Category: Adversity

En- or Dis-Courage?

Encouragement is the nutrition of the soul. Discouragement the poison.

— JJM —

  How many souls are you nourishing today? How about your own soul; are you nourishing it or poisoning it? It is impossible to be an encouragement for others if you aren’t an encouragement for yourself…I write from experience. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Acts 2:26, “No wonder my heart is glad, and my tongue shouts his praises! …

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Misfortune or Fortunate?

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

— Washington Irving —

  One of many breakthroughs that has taken place in my life was the day I finally figured out the fact that misfortune was simply a part of life. There are things that happen in life that are out of our control.  Accepting life on life’s terms and letting go of things outside my realm…

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Work and Wait

Great things come to those who wait but continue to work their butts off while waiting.

— JJM —

Yesterday I achieved a goal I set for myself a couple of years ago.  I completed a ½ Ironman Triathlon distance race twice in one month…so I could say I did a full Ironman (2.4mi swim, 112mi bike, 26.2mi run) in one month. This particular goal took me three years longer than I wanted because…

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Define Yourself

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

— Robert Frost —

  Are you defining yourself or is your past or someone else defining you? Choose victory and not victim-hood. P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com Deuteronomy 20:4, “For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”

Smile and Grow

I love the man who can smile in trouble, gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection.

— Thomas Paine —

  I love that type of man or woman too! Dang, I cannot stand whiners…of course those traits we most dislike in others were most likely traits we once owned…maybe it’s just me. 🙂 P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 2 Timothy 2:12, “if we endure, we will also reign with Him.”

Problem

“Positive thinking is how you think about a problem.  Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem.  The two together determine what you do about a problem.”  ~Norman Vincent Peale Most people who’ve accomplished any type of success in life understand problems are a part of the success formula.  The most successful people I know are…

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Tested

“To be tested is good.  The challenged life may be the best therapist.”  ~Gail Sheehy …the Lord knew I needed a good therapist P.E.A.C.E. Jay@EagleLaunch.com 2 Corinthians 4:8-9, “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.”  (ESV)