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A person should get enough sleep each day. I need about 7.5 - 8 hours a day. But once I hit 9-10, I become groggy, and sluggish, almost as if I'm in some kind of stasis or coma and my mind can't even think straight.
Get enough sleep and go for at least a 1/2 hour run or swim in the morning to wake yourself up. It really gets the blood rushing and wakes you up.
I think a lot of us have been castrated by life. We think that we cannot win in life. We think that success is beyond us and slink into our holes or hide behind defenses like email and the anonymity of the Internet.
We are afraid of being who we are. We are fearful to realize that we do have indeed the power to change the world, if only we put in some discipline and give up our old-man.
We must sacrifice the old and realize that sacrifice is not the loss of something beloved, but a gain that makes us holy. We sacrifice our temporal pleasures for long term ones. We must sacrifice our fears and our pet peeves, the grudges that we nursed for far too long.
We need to walk about like a proud lion, afraid of nothing. God didn't make us timid people. He made us a people with a spirit to love, he gave us a spirit of power and of sound mind and discipline.
Most women want to marry a man that is just as tall or taller than them. Very rarely do they say they don't mind someone shorter. Even if he is shorter, it is only slightly less.
This is a case of where there are physical requirements in finding a mate.
Nobody blinks an eye when a girl says that. Almost every tall girl I know finally married someone taller than them. I think maybe I should have my own requirement, just as tall women want guys taller than them, I should require my wife to be slimmer than me or have bigger boobs than mine.
But seriously, there is this mistaken belief that physical appearances don't make a difference.
I think it does. In acting, modelling, stewarding in an airline, appearances do matter.
We shouldn't live our lives trying to escape hell. We should live our lives preparing for heaven.
What is maturity? Perhaps it is an ongoing experience for all of us. We never stop maturing. The day we stop maturing is perhaps the day we stagnate.
We look at a young girl or boy and find that he/she isn't mature. What perhaps we mean is that she hasn't realized what the right priorities in life are, or doesn't understand the meaning of consequences.
Perhaps we meet a young man, but he cannot overcome a lost love. What we mean is perhaps that he needs to accept the truth.
Maturity is an ongoing process, it is one where we keep on learning new things, accepting new truths, so that we become in a way, different, new even. The Bible urges us to keep on re-new-ing our minds. To keep on maturing. To become "better".
It is in accepting beliefs, or rather truths about the world, about life, about people, about the mystery of God.
But when new comes, some of the old things must also go. Mistaken beliefs, assumptions, generalizations, simplistic ideas, fear, greed, cowardice, self-centeredness, anger, lust.
Maturity can also mean holding on to the truth in spite of societal pressure. So whether it's gaining new truths or holding on to it, it is in truth that we must grasp and hold on to.
Self-control is a misnomer, it's letting God take control of your life.
Perhaps the the ultimate objective in life isn't to have a comfortable life like the world implies but rather to be better persons.
Think of it, what if you really did enjoy the perfect life? No problems, no enemies, no difficulties.
Would you like these questions asked at the end of your life: You mean you've never forgiven anyone for an offense? You've never had a weakness to overcome? You've never sacrificed your own interests for others good? Never had to endure discomfort?
