My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.Quote by Indira GandhiREFLECTION:What group are you in? Are you willing to do the work? What does that look like?
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,because there is not effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause;who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly..."Quote by Theodore Roosevelt's speech "Citizenship in a Republic" delivered at the Sorbonne in Paris, France on April 23, 1910.REFLECTION:Are you in the arena of life?Are you allowing the "critics" in the stands to point out your shortcomings?Is there a worthy cause you are willing to get into the arena for ... to dare greatly?What is it? Take a first step into the arena today.
"I don't think being human has any place for guilt. Contrition, yes. Guilt, no. Contrition means you tell God you are sorry and you're not going to do it again and you start off afresh. All the damage you've done to yourself, put right. Guilt means you go on and on belaboring and having emotions and beating your breast and being ego-fixated. Guilt is a trap. People love guilt because they feel if they suffer enough guilt, they'll make up for what they've done. Whereas, in fact, they're just sitting in a puddle and splashing. Contrition, you move forward. It's over. You are willing to forgo the pleasures of guilt."Quote from Sister Wendy Beckett a Roman Catholic Nun - as quoted in BROKEN OPEN How Difficult Time Can Help Us Grow by Elizabeth LesserREFLECTION:Are you living with guilt? What guilt trap are you caught in? Are you willing to STOP feeling guilty? Are you willing to seek contrition? Are you willing to tell God... tell someone you are sorry?How can you embrace contrition so you can move forward?