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Begin Now
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
One of the greatest challenges we all face is learning how to let go of the past mistakes that we have made. For many the past has a tendency to hold them hostage. When we think of moving forward and sticking to a firm resolve for the future the memory of the past has a tendency to creep in and sabotage ones faith. Learn from the past as quickly as you can and move on. Do not let the past crush your faith in the present nor the future. You have a choice to maintain a positive and optimistic attitude despite challenges. It is up to you to exercise that choice!
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Systems versus Programs
The reason the InnerGold System is so powerful is that it is a system and not necessarily a program. A program connotes that there is a finish point to it. With a system, the understanding is that this is a way of life or a lifelong process. When dealing with mental health issues this is the only responsible way to approach things. Life is always changing and so are our moods. To be given tools to manage this reality is what the InnerGold System and Brand is all about. How is there ever a finish to mental health issues?
In a recent Newsweek Magazine (May 24 & 31, 2010) article there was a story entitled, “Desperately Seeking Cures.” In the article it states, “From 1996 to 1999, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved 157 new drugs. In the comparable period a decade later- that is, from 2006 to 2009 – the agency approved 74. Not among them were any cures, or even meaningfully effective treatments.”
I realize that we all want to find cures for life’s ills and challenges (particularly addiction issues) but that is not what life is about. Life is about being faced with temptation and trials and then finding or being taught how to find the capacity to make wise choices in spite of them.
“Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit…The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” – M. Scott Peck
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One of the great paradoxes of life is that the young are always wishing they were just a little older and the old are usually wishing they were a whole lot younger.
The great secret of life is to be happy where you are in the process doing the best you can with what you have. It is common to think that the grass is always greener on the other side. Your job is to face whatever challenges that may be in front of you right now (today) and do whatever you can to make them right. If you are facing a challenge today what makes you think that it will be easier to overcome or deal with tomorrow? Don’t fret about the past or be to consumed with the future, but live now. I recently read a story about a minister who was having a difficult time going to sleep because he was so worried about the future and the condition of the world. God said to him, “Go to sleep bishop. I will stay up and watch over things.” If you do your best today trust that things will work out. Everything is going to be okay when all the dust settles. Face the truth, be responsible, smile and keep moving forward.
Consider the following: “Rock of Ages,” one of the most popular Christian hymns, was composed under unusual circumstance. In 1775, Augustus Toplady took shelter from a storm in a cleft of a large rock at Barrington Coombe in Somerset, England, and while waiting for the rain to stop, wrote this famous song on the only piece of paper he could find – a playing card. Just doing the best you can where you are at with what you’ve got may make more of a difference in the world than you think.
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