The Shine

Reaching for shine in your life is not easy. Still, as long as you keep going.  Remember the saying, " It is not a race; it is a marathon."  

Even if others think you are not supposed to shine. If you keep reaching, you will shine. 

 It is your star to shine, and no one can take it away from you. You can shine and be as bright as you want to be as long as you are reaching. 

Everyone is born with gifts and purpose. Given the right direction, they will reach their purpose. If it be that they were born to help one person. That person may make a huge difference in this world and in that one person's life. It could change the tide for many. 

To underestimate or box someone into what you think they should be before they even decide is to deprive them of something they never had the chance to achieve because you took it away before they even started. 

Limiting

If the limit was set so low in your expectations before you got started, then start reaching and teaching yourself. Be a sponge for good knowledge and remove the bad advice in your life.  As you continue to do this, your expectations of yourself reach higher. 

Whatever good knowledge you learn. Share it with others, so they can grow in their life. You will grow also. 

Not everyone in this world is meant to be a CEO.  

A good company is successful if it takes care of ALL its employees from the bottom up.  

A teacher is a doctor to a child's mind. The more the child learns, the stronger they will grow. The moral growth of responsibility is on the parents and good people.  

If you don't know how to help a person or child. Then point them to or connect them with someone you know who can help them. 

Getting Up

Every morning. I set my mind by saying to myself, " You are going to have a good day!" I like everyone else; I'm rolling out of bed slowly. Still, I want to set my mind right. To get on course with how I want my day to go. 

That doesn't mean I walk around with a smile all day long. That would be nuts. It just means my mind is set to be productive and positive. 

There are people in this world who will reject this attitude. For some, it feels better to be unhappy and complain about something.  If you are one of those people, change your outlook.  

Ask yourself, " How has my attitude worked for me all these years?"

Reaching for the stars is at different levels for everyone. 

I feel it at times when others succeed. It is my success. If I was able to point that person in the right direction or to the right person to help them even more than I can. 

Shining 

Doesn't mean you always have to be at the forefront.  An example.

Parents, grandparents, etc. Shine when their family graduates.  Or they see successes. 

Help a person shine. It will brighten your star. 

Everyone can shine in their life.  

If you read my story of "The Little Pepper," Many would think it was defective, but you know what? It sure flavored a tasty dish.