Mindset Mastery 61 – Life Is What You Make It
It’s an ages-old adage, but as with most adages of the sort, one that lives on because of its basic core of truth. Life is what you make it. It gives what you ask of it. It is not predetermined, it is moldable, limited only by what you ask of it.
The below poem is very powerful if you grasp the meaning of it and apply it to your life.
Aim For The Best In Life
Remember, it takes no more effort to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than it does to accept misery and poverty. A great poet has accurately stated this universal truth in these lines:
“I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store.
“For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.
“I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have willingly paid.”
Life Is What You Demand Of It
Many people miss this point. Life is an effort regardless of what you do with it. If you are complacent and missing out on what you wish you had, your effort exhibits in the form of stress and struggle. If you are positive and effect a positive change, your efforts will be spent, but also rewarded.
Anyone who has ever been under stress or struggled to succeed, earn money, or pay the bills, will agree that it is no easier to live a subdued life. It is still an effort, and I’d daresay one that in the end is much harder than the life you build of success. As Hill says here, the choice is yours. You only need to decide whether you want to enjoy your efforts or continue to feel the pressure that comes from misplaced attitude and effort.
Sean Rasmussen
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November 28th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Yeah Right on KC!!
I love this poem Sean.
This email is going into my favourites!
But what is more - I am going to operate in abundance from this point forward.
Kudos to Sean
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November 28th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Nice one Sean, rings true the word.
Thanks for the inspiration, keep it up.
Have an awesome day.
Cheers, Pam
November 28th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I love this poem. If only we were to adopt this philosophy, we could eliminate any jealousy in our lives and understand that it’s entirely up to us what we decide to get out of life. Then we can get on with it and do something with our lives.
BTW. Does anybody know who wrote it?
Thanks Sean for giving us the opportunity to re-think the wisdom of Napoleon Hill.
Cheers,
Gary
November 29th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
@Tommy Turbo. Thanks mate. I love that one myself
@Pamela Sheedy. I do my best
. Thanks for inspiring me with your comments.
@Gary Birch. We can all start, one by one, and adopt this attitude ourselves. You and I for starters, hey?
November 30th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I do like that one. I have read it a few times before somewhere although it is good to reread and to ask yourself the question, ‘what am I worth?’
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November 30th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Great poem Sean. I think I’ll put this one on the wall!
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November 30th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
That will be a very cool wall, Kade
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Hi Sean, may I ask what happened to my post???
December 4th, 2008 at 12:30 am
Hi KC. I’m not sure what has happened. I was wondering what Tommy had responded to, but I have never seen one. I’m afraid that it may have been accidently deleted through all the SPAM posts I get here in the blog.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
December 15th, 2008 at 5:05 am
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