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A thought by John C. Maxwell (2015-10-06) from his book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters (p. 13). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Have you ever said when given a task to do, I’ll try?   Have you?   I’ll try to make this marriage work.   I’ll try to lose 25 lbs .    I’ll try to do stop doing this habit.   I’ll try. Well John says, “Trying alone does not communicate true commitment. It’s halfhearted. It is not a pledge to do what’s necessary to achieve a goal. It’s another way of saying, ‘I’ll make an effort.’ That’s not many steps away from, ‘I’ll go through the motions.’ Trying rarely achieves anything significant.” So what does?   John says, “If an attitude of trying is not enough, then what is? An attitude of doing !” He goes on, “There is enormous magic in the tiny word do.   When we tell ourselves, ‘I’ll do it,’ we unleash tremendous power. That act forges in us a chain of pers

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2015-10-06) from his book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters (p. 11). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) That thought blows away an excuse we use over and over.   I can’t do that.  I wish I could but I'm not good at it.   But  we do anything to keep from starting something new and we waist the opportunities that are out there for us. John says, “To put significance in our stories, we must also take action. Being passive may feel safe. If you do nothing, nothing can go wrong. But while inaction cannot fail, it cannot succeed either. We can wait, and hope, and wish, but if we do, we miss the stories our lives could be.” He then says, “Let me help you by telling you something you need to know. You won’t do well the first time you do anything. You don’t know what you’re doing when you start. Nobody is good at the beginning of doing something new. Get over it… I

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2015-10-06) from his book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters (p. 8). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Excuses, we use excuses to keep us from making a difference, don’t we? I spend time everyday walking.   I am about to turn 69 and I have determined to do all I can to not be an invalid and so walking is making a difference in that not happening.   Now as I get older I’m sure that I won’t be able to do what I can to not make that happen but right now the excuse that I am getting close to 70 and the excuse that my legs don’t feel like walking today are not going to be used.   I’m not going to give in to them.   O f course their will be a reason someday of why I won’t be able to walk but for now they are just excuses.   So it’s 10,000+ steps a day to keep my heart pumping and my legs moving.   There is still a significant part for me to play even at 69. John say