Who or What Shapes Your Life

This blog covers thoughts, writings, and recommendations on what or who influences your life.

Tag: attitude

  • Benefits of Faith in Christ

    Benefits of Faith in Christ

    Faith in God shapes and changes life in many ways, especially our behavior, mental state, and human relationships.   Behavior and mental state are greatly influenced by our thinking and attitude.  Over time, repeated Christ-based thinking and practice reshapes the brain through neuroplasticity, the ability of the brain to adapt, change, and reorganize. The teachings…

  • Life Means Change Happens

    Life Means Change Happens

    Recently I was corralled into watching a movie with my daughter and was I in for a treat.  She had me watching a Barbie movie.  Oh, I thought is this going to drive me crazy.   I was expecting Barbie drives Ken to the beach or something like that.  Ken is the teenage neighbor who does…

  • Surprise: You Are the One Who Shapes Your Life

    Surprise: You Are the One Who Shapes Your Life

    You shape your life by goals you set.  You do set goals, right?  What are those goals?  Are they financial?  Family?  Spiritual?  Entertainment?  How do you define success?   My friend Earl Nightingale says “success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”  What is your worthy ideal / best possible outcome for your life?  You…

  • You Become What You Think About!

    You Become What You Think About!

    Do not trade what you want most for what you want at the moment. If you elect not to change, nothing changes. Everyone wants change until it comes time to do what change requires. Insanity is doing something over and over and expecting different results. Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil.  It is…