THE SECRET TO EXCELLENCE IN LIFE

Regardless of your age or your condition, your color or your creed, your location or your occupation; you need hope to enable you cope with the challenges in your personal life. Today, I challenge you to see HOPE as your ability to Help Other People Excel... If you can just stop worrying yourself about your personal problems 24/7 and help other people excel in this life; you will be amazed to see how God will install so much joy in your heart to enjoy this beautiful gift called "Life."  

Do you know that relationship is one of the most powerful weapons in the arsenal of every great person. How connected are you? I heard someone asked this question and it really touched my soul: “What if you grew up in the same neighborhood as Barack Obama about forty years ago, how would you have treated young Barack?” How many people could tell that young Barack Obama would have actually ended up becoming the first black President of the world’s most powerful nation? How would you have treated your president if you grew up with him/her about forty years ago?  How are you treating that little boy or girl in your community who has the seed of your country’s leadership inside him/her? Believe it or not, forty years from now you would look back and wish you had treated some people you met along your life journey better than you did. 

Tonight, thousands of people will go to sleep on empty stomachs; and tomorrow morning, thousands of tons of food will be emptied in the garbage bins. Why? Love and care for our less privileged neighbors are in short supply. I wish you knew that you are a solution to someone’s problem.

A story is told about a man by the name Anthony DeMello who once saw a starving little child in the cold. He became so angry in his spirit and looked up to heaven and said, “God how could you allow such suffering on Earth? Why don’t you do something about this poor child’s condition? After a long silence, DeMello heard God from within him saying, “I have certainly done something; I made you.”

God has already made you a solution to some people’s problem on Earth. If you care enough for other people, you can be the answer to their most pressing questions. I have learned that, “You don’t need a reason to help people.” Go out there and share part of your Opportunity of Life with some people in need.