Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - January 31st

I will prepare and some day my chance will come. – Abraham Lincoln

You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat. - Joel Osteen

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. - Bertrand Russell

After last week’s Tuesday Tip of the Week, a friend emailed me that she had recently been challenged by someone with this statement:

Will you be ready when you get what you've always been hoping for?

My question to you…are you ready for your dreams to come true?  If you want to be a published author, is your manuscript written?  If you want a television show, do you currently have a YouTube channel to show your onscreen presence?  If you want a new job, have you researched and are prepared to start that new job? 

One of my favorite movies is Facing the Giants because it shows a small high school football team that faces the Richland Giants to win the state championship.  In that movie, there is a scene where a man asks the football coach:

I heard a story about two farmers who desperately needed rain.  And both of them prayed for rain, but only one of them went out and prepared his fields to receive it...Which one are you? - http://timchavel.blogspot.com/2008/01/eric-wilson.html

During our patient waiting times, we cannot sit around and “wait” for something to happen.  We have to be preparing our “fields” for our dreams to come true. 

As a word of caution, do not “birth” something to soon.  Dreams, vision and goals are all about timing.  You have to be prepared and know when it is time to move and when it is time to wait. 

CHALLENGE: What do you need to do to prepare your fields for your dreams to come true?

Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.  - Paulo Coelho

You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for. - Craig Bruce

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - January 24th

Patience is the art of hoping. – Luc de Clapier

Patience is the companion of wisdom. – Augustine of Hippo

Patience has never been my strongest quality and I can assure you that waiting on dreams to come true requires patience.  At this point in my life, patience is being greatly developed in me!

Through this time of developing my patience, I have learned a lot and know I will have many more opportunities to grow and develop my patience.  Joyce Meyer said:

Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while you’re waiting.

This statement is so true.  We have the choice how we will wait.  Things take time to happen no matter how hard you are working.  During those waiting times, it is important to have the right attitude and have the right mindset to develop patience. 

Why is it important to be patient and enjoy this opportunity of waiting?  This quote should give us all hope of why patience will pay off in the long run:   

When things don’t happen right away just remember it takes 6 months to build a Rolls-Royce and 13 hours to build a Toyota. - Unknown

CHALLENGE: How are you waiting…patiently or as a spastic individual hoping things change immediately?  Depending on your answer, what changes can you make in your life to have a more peaceful and patient time of waiting?

Next week, Terri’s Tuesday Tip of the Week will discuss what to do during the waiting periods where your patience is developing. 

Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - January 17th

I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories. - Marc Newson

Remember, today's challenges are tomorrow's testimonies. - Nancy Alcorn, Mercy Moves Mountains: Heart-Gripping Stories of God's Extraordinary Mercy and Grace to Troubled Young Girls

What amazing “milestones” have occurred towards your dreams coming true so far in 2017?  You may think that is a strange question with it only being the third Tuesday of January, but I want to encourage you to look for the “small actions” towards your dreams coming true.  For example, if you are looking to start your own business, what new contact(s) have you made since you wrote down your dream that can assist you?  Or if you are working on losing a few pounds, how much has the scale dropped or what encouraging words have you been told about your new physique?  Every time something happens, no matter how small, write it down as a reminder of your progress!   

You may be wondering, “why should I do this?”  The benefit of writing down the “reminders” toward your dreams is that when everything looks bleak and you are depressed that nothing has happened, you can review them to encourage yourself that something may not be seen at that current moment, but there have been actions/steps toward your dreams coming true at some point. 

I have one particular dream that when I started writing this blog post had not had any progress in quite some time.  I have doubted and questioned it, but I go back to something that I had written down on a piece of paper in 2016 that occurred and that was a reminder that there has been movement on this dream and even though it seems slow in coming I have to stand strong and keep believing it will happen.  As I did that for a number of days in January, I had a breakthrough last Friday.  I continue to have that small 2x3 piece of paper to remind me of the event in 2016 and I have written down the action/event that happened last Friday to continue to encourage me through 2017.

CHALLENGE: Create a list of five (5) events/actions, etc. that have happened in regards to your dreams as “reminders” that progress may be slow, but there has been progress!

Without a struggle, there can be no progress. - Frederick Douglass

No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still ahead of everyone who isn't trying. - Tony Robbins