A
thought by John C. Maxwell (2016-02-02) from his book, 3 Things Successful People Do: The Road Map That Will Change Your Life
(p. 122). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click
on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.)
Here is a
good thought that John quotes from Austin O’Malley who asserted, “The fact that
you have been knocked down is interesting, but the length of time you remain
down is important.”
John goes on,
“As you travel on the success journey, you will have problems. Are you going to
give up and stay down, wallowing in your defeat, or are you going to get back
on your feet as quickly as you can? Or as a college friend of mine used to say,
‘I’m never down; I’m either up or getting up.’”
I love that
attitude, “I’m never down; I’m either up or getting up.”
John then
says, “A lot of people don’t think that way. Some have been down so long that
they’re more comfortable lying down than they are getting back up. It has
become a way of life for them. In fact, some not only stay down, but they will
try to trip you up. Since they’re no longer interested in getting up, their
goal in life is to pull someone else down to make themselves feel better. If
you know people who act like this, steer clear of them.”
He finishes
this section with, “When you fall, make the best of it and get back on your
feet. Learn what you can from your mistake, and then get back in the game. View
your errors the way Henry Ford did his. He said, ‘Failure is the opportunity to
begin again more intelligently.’”
I was
reading in Revelation in the Bible this morning and I found this in 14:13 (NLT), “Yes, says
the Spirit, they are blessed indeed, for they will rest from their hard work;
for their good deeds follow them.” It says, “they will rest.” The key is our rest is out ahead so we are to keep at it.
So how are
you doing today, are you getting up or are you already up?
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