Kevin J Houston

Archive for the ‘Inspirational’ Category

Do you know what you want in life? Do you know what makes you unique? Are you asking yourself why you are not more successful? Are you asking yourself why I am not like so and so? Are you questioning who you are and where you came from? Do you feel like you do not fit in or belong? Are you feeling useless and unimportant sometimes?

At some point we all have felt this way, inadequate or insignificant. We may have asked ourselves why are we here, what is our purpose in life? I believe we are all here for a reason; we all have a purpose. I feel we are here to help one another to fulfill our purpose in life. Each person has a unique purpose or mission they have to accomplish. I believe that there is someone out there that needs what you have to offer and share with them. They need you to help them, to help another person. This is that “each one, teach one” attitude we need in life. Someone has helped you to make it to where you are. Someone has taught you the rules of the game and how to make it. Someone has inspired you to reach higher and to strive for more. Someone was there to encourage you, to lift you up and help you there the rough times. So you should want to do the same for someone else.

You may feel like you are a bad person, because you did not help that lady who was broken down on the side of the road. Or you may have not given that money to that homeless man you passed the other day. You may have not helped a friend that may have needed your help desperately at one time. We all have miss that opportunity to help someone else at some point, but that does not make you a bad person or any worse than someone else.

So who are you? Look within yourself and find out who you really are. What you look like does not make you who you are. What you talk like does not make you who you are. What you have or do not have does not make you who you are. What people say about you does not make you who you are. Even what people think about you does not make you who you are. It’s what you think about yourself, what you say about yourself and how you feel about yourself, which makes you who you are. This is what makes you the person you are. Your character, your attitude and your way of thinking makes you who you are.

You might not dress like a million bucks, whatever that may mean. You may not even have a million dollars in your bank account. So what! But you are who you are. Do not feel like you have to be like someone else to be significant or important. Your uniqueness is what makes you who you are. Your individuality is what make you who you are. So continue to be who you are. Stay the way you are, do not allow people to change you. Do not change unless you want to or need to change to better yourself. “Do not fool yourself, know who you really are!”

In my search of finding some good inspirational and motivational book to read I found this great little inexpensive gem of a book, “The Power of Your Subconscious” by Joesph Murphy. The thoughts and concepts in this book have been very life changing for me. As I began to read this book, I found a lot of what was in the pages of this book to line-up with a lot of what I found to work in life for me when it comes to the power of the mind. This book also open my eyes to a lot of new things to add to my already powerful arsenal of tools for self-improvement.  I definitely would encourage any person wanting and needing to take control of their life and being moving in the right direction to grab a copy of this book. You will be glad you did.

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Have you ever felt that sometimes you are your own worst enemy? We all have moments when, no matter how hard we try, things just don’t seem to work out right, when everything goes wrong, and we have no one to blame but ourselves. But, just as you may sometimes be your own worst enemy, you can also be your own best friend. The transition usually occurs when you realize that the only person on earth who can determine your failure or success is you yourself. You may discover your best friend when you develop the maturity and strength of character to accept yourself for the person you are and to take the actions necessary to become the person you wish to be. When you analyze yourself objectively, you can begin to build upon your strengths and compensate for your weaknesses. When you do, you will realize that the only person who stands in the way of your success is you.

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