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Meditations on God

  • Robert Van Valkenburgh

  • Know Your Target

    Aim high, but know what you are aiming for.

    Effort without direction is energy wasted.

    You cannot predict the future, but you can plan for the best.

    Decide what your goals are and take action toward them.

    Know your target and aim for that.

    Life will have other plans for you along the way and you may overshoot or you may undershoot, but at least you will be headed in the right direction.

    And be careful to not get distracted by compromise.

    Temptation comes in many forms, and it comes from within and without.

    You have the potential to be your own worst enemy and your greatest distractor.

    Set your goals and stay true to your purpose.

    It will not be easy, but it will be worth the effort.

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    August 11, 2023
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  • Commit Forward

    Once you choose a path, commit to it.

    You will get nowhere by changing course every time things get difficult.

    Life itself is difficult.

    Lean in and trudge forward.

    If your goals are worthwhile, the work will be also.

    But it will be challenging.

    You will come up against many obstacles and obstructions along the way.

    Adjust, adapt, and stay the course.

    Nothing good in life comes to the half committed.

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    August 10, 2023
    challenges, commitment, difficulty, life, the journey, the path

  • Active Life(Style)

    To move is to live.

    When you hear people talking about having an active lifestyle, they really just mean a lifestyle.

    The alternative is to do nothing.

    It is to be sedentary.

    But this is not living.

    This is entropy.

    This is dying.

    You are here to live.

    And to live is to move.

    To live is to do.

    To live is to have drive, to have purpose, and to pursue joy, and difficulty, and love, and pain.

    Being active is not a lifestyle.

    Being active is living.

    Do something now before you no longer can.

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    August 9, 2023
    exercise, fitness, freedom, goals, life, living, moving, purpose

  • Kindness Changes

    You never know how a single act of kindness will affect another person.

    Your words and your actions, no matter how small, have a profound affect on the world around you.

    It may not feel like it at the time, but your kindness makes a difference.

    Your kindness changes people, it changes you, and it changes life itself.

    Every word and deed has a ripple effect.

    What you say and what you do travels across time and space beyond your reach or understanding.

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    August 8, 2023
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  • Respect Your Energy

    Respect your energy.

    Be mindful of how you use it.

    Be careful who you share it with.

    Do not waste it.

    Do not give it away frivolously.

    The source is infinite, but your capacity is finite.

    You only get so much to work with every day.

    Put it to good use.

    Give yourself to your work and your purpose.

    Give of yourself to those who need and appreciate it.

    Be generous but prudent.

    Be gracious but discerning.

    Honor your limitations.

    Protect your boundaries.

    Be a vessel for positive change in yourself and the world around you.

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    August 7, 2023
    change, energy, purpose, relationships, wisdom

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