Time to Believe

                               “Be believing, be happy, don't get discouraged. Things will work out.”                                             ― Gordon B. Hinckley

When life gets tough on us and situations build up beyond our seeming capacity to handle them we tend to abandon the one thing we shouldn’t – our capacity to believe.

Some people believe that whatever happens is meant to happen. This is the realm of fate where you accept the result of whatever comes your way. I know folks who speak of fate but haven’t yet met a person who perfectly holds on to this in actions. To hang on to fate is to accept even the results of mediocrity and so I really don’t accept it.

I believe that to live successfully you should believe in some things that govern our existence. Some of these are:

Believe in God. If you would be successful and enjoy both the process and the result, you should believe in God. To believe in God takes away the weight of major decisions and unexplainable circumstances. You simply realize that God is available for you and is watching over your every step. You realize that he will comfort you at times of difficulty and strengthen you in weakness.

Believe in yourself. Some people find it easy to believe in someone other than themselves. This stems from a person’s perceived worth of him/herself. If you think you are worth your own confidence, you will believe in yourself. If you think you aren’t worth your confidence you will not believe in yourself. Whatever you believe in this aspect determines how far you will get in life.

Believe in Humanity. It is important that we believe in humanity. I know this may be difficult sighting the various atrocities and wickedness we see around us but we should be willing to believe that essentially humanity is good and worth believing in. Like Gandhi once opined, "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

Believe in your dreams. It is possible to have a dream and not believe in it. Sometimes our dreams overwhelm us and we feel they cannot possibly be a reality. Some other times we doubt that our dreams are worth pursuing in the first place. If you would be an achiever you should believe in what you want to achieve. Have confidence that your dream is worth the effort. Believe that indeed the fulfillment of your dream would be beneficial to the world around you.

When you fail to believe – in God, yourself, humanity and in your dreams – you will encounter many painful failures in life. Easy things will look difficult for you and you will be quick to prematurely acclaim yourself a failure. You want to succeed? Believe!

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