From Weeds to Wishes

I don't like dandelions. They make my lawn look ugly. I don't like having an ugly lawn. The worst thing about dandelions is that they spread easily. The wind can blow off their seeds and it seems like the next day they have doubled in number. I don't like that.

However, my wife has helped me gain a better appreciation for them. We were in our kitchen and I was looking into our backyard. I was noticing the dandelions scattered all across our lawn thinking, "I don't like you. Get off my lawn! You're making it ugly!"

My wife comes up behind me and says with excitement, "Oh! Look at all the wishes!"

I immediately thought, "WISHES! No, honey. Those are ugly dandelions and they are ruining our lawn!" But I thought a little bit further and I could understand what she really said.

Do you remember as a kid finding dandelions in the yard and plucking them up out of the ground? I certainly do. I didn't view them as ugly, worthless dandelions then, but rather I viewed them as dreams with unlimited possibilities. With a single wish and a huff and a puff, I could make my dreams come true.

What lens do you view the world in? Do you see things as annoyances, ugly, and undeserving? Or do you see them as wishes, dreams, and unlimited possibilities? There is beauty all around, we just need to open our eyes a little bit more.

Watch the joy and happiness this father and son enjoy with dandelions.

3 Questions to Ask Yourself Everyday

Sometimes in my life I get into ruts. I just find myself living a routine or a pattern of life. Almost like Groundhog Day, but perhaps I am a little more unconscious of the repeating cycle. I awake myself from those moments and look for ways to get out. For me, living a routine life isn't ideal. I don't find satisfaction going through the motions. I want to live my life! It is my life and I can choose how I want to live it.

Through some mentoring and personal development, I found three simple questions that I can ask myself everyday that can bring satisfaction, fulfillment, and joy in my life.

Question #1 - What am I doing today that is better than what I did yesterday?

Question #2 - What am I learning today that I did not know yesterday?

Question #3 - What will I create today?

These questions provide me a daily quest or mission to accomplish. It gives me focus and purpose.

Question number three is probably my favorite. Life was given to us by an ultimate creator. We are God's greatest creation. He has given us the ability to create. So what will you create? I choose to create my life.

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"Whatever the mind can achieve and believe, it can conceive."

I have been doing some personal development and I came by this quote from Napoleon Hill,

"Whatever the mind can achieve and believe, it can conceive."

I feel like growing up I have heard this quote in many different shapes or forms. "You can do anything you put your mind to", or "Anything is possible." I honestly think though that most of us do not believe these statements. They work for other people, but why not you and me? 

Here is another good quote from Thomas Ford, the inventor of the Model T,

I have heard this one before as well, but I never knew what Ford said afterward,

"It's in our thinking that makes it so."

Our thoughts are at the epicenter of our personal world. Whatever thoughts we decide to entertain and hold on to, can plan out our very present and future. In fact, our present is only a mere composition of our past thoughts and desires. What thoughts are we allowing to determine our destiny?

I am learning for myself through personal development how powerful the human mind actually is. Little by little, I am starting to scratch the surface of my own human abilities and potential. And it all starts with my thoughts.