Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Que Sera Sera
Today I’m taking a moment to reflect. Knowing ones limitations is the first step towards OVERCOMING them.
With each day I learn more about who I really am and what I truly desire from this interesting world : to laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of the old and the young; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better by the redeemed ‘OVERCOME’ social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because I have lived. This, in my opinion, is to have succeeded.
However, to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest of all challenges. Life is non- linear and not a continuum of pleasant choices, but rather a journey of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work. As the leader of the YMBK brand and the OVERCOME movement, I’ve come to understand that leaders aren't born, they are made and that they are made just like anything else, through tough choices, passion and hard work.
According to the wise, if you give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to OVERCOME the original difficulty.
With each day I learn more about who I really am and what I truly desire from this interesting world : to laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of the old and the young; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better by the redeemed ‘OVERCOME’ social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because I have lived. This, in my opinion, is to have succeeded.
Whatever I have tried to do in my life, I have tried with ALL my heart to do it well; whatever I have DEVOTED myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.
However, to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest of all challenges. Life is non- linear and not a continuum of pleasant choices, but rather a journey of inevitable problems that call for strength, determination, and hard work. As the leader of the YMBK brand and the OVERCOME movement, I’ve come to understand that leaders aren't born, they are made and that they are made just like anything else, through tough choices, passion and hard work.
According to the wise, if you give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to OVERCOME the original difficulty.
Upwards. Onwards.Always!
Farai
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Mumafambo ako, remember to be present. When you are present, when your attention is fully in the NOW, that Presence will flow into and transform what you do. There will be quality and power in it. You are present when what you are doing is not primarily a means to end (money, prestige, winning) but fulfilling in itself, when there is joy and aliveness in w hat you do. And, of course, you cannot be present unless you become friendly with the present moment. That is the basis for effective action, uncontaminated by negativity.
Zvinonzi “Form means Limitation” Tiripano not only to experience limitation, but also to grow in consciousness by going beyond limitation. Some limitations can be overcome on an external level. There may be other limitations in your life that you have to learn to live with. They can only be overcome internally. Everyone will encounter them sooner or later. Those limitations either keep you trapped in egoic reaction, which means intense unhappiness, or you rise above then internally by uncompromising surrender to what is.
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