or at least a tiny bit of it *) …but first it has to be activated.”
– thoughts of my good friend, Lindsay (“The Prophet and the prayer-warrior”)
http://www.theprophetandtheprayerwarrior.wordpress.com
- my words
Thoughts of Dr Martin Luther-King
Thoughts of Dr Martin Luther-King
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
“THE BREAD OF LIFE”:
THE KEYS TO SUCCESS: “THE BREAD OF LIFE”:
B elief (or faith)
R espect for everyone (no matter their station in life)
E ducation: this is not necessarily just formal education, but education throuh “the school of life”: what we go through along the journey
A ttitude. Most important! In fact, atttude is everything.
It’s not what’s happened to us… but how we respond to that event(s)!
and
D ecision… and this also includes the desire (to follow, ie faith), discipline and development (self and ongoing)
All this is the “b r e a d of life”
“Trust in the Lord with your heart and lean not on your own understanding…”
“Trust in the Lord with your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways acknowledge him
and he will make your paths straight.”*
– Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV)
* and/or “direct our path and make the right way through life for you”
“Faith is a choice.”
from https://whyifollowjesuschrist.wordpress.com/2015/07/09/faith-is-a-choice/
“‘For I know the plans I have for you’, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you’, declares the LORD.”
– Jeremiah 29:11-13
Thank you, Lord
Sharing Some Personal Thoughts (Uplifting), Meditations and Prayers (from my “little black and yellow books”)
Category (key words): Inspiration, inspirational quotes, encouragement, God, spiritual, spiritual writings, spiritual growth empowerment, words of upliftment, empowerment, upliftment and encouragement
Just sharing some rather “personal stuff”. Here are a few thoughts, notes, “meditations” and prayers from my “little black and yellow books” that I’ve jotted down over the years. They have sustained, uplifted and encouraged me through the many dark days and served to “chart my course, or rather untrodden track.” I hope, I trust that they may also help, encourage and uplift… and perhaps even inspire you through the “valleys of life.”
Enjoy
Craig
“Together, one mind, one soul, one life at a time, let’s see how many people we can impact, empower, uplift and encourage to reach their fullest potentials.”
Started posting in my “little” ebook on 7th March 2011 and I’ll update from time to time…
“When (or if ever) you arrive in heaven, let faith and love be the wings that carried you there.”
– as adapted from the inspiring words of Jonathan Edwards, former minister in New England, Massachusetts
“The Greatest Race: Living by (with) faith, hope and love is the highest podium any person can reach, God’s podium that anyone stand on.”
– craig
“Having pursued the goals, the dreams set before us and run the race with persistence and endurance, after giving it all. Then one day standing on the summit of life, breathing in the pure sweet oxygen of achievement, totally satisfied in running the greatest race, the race of life one that ANYONE can run and win.
craig 11/11/11
PS
“I don’t believe in setting goals, but rather going after your dreams.”
“Write it into existence.”
“Together, you and I let’s march into a bright new tomorrow.”
“Look upward and you go within”
“We have it within; but we get it all from without. There is a well-spring of strength, wisdom, courage and great imagination within each one of us; but once we draw on this truth, it gets watered from without, by a Higher Source – the Ultimate Source of Life and Love, which is God, the very Ground of our Being.”
– me
One’s inseperable relationship with God leads to health, security, peace of mind and true happiness.
God has a unique plan for YOUR life.
“Submit and surrender”, trust and depend on God (putting God at the centre, the focal point of your life).
BELIEVE and ask in prayer
Expand possibilities. Develop hope.
“God use my little life as a focus for Your infinite, endless possibilities
Fit my little dream into Your plan for the world
Be a channel for Your peace, a window for Your light to shine through to everyone I meet
“Lord
Increase my faith and use me. Fill me with knowledge of Your will. Show me Your glory.”
“There are no borders…only far and great horizons.”
“Lord,
Expand my sense of possibility through hope. Broaden my horizons for all the rich promises you have in store for me.”
Be a light of hope to others. Be a spark that lights the flame of hope in others.
Shine YOUR bright light on the world
May you ALL see God’s bright light on the road up ahead
From the storms of life to the brightest rainbow…
“Delight yourself in the Lord…and you will be given all the desires of your heart.”
Every problem has a spiritual solution.”
“Every problem has a spiritual solution.”
How to Turn the Ordinary into the Extra-ordinary in your Life (from Charles Price)
Here are my notes from Charles Price (Living Truth Ministry 30th August 2009)
My Note:
Where the term “Him” is used, use whatever term which you use (She, It, Ultimate Source, Ground of All Being, Higher power, Universal Consciousness???) to describe God, Source of Life, Infinite Spirit
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“The Son can do nothing without the Father.”
“I am here to fulfil.”
Whatever He says, DO IT! (don’t be scared, my good friend “John boy”!)
Listen. Ask for His co-operation.
God is the initiator of anything significant.
Jesus gives a command: “Speak it into existence!”
Every act is precipitated by an act of obedience.
Depend on Him. Just TRUST
He takes the ordinary and produces the extra-ordinary – his raw material is the ordinary.
God does things you and I could never do… so revealing His glory. Jesus’s disciples put their faith in Him.
“The Greatest Race: Living by (with) faith, hope and love is the highest podium any person can reach, God’s podium that anyone stand on.”
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Article Title: How to Turn the Ordinary into the Extra-ordinary in your Life (from Charles Price)
Shared by: Craig Lock
Category (key words/tags): Spiritual Growth, Faith, Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Charles Price, Living Truth, Thoughts on Jesus, Empowerment, Transformation, Quotations, Thoughts, Inspiration “Inspiration, Spiritual”, Inspirational Writings (enough there now, craig)
Web site: www.livingtruth.ca
The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) are at https://sharefaith.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.com
Other Articles are available at: http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/user/15565 and http://www.ideamarketers.com/library/profile.cfm?writerid=981
(Personal growth, self help, writing, internet marketing, spiritual, ‘spiritual writings’ (how ‘airey-fairey’), words of inspiration
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This piece (as with all my articles) may be freely reproduced, electronically or in print. If they help at all, or make any difference in people’s lives by bringing some joy, then I’m very happy.
“We share what we know, so that we all may grow.”
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HOW TO TURN THE ORDINARY INTO THE EXTRA-ORDINARY IN YOUR LIFE
Here are my notes from Charles Price (Living Truth Ministry 30th August 2009)
My Note:
Where the term “Him” is used, use whatever term which you use (She, It, Ultimate Source, Ground of All Being, Higher power, Universal Consciousness???) to describe God, Source of Life, Infinite Spirit
*
“The Son can do nothing without the Father.”
“I am here to fulfil.”
Whatever He says, DO IT! (don’t be scared, my good friend “John boy”!)
Listen. Ask for His co-operation.
God is the initiator of anything significant.
Jesus gives a command: “Speak it into existence!”
Every act is precipitated by an act of obedience.
Depend on Him. Just TRUST
He takes the ordinary and produces the extra-ordinary – his raw material is the ordinary.
God does things you and I could never do… so revealing His glory. Jesus’s disciples put their faith in Him.
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THE (MY) GREATEST RACE
Paul had a purpose in living – he had the single-mindedness of an athlete in training. St Paul lived with a selfless attitude in serving and giving.
What we put into our minds determines what comes out in our words and actions. Paul tells us to program our mind with thoughts that are true, honourable, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and worthy of praise.
Don’t let anything take your eye off the goal – knowing Christ. Focus all your energies towards winning the race.
DEPEND, SUBMIT and simplyTRUST
Shine your light brightly for Christ, the One who makes the ordinary in our lives extra-ordinary.
Charles Price
“Lord,
Use my ‘little’ life as a vehicle for Your endless possibilities.”
Shared by craig
“When (or is it perhaps if??) you arrive in a place (or rather state ) known as heaven, let faith, hope and love be the wings of the chariot that carried you there.”
– me (as adapted from the words of Jonathan Edwards, a former minister in Massachusetts (New England)
About the submitter:
In his life mission Craig hopes to encourage, motivate and inspire people to be their best through realising their full potentials and live their very best lives (without being too much of a “boring Mr Goody-goody two shoes” (as he’s lost the other one!). Craig believes in the great potential of every human being in the journey of life and loves to encourage people to share their individual (and guiding) spirits, so that they become all that they are CAPABLE of being.
The various books that Craig “felt inspired to write” are available at: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 and http://www.creativekiwis.com/amazon.html
He is presently “working” on his latest novels ‘The Awakened Spirit’ and ‘From Seeds of Hate to the Bonds of Love’, based on some true and inspiring stories
of the unquenchable, the indomitable human spirit, that lies within each one of us. Stories of ‘Endless Possibilities, Far and Unlimited (Grand) Horizons’
“A book is small enough to hold in your hand; but when you read it, the walls fall away and you’re in a room as big as the world.”
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside a dog it’s too hard to read.”
– Groucho Marx
The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various writings: articles, books and new manuscripts) is at https://sharefaith.wordpress.com and http://craigsblogs.wordpress.
“The world’s smallest and most exclusive bookstore”
“Together, one mind, one heart, one life at a time, lets see how many people we can impact, encourage, empower and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials.”
THESE THOUGHTS MAY BE FREELY PUBLISHED
“Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we want; but when we are challenged to be what (all that) we can become.”
– Morris Adler
“The Greatest Race: Living by (with) faith, hope and love is the highest podium any person can reach, God’s podium that anyone stand on.”
– craig
May (let) the light of God shine brightly on your path up ahead
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