“A frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.” Japanese Proverb

Our ability to dream, to achieve, to create, to relate, to connect, is often limited by our limited perspectives.

One of my best friends from high school has gone on to do really well in life. I say that he has done well in life not being of his economic or social status. He already had those. I say that he has done well in life because the life he dreamed of in high school is the life he is living today.

He had lived in various places growing up and really loved London. He had an interest in being a fund manager. He wanted a family. Fast forward several decades. He is happily married with children, lives in London, and does research for a major fund.

I wonder how many more of my friends could have achieved their ideal lives if they had been able to imagine it?

Near the beginning of Abraham’s story in Genesis, God tells Abraham to go and walk the land and look in every direction as far as he could see.

One of our first steps to achieving anything is to get a larger perspective.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

The internal and external voices that tell you that you are not good enough, smart enough, or talented enough are not from God. The voices that keep trying to use your past against you, that continuously attempt to heap guilt and shame on you in the Biblical tradition come from Satan not from God.

It’s time for us to shut those voices up and cast them out of our minds. Some interpretations of the book of Revelation believe that it is speaking of events that have already taken place and that take place again and again when the reality of God’s love shows up in our lives and when we share that love with each other.

“Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, proclaiming, “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Messiah, for the accuser of our comrades has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. (Revelation 12:10)

Affirm yourself and others. Never allow yourself to be made to feel less than or inferior.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope.

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“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” –Alice Walker

We are not all given the same opportunities and resources to begin our lives. And some of us encounter real challenges, obstacles and setbacks. Sometimes these are of our own making, sometimes not.

We may not always get to choose our circumstances, but we always have the power to decide how we will respond to our circumstances. We get to determine our attitude. We get to set our goals, identify our resources, and then decide how to use the resources we have in service of those goals.

“For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” - 2 Timothy 1:7

We can’t be timid. With the power of love and self discipline we can change the world- starting with our own.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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