The Scroll Marked VI

Taken from Og Mandino's The Greatest Salesman in the World. One of my favorite books because of great lessons like this one. I hope you enjoy this and have a wonderful Friday!

Today I will be master of my emotions.

The tides advance; the tides recede. Winter goes and summer comes. Summer wanes and the cold increases. The sun rises; the sun sets. The moon is full; the moon is black. The birds arrive; the birds depart. Flowers bloom; flowers fade. Seeds are sown; harvests are reaped. All nature is a circle of moods and I am a part of nature and so, like the tides, my moods will rise; my moods will fall.

Today I will be master of my emotions.

It is one of nature’s tricks, little understood, that each day I awaken with moods that have changed from yesterday. Yesterday’s joy will become today’s sadness; yet today’s sadness will grow into tomorrow’s joy. Inside me is a wheel, constantly turning from sadness to joy, from exultation to depression, from happiness to melancholy. Like the flowers, today’s full bloom of joy will fade and wither into despondency, yet I will remember that as today’s dead flower carries the seed of tomorrow’s bloom so, too, does today’s sadness carry the seed of tomorrow’s joy.

Today I will be master of my emotions.

And how will I master these emotions so that each day will be productive? For unless my mood is right the day will be a failure. Trees and plants depend on the weather to flourish but I make my own weather, yea I transport it with me. If I bring rain and gloom and darkness and pessimism to my customers then they will react with rain and gloom and darkness and pessimism and they will purchase naught. If I bring joy and enthusiasm and brightness and laughter to my customers they will react with joy and enthusiasm and brightness and laughter and my weather will produce a harvest of sales and a granary of gold for me.

Today I will be master of emotions.

And how will I master my emotions so that every day is a happy day, and a productive one? I will learn this secret of the ages: Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts. Each day, when I awake, I will follow this plan of battle before I am captured by the forces of sadness, self-pity and failure –

·          If I feel depressed, I will sing.

·          If I feel sad, I will laugh.

·          If I feel ill, I will double my labor.

·          If I feel fear, I will plunge ahead.

·          If I feel inferior, I will wear new garments.

·          If I feel uncertain, I will raise my voice.

·          If I feel poverty, I will think of wealth to come.

·          If I feel incompetent, I will remember past success.

·          If I feel insignificant, I will remember my goals.

Today I will be master of my emotions.

Henceforth, I will know that only those with inferior ability can always be at their best, and I am not inferior. There will always be days when I must constantly struggle against forces which would tear me down. Those such as despair and sadness are simple to recognize, but there are others, which approach with a smile and the hand of friendship, and they can also destroy me. Against them, too, I must never relinquish control –

·          If I become overconfident, I will recall my failures.

·          If I overindulge, I will think of past hungers.

·          If I feel complacency, I will remember my competition.

·          If I enjoy moments of greatness, I will remember moments of shame.

·          If I feel all-powerful, I will try to stop the wind.

·          If I attain great wealth, I will remember one unfed mouth.

·          If I become overly proud, I will remember a moment of weakness.

·          If I feel my skill is unmatched, I will look at the stars.

Today I will master my emotions.

And with this new knowledge, I will also understand and recognize the moods of he on whom I can call. I will make allowances for his anger and irritation of today for he knows not the secret of controlling his mind. I can withstand his arrows and insults for now I know that tomorrow he will change and be a joy to approach.

No longer will I judge a man on one meeting; no longer will I fail to call again tomorrow on he who meets me with hate today. This day he will not buy gold chariots for a penny, yet tomorrow he would exchange his home for a tree. My knowledge of this secret will be my key to great wealth.

Today I will be master of my emotions.

Henceforth I will recognize and identify the mystery of moods in all mankind, and in me. From this moment I am prepared to control whatever personality awakes in me each day. I will master my moods through positive action and when I master my moods, I will control my destiny.

Today I control my destiny, and my destiny is to become the greatest salesman in the world!

I will become master of myself. I will become great.

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The Sandbox

The SandBox

A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks, his plastic pail, and a shiny, red plastic shovel. In the process of creating roads and tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.The lad dug around the rock, managing to dislodge it from the dirt. With no little bit of struggle, he pushed and nudged the rock across the sandbox by using his feet. (He was a very small boy and the rock was very huge.) 

When the boy got the rock to the edge of the sandbox, however, he found that he couldn’t roll it up and over the little wall.Determined, the little boy shoved, pushed, and pried, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the rock tipped and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy grunted, struggled, pushed, shoved — but his only reward was to have the rock roll back, smashing his chubby fingers. Finally he burst into tears of frustration.

All this time the boy’s father watched from his living room window as the drama unfolded. At the moment the tears fell, a large shadow fell across the boy and the sandbox. It was the boy’s father.

Gently but firmly he said, “Son, why didn’t you use all the strength that you had available?”Defeated, the boy sobbed back, “But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!”“No, son,” corrected the father kindly. “You didn’t use all the strength you had. You didn’t ask me.”

With that the father reached down, picked up the rock, and removed it from the sandbox.

This story teaches us that no matter what we're doing, or where we're at in life, we can always use some outside help. Especially when these "rocks" come into our sandbox and we have to get them out.

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Something's Are More Important

SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"
DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?"
SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?"
SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"
DAD: "If you must know, I make $100 an hour."
SON: "Oh! (With his head down).
SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow $50?"
The father was furious.
DAD: "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard every day for such this childish behavior."

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $ 50 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

DAD: "Are you asleep, son?"

SON: "No daddy, I'm awake".
DAD: "I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier. It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $50 you asked for."

The little boy sat straight up, smiling.
SON: "Oh, thank you daddy!"
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

DAD: "Why do you want more money if you already have some?"

SON: "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.

"Daddy, I have $100 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness. It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $100 worth of your time with someone you love? If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days. But the family and friends we leave behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives. And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family.
Some things are more important.

I am a Champion!

"I am a champion “Who am I- I AM A CHAMPION!

I will conquer what has not been conquered. I will believe what others doubt. I have trained my mind and my body will follow.

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

I will acknowledge the fact that my opponents do not expect me to win. BUT I WILL NEVER SURRENDER.

Weakness will not be in my heart. Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

I will look to my comrades, those who brought me into this world, and those who train me and I will draw strength from that. I will gladly go off to the field of battle. I will move and do all that I can do and I WILL reach my field of battle at any means at my disposal. When I get there I will fight violently. I will rip the heart from my enemy and leave it bleeding on the ground. He cannot stop me. Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION!

No one will deny me. No one will define me. No one will tell me who I am or who I can be. Belief will change my world.... BELIEF WILL CARRY ME THROUGH THIS BATTLE!

Who am I? I AM A CHAMPION! Defeat. Retreat. THOSE ARE NOT IN MY WORLD.I don't understand their definition...I do understand this- VICTORY AND NEVER

SURRENDING.NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS GO, my HEART AND MY MIND will carry my body when my limbs are weak. Today will be that day. Not tomorrow, not next week. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW, in your house. In your home. History will remember me. I will define myself I will write my own pages No one will tell me what I can or cannot be. I will never go out not knowing I've given everything I've got. CAUSE WHO AM I- I AM A CHAMPION.

The Carrot, The Egg, and The Coffee Bean

 Sally was a teenage girl who was having some troubles in school.  She was always looked at like the weird girl, she didn't have many friends, and some of the other kids at the high school made fun of her.

Obviously, this is not the best situation for someone in a new environment.

Sally went to talk to her mom about what was going on because she was frustrated, emotional, and… just feeling bad about herself.  When one thing got a little better, something else always went wrong. 

 So, after listening for a while, her mother took her to the kitchen and started fiddling around.

She went to the stove and turned on 3 burners.  After that she took out 3 pots and filled them half way with water and put them on the stove.  In the meantime, Sally was still talking and spilling her guts.  Then, her mother took out a carrot, an egg, and a coffee bean and put them each in their own individual pot.  Sally was confused on what her mother was doing, but, she just kept talking

After twenty minutes, Sally wanted her mother to respond, but she didn't say a thing.  She just walked back over to the stove and turned off the burners.

Sally, getting frustrated, asked her mother, “What are you doing? Aren't you going to say anything?”

Her mom calls her over to the stove and asks Sally what she sees?

Sally says, “A carrot, an egg, and coffee.”

Her mom then took a fork and fished the carrot out and asked Sally, “How does the carrot feel?”

Sally said, “It’s soft.”

Then her mom took out a spoon and fished out the egg and asked, “How does the egg feel?”

Sally said, “The shell is hard and the egg itself is hard.”

Then her mom took a spoon full of the coffee and told her to take a sip.

After Sally drank the coffee, she said, “What’s the point of all of that? I just told you about my problems.”

Her mom explained all the things were in the same situation – boiling in water. “The carrot got soft when it was originally hard and strong.  The egg got hard when it was originally soft and fragile.  And the coffee bean changed the water to coffee.”

The moral of the story is: We can choose to let our situations effect us or WE can affect our own situations.  It’s our choice. In business the same thing is the case; we go through tough times. We have a choice of letting those things change how we perform or we can choose to affect the environment.

We are in control of how we respond to a situation; we can take it and conform to what our situation is “making” us do OR we can take our situation and make it how we envision it.