If you’re not you, then who are you going to be?
If you’re not you, then who are you going to be?
A middle aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she had a near death experience. Seeing God, she asked if this was it. God said, "No you have another 43 years, 2 months, and 8 days to live."
Upon recovery the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a face lift, liposuction, tummy tuck, etc. She even had someone come in and change her hair color, figuring since she had so much more time to live, she might as well make the most of it.
She got out of the hospital after the last operation and while crossing the street was killed by an ambulance speeding to the hospital.
Arriving in front of God, she demanded, "I thought you said I had another 40 Years?"
God replied, "I didn't recognize you..."
Be yourself. Think about it: Aren’t most of the discontented people you know trying to be something they are not or trying to do something they’re not supposed to do? A Congolese proverb asserts, “Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.” The book of Jeremiah asks, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?” Julius Hare advises, “Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you are.”
Nobody is as disappointed and unhappy as the person who longs all of his life to be somebody other than who he really is. The person who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away. If you don’t have a plan for your own life, you’ll only become a part of someone else’s. Never wish to be anything but what you are. There is only one life for you—your own. The person who walks in someone else’s tracks never leaves his own footprints.
Most people live their entire lives as complete strangers to themselves. Don’t let that happen to you. Leo Buscaglia counseled, “The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position.”
The opposite of courage is not fear. It is conformity. No one ever became great by imitation. Imitation is limitation. Don’t be a copy of something. Make your own impression. Dare to be who you are.
- John Mason, from the book Imitation is Limitation (Want to purchase this book? Go to www.freshword.com/resources)
John Mason is a national best-selling author, nationally recognized speaker and book coach. You can visit his site at http://www.freshword.com/signup to receive this nugget and ones just like it in your email inbox every week. Very inspiring!
A middle aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she had a near death experience. Seeing God, she asked if this was it. God said, "No you have another 43 years, 2 months, and 8 days to live."
Upon recovery the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a face lift, liposuction, tummy tuck, etc. She even had someone come in and change her hair color, figuring since she had so much more time to live, she might as well make the most of it.
She got out of the hospital after the last operation and while crossing the street was killed by an ambulance speeding to the hospital.
Arriving in front of God, she demanded, "I thought you said I had another 40 Years?"
God replied, "I didn't recognize you..."
Be yourself. Think about it: Aren’t most of the discontented people you know trying to be something they are not or trying to do something they’re not supposed to do? A Congolese proverb asserts, “Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.” The book of Jeremiah asks, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots?” Julius Hare advises, “Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you are.”
Nobody is as disappointed and unhappy as the person who longs all of his life to be somebody other than who he really is. The person who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away. If you don’t have a plan for your own life, you’ll only become a part of someone else’s. Never wish to be anything but what you are. There is only one life for you—your own. The person who walks in someone else’s tracks never leaves his own footprints.
Most people live their entire lives as complete strangers to themselves. Don’t let that happen to you. Leo Buscaglia counseled, “The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position.”
The opposite of courage is not fear. It is conformity. No one ever became great by imitation. Imitation is limitation. Don’t be a copy of something. Make your own impression. Dare to be who you are.
- John Mason, from the book Imitation is Limitation (Want to purchase this book? Go to www.freshword.com/resources)
John Mason is a national best-selling author, nationally recognized speaker and book coach. You can visit his site at http://www.freshword.com/signup to receive this nugget and ones just like it in your email inbox every week. Very inspiring!
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