Cultivate this mindset. Use every opportunity to practise it - and there will be many such opportunities everyday - and see where you find yourself in 30 days.
Here Is a statement of the mindset that I'm talking about (address it to yourself):
Whatever problematic situation that presents itself to me anywhere and any day, in my job, my family, my health or whatever - no matter how problematic it is - I realize that:
(1) There is already a solution to THIS problem and the solution is within reach and mainly requires me to apply my spirit or mind by 'seeking'.
(2) I was born to solve problems (yes, that's what justifies the existence of anything or anyone ever). It is my ontological responsibility to use my given human mind to solve this or any problem.
(3) I walk my talk. I act on the fact. So, I go about doing just that - applying my mind to solve this problem to justify my existence.
To help you do this, I tell you a story: Before the age of formal education, traditional medicine men never studied botany or any sort of medicine. But how did they discover so many home made cures that they transferred from generation to generation in what we now call traditional medicine? It was the kind of faith attitude mentioned above that propelled them. How? Whenever any health challenge arose, whether a fever, a reptilian or insect bite, a feat of convulsion or whatever, and amidst the helplessness of the situation, these great men dared to believe that some cures were around the corner and took a leap into the dark in search of the unknown cure much the way Abraham went in search of the Promised Land. God has also promised us a solution to every problem and so, enjoins us to "seek and you shall find".
Then, today, we have almost an endless list of documented inventors and their inventions in various fields. Read about each inventor and what you discover is that he or she dared to believe there was a solution to a problem that was deemed insoluble at the time. Think, for example of the Wright Brothers knowing we could fly above seas some time around 1900. Or you think of Alexander Graham Bell believing, as far back as 1870 that we could talk to one another across continents!
There is this saying that there are only two groups of people on Earth, namely, those who constitute problems and those who solve problems. Those who solve problems are the ones we call 'great' because they are justifying their existence. Then, see how jealous the rest of the world is when we call them great.
Now, enough of the self-destructive jealousy. All you need to join the league of the great, is to join the league of problem solvers by cultivating the mindset here in question. To the great, every problem is an opportunity. And problems are so abundant on Earth that everyone should be occupied with solving one problem or another without having any time to be jealous of someone else. So, next time you have the time to feel bitter that someone else is recognised, just know that it is because you are a failure - you have failed us all by not going about solving your share of our common problems on Earth.
Then, the matter gets even more serious to touch our very purpose of existence as humans on Earth. Many are losing sleep over the question "Why are we here on Earth?" If you belong here as you should, get your long-sought answer real and raw, here and now: I once read a novel in which a young graduate was overwhelmed by family problems and a friend advised him by reminding him thus (in similar words):
"The reason you went to the University, is to learn how to solve problems. Now, why are you overwhelmed by an opportunity to make sense of your education instead of embracing it with joy?"
I couldn't agree more. Or, otherwise, let someone tell me in one line, why we go to school if not to learn how to solve problems. And now I tell you, it is not only why we go to school, but why we are human beings or why anything is anything whatsoever. For example, water exists to solve the problem of thirst. Without solving such problems, water would be useless and deserve nobody's regard. A kitchen knife helps us to cut vegetables. Without solving such problems, a kitchen knife would be absolutely useless to us.
To help you do this, I tell you a story: Before the age of formal education, traditional medicine men never studied botany or any sort of medicine. But how did they discover so many home made cures that they transferred from generation to generation in what we now call traditional medicine? It was the kind of faith attitude mentioned above that propelled them. How? Whenever any health challenge arose, whether a fever, a reptilian or insect bite, a feat of convulsion or whatever, and amidst the helplessness of the situation, these great men dared to believe that some cures were around the corner and took a leap into the dark in search of the unknown cure much the way Abraham went in search of the Promised Land. God has also promised us a solution to every problem and so, enjoins us to "seek and you shall find".
Then, today, we have almost an endless list of documented inventors and their inventions in various fields. Read about each inventor and what you discover is that he or she dared to believe there was a solution to a problem that was deemed insoluble at the time. Think, for example of the Wright Brothers knowing we could fly above seas some time around 1900. Or you think of Alexander Graham Bell believing, as far back as 1870 that we could talk to one another across continents!
There is this saying that there are only two groups of people on Earth, namely, those who constitute problems and those who solve problems. Those who solve problems are the ones we call 'great' because they are justifying their existence. Then, see how jealous the rest of the world is when we call them great.
Now, enough of the self-destructive jealousy. All you need to join the league of the great, is to join the league of problem solvers by cultivating the mindset here in question. To the great, every problem is an opportunity. And problems are so abundant on Earth that everyone should be occupied with solving one problem or another without having any time to be jealous of someone else. So, next time you have the time to feel bitter that someone else is recognised, just know that it is because you are a failure - you have failed us all by not going about solving your share of our common problems on Earth.
Then, the matter gets even more serious to touch our very purpose of existence as humans on Earth. Many are losing sleep over the question "Why are we here on Earth?" If you belong here as you should, get your long-sought answer real and raw, here and now: I once read a novel in which a young graduate was overwhelmed by family problems and a friend advised him by reminding him thus (in similar words):
"The reason you went to the University, is to learn how to solve problems. Now, why are you overwhelmed by an opportunity to make sense of your education instead of embracing it with joy?"
I couldn't agree more. Or, otherwise, let someone tell me in one line, why we go to school if not to learn how to solve problems. And now I tell you, it is not only why we go to school, but why we are human beings or why anything is anything whatsoever. For example, water exists to solve the problem of thirst. Without solving such problems, water would be useless and deserve nobody's regard. A kitchen knife helps us to cut vegetables. Without solving such problems, a kitchen knife would be absolutely useless to us.
We all (from humans to angels to air and water) exist to solve certain kinds of problems, without which our existence can never be justified. As Jesus once noted, "you are the salt of the Earth, but if salt has lost its taste, ... it is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. (Matthew 5:13 English Standard Version).
That's why, to the extent you are solving problems on Earth in your sphere of existence, to that extent you will know the joy of a fulfilled life. So, rather than waste your mental/spiritual energy to complain, worry or be bitter in the face of a problem, spend it the only right and fulfilling way: to solve problems in any capacity. I mean, you don't have to be an internationally recognized inventor to be great.
Please, share this and you will be helping to change the world for good. Imagine a world where people have more solution-oriented than jealousy-oriented minds. In such a world, people will experience more peace in their souls, there will be more interpersonal peace, where more human beings try to solve problems, human civilization will experience better advancement. Check it out yourself.
Please, share this and you will be helping to change the world for good. Imagine a world where people have more solution-oriented than jealousy-oriented minds. In such a world, people will experience more peace in their souls, there will be more interpersonal peace, where more human beings try to solve problems, human civilization will experience better advancement. Check it out yourself.
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