Urgency of the right kind

......................is very fabulous.Woken up with LUST FOR LIFE and am on the computer
looking at youtbe finding HERE COMES SUCCESS by Iggy Pop having given Isobel Poppy her nickname Izzy Pop .Neuro linguistic programming or simply quality self talk. And then Philipians 4:8-9

Philippians 4:8-9

New International Version (NIV)

 ⁸ Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. ⁹ Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

IGGY POP LYRICS

"Success"

Here comes success, here comes success
Over my hill, over my hill
Here comes success, here comes success
Here comes my car, here comes my car
Here comes my Chinese rug, here comes my Chinese rug
Here comes success, here comes success

In the last ditch, in the last ditch
I'll think of you, I'll think of you
In the last ditch, in the last ditch
I will be true, I will be true
Sweetheart I'm telling you, sweetheart I'm telling you
Here comes the zoo, here comes the zoo

Here comes success, here comes success
Oh, hooray success, hooray success
Here comes success, hooray success
Oh oh success, oh oh success
I can't help myself, I can't help myself
I just got to got to got to, I just got to got to got to...
I can't stand it, got to got to got to

Here comes my face, here comes my face
It's plain bizarre, it's plain bizarre
Here comes my face, here comes my face
Out of the crowd, out of the crowd
Sweetheart I'm telling you, sweetheart I'm telling you
Here comes the zoo, here comes the zoo

In the last ditch, in the last ditch
Here comes success, here comes success
Here comes success, here comes success
I'm gonna do the twist, I'm gonna do the twist
I'm moved, man, I'm wiggged, oh I'm moved and I'm wigged
I'm crazy, I'm gonna, I'm gonna go crazy. And if you, maybe you'd like..
Let's blast off!

Alright! Baby, let's blast off, oh, baby let's blast off
Blast off on success, blast off on success
Oh you slay me, oh you slay me, baby, ooooh, you slay me, baby
I'm gonna do the twist, I'm gonna do the twist
I'm gonna hop like a frog, I'm gonna hop like a frog
I'm gonna go out on the street and do anything I want
I'm gonna go out on the street and do anything
Oh, shit! Oh, shit!

One of my favorite quotes comes from William Shakespeare who wrote,

‘If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.”

We have no idea how our daily actions will impact others and the consequences they carry.

http://www.yourmaxliving.com/2010/05/the-small-moments-that-make-a-big-difference/ 

By Greg Fullerton

Stephen Covey talks a lot about people climbing ladders only to discover that the ladder was leaning against the wrong wall.

In other words, we work hard at acquiring and/or accomplishing the wrong things.

What a horrible — and easy — way to live a life of regret. To put so much time, effort, money, and energy into projects and then actually gain the things we seek, only to realize that those things weren’t all we thought they’d be.

How many things in life would we stop pursuing if we were honest with ourselves and stopped to consciously think through,“What win I if I gain the thing I seek?”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem A Psalm of Life”, starts with this stanza:

“Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream ! —
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

..................        Be a hero in the strife !

    Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant !
        Let the dead Past bury its dead !
    Act,— act in the living Present ! 
        Heart within, and God o'erhead !

    Lives of great men all remind us
        We can make our lives sublime,
    And, departing, leave behind us
        Footprints on the sands of time ;

    Footprints, that perhaps another,
        Sailing o'er life's solemn main, 

    A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
        Seeing, shall take heart again.

    Let us, then, be up and doing, 
        With a heart for any fate ; 
    Still achieving, still pursuing, 

        Learn to labor and to wait. 

”Amen.

So many of us seek wealth and fame, only to realize that they’re not all they’re cracked up to be.

Now, there may not be anything intrinsically wrong with wealth or fame, but should these be our end-all, be-all goals?

They may come as a natural byproduct, but are there not more worthy goals we can pursue?Sometimes, the things we seek are actually worthy goals, but we pursue them at the expense of other important things in life.

For example, we may work hard in our careers while neglecting our families. I know fathers who tragically regret missing out on the most important moments of their children’s lives.

Do your goals inspire you? Do they cause you to stretch and work? Or are you climbing a short ladder?I Are you seeking vain glory, or trying to make a difference? Do you want wealth to show off, or to serve?

As King Solomon taught,

“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”

In all your pursuits, make sure your ladder is leaning against the right wall before you start climbing.