Apr 2, 2010 Posted by PofH on Apr 2, 2010 in Blog | 0 comments

Quote #1 – Confidence

I’ve decided that one way to evolve the Pursuit of Happiness conversation is to share from a list of quotes I’ve compiled over the years. I have compiled these quotes from a variety of locations in no particular order, so will share them here in the way they’ve come to me. In that light, here is the first on our 183 Days adventure together…

“Without a humble but reasonable
confidence  in your own powers you
cannot be successful or happy.”
- Norman Vincent Peale

As I dig deeper into the essence of what I’ve learned about the Pursuit of Happiness in Life, I realize how important our own determination plays a significant part of our overall experience. There are those who Life happens to them, more the victim; while there are others in Life who endeavor to make things happen, more the victors.

Victims are not confident because they are merely the recipients of all the bad things that happen to them. On the other hand, Victors generally emerge as a result of being confident, proactive, and determined to make whatever they are involved in better.

Now don’t get me wrong, I completely recognize that unfortunate things happen… like getting cancer. To become a victim of criminal acts are clearly unfortunate. To be in the wrong place at the right time when a tree branch falls on your head, is unfortunate. I’m not speaking of those circumstances when we suffer some bad circumstance, as they can often happen in our lives.

A better example of being a preventable “victim” – especially in light of their own choices – is obesity. The brutal honesty is that everything that hangs on the hips entered our mouth. And last I checked, it’s our choice what we pick up and put in our mouth. It’s our choice what we do with our career. It’s our choice what we learn to do better in and with our lives.

What do you think… what about you – a Confident Victor or a Cop-out Victim?

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