Winners and Losers
What makes one person always seem to be on the winning side of life while another always seems to miss the brass ring - never seems to get a "break"? Oh, I know that we like to say that there are no winners or losers in life and, to an extent, that is true. We all end up the same place and we all have to die first to get there!
However, we all know people that have a life journey filled with fun, abundance, health, joy, adventure, love, challenges met, growth and learning. Others have a life of struggle, sorrow, boredom, failure, illness, poverty and never enough of anything. Is it because God favors some and turns Her face from others? Not my God! One of the hardest things for us to "get" is that God never plays favorites any more than you favor one finger over the other. You are to God as the fingers of your hand are to you. Each unique and separate, yet part of the whole.
Some say that life is a giant lottery where some get the breaks and most are doomed to defeat and lack. This reduces life to a cosmic dice throw! My response is baloney! This explanation is the explanation of a loser who needs to place blame outside himself for his failure. Winners know better. Here's the Truth of the matter according to Dore'.
All of us were given the keys to the Kingdom of God long before we were born. God has known us and loved us for eons of time before the date of our physical birth. We have always lived and will never really die. The body may wear out but our minds, our essences live on. We are of royal blood, we are the dearly beloved of the most high God!
Each of us was endowed by our Creator with talents, desires, attributes that are unique to us. We are all given the tools for an abundant life. Not all of us are beautiful; not all are smart; not all are witty; not all are physically strong, but all of us have the seeds of our success hard wired into our very soul. We all have the opportunity to shine but few do shine. Why? Because we just don't know the winning secret and often when we hear it we refuse to believe that it can be that simple! Those with ears to hear and eyes to see, here it is:
Your outer life experience is merely a reflection of your inner self. You will never see success, joy, abuandance and health if you expect poverty, illness and sorrow. What you believe in, what you expect, you get! If you feel that you are unworthy - you will project unworthiness and will not be able to receive what God has put there for you. If you believe that life is full of illness and that "germs" wait around each corner to lay you low, then you will spend a great deal of time sick. You are sick inside long before your outer body becomes ill!
Yes, science does tell us that germs carry disease but why are some people always sick and some almost never sick living in the same house, going to the same school, working in the same place? Because they are different inside, therefore the outside is different. They expect differnt outcomes and they get them. Here is a story that illustrates the "loser" consciousness very clearly.
I have a friend who owns several rental properties and over breakfast he told me a story that illustrates just what we are discussing. One of his tenants was unable to pay his rent and after several extensions was still unable to meet his obligations. My friend had to ask him to vacate the home but knowing that this man needed cash to find a new place he did something I have never known a landlord to do before. He told his tenant that if he left the property clean and in good condition that he would receive $1,000 cash upon leaving the property. My friend was going to pay his tenant to do what he should have done in any event - as a way of helping him get on his feet. The tenant seemed pleased by this bargain.
What do you think happened? Did our wayward tenant get the cash? Here was $1,000 cash on the table ready for him and all he had to do was clean the place up! Would you have taken my friend up on his offer? I would have! In fact, I told my friend that I would be pleased to clean any of his properties for $1,000!!
Our tenant left the property a mess- so filthy that it was shocking. This is a losing attitude. Someone tries to help you turn a bad situation into a win and you cannot muster enough character and common sense to get the broom and mop out and do what you know you should do. Instead of leaving in good graces with a decent reference and cash in pocket, this fellow has nothing; no self respect, no place to live and no money. Whose fault is that? Why do you think the man acted this way? What would you have done in his place?
The cause of this failure lies with the tennant not being able to get beyond his ego and his sense of fear, hurt and anger and to see the great gift that he was being offered. Rather than say, Gee thanks, that is very decent of you and then clean like crazy, he dove into victimhood and made the whole affair someone else's fault. He failed to take responsibility for his actions - the non payment of rent. He failed to see that he created this whole scenario and that if he wished to do so, he could salvage some good out of it.
He could not imagine taking the high road, doing what he knew he was obligated to do, so he went down the well hewn path of the loser and, indeed, lost again. Of course I am certain that this incident just re-inforced his belief that nothing good ever happened to him, why did God allow this, why was he a born loser?
Now what about the winning consciousness?
Here are the five main characteristics of a sucessful person - a winner:
1. Takes responsibility for his own actions (not blame - responsibility) Once you realize that your life is YOUR creation, then you are in control and can create whatever life you want.
2. Does what he says he will do in all cases. His word is his bond. He can be depended on. As part of this, he is wise in what he promises and never over committs or over promises.
3. He gets it done, on time and well. Does not procrastinate or sluff off obligations. He eats the big frog first, as Rev. Edwene Gains so aptly puts it.
4. He is modest and builds up those around him, giving praise to all who made his success possible. He is grateful to God from whom his talent, strength and very life comes, and for all he has in life. He knows that we are all One in God and he is a team player.
5. He cares nothing for being "right" or fixing blame but focuses on the job to be done - on what he wants to happen and then gets it done!
As you are inside - so will be your life outside. You are rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic of your life if you believe that outward changes will bring a changed life. All change comes from within, just as all that is created comes from the Mind of God.
Are you ready to be a "Winner"? The loser in you must die and you must give birth to a new you. You must change the whole way you do business in this life. You must rebirth yourself by means of a transformation of your Mind into the winner you were created to be. Can you change? Will you change? Need help? Request a prayer or e-mail me and I will help.
Remember, you have the greatest power in the Universe at your disposal: The indwelling God himself.
However, we all know people that have a life journey filled with fun, abundance, health, joy, adventure, love, challenges met, growth and learning. Others have a life of struggle, sorrow, boredom, failure, illness, poverty and never enough of anything. Is it because God favors some and turns Her face from others? Not my God! One of the hardest things for us to "get" is that God never plays favorites any more than you favor one finger over the other. You are to God as the fingers of your hand are to you. Each unique and separate, yet part of the whole.
Some say that life is a giant lottery where some get the breaks and most are doomed to defeat and lack. This reduces life to a cosmic dice throw! My response is baloney! This explanation is the explanation of a loser who needs to place blame outside himself for his failure. Winners know better. Here's the Truth of the matter according to Dore'.
All of us were given the keys to the Kingdom of God long before we were born. God has known us and loved us for eons of time before the date of our physical birth. We have always lived and will never really die. The body may wear out but our minds, our essences live on. We are of royal blood, we are the dearly beloved of the most high God!
Each of us was endowed by our Creator with talents, desires, attributes that are unique to us. We are all given the tools for an abundant life. Not all of us are beautiful; not all are smart; not all are witty; not all are physically strong, but all of us have the seeds of our success hard wired into our very soul. We all have the opportunity to shine but few do shine. Why? Because we just don't know the winning secret and often when we hear it we refuse to believe that it can be that simple! Those with ears to hear and eyes to see, here it is:
Your outer life experience is merely a reflection of your inner self. You will never see success, joy, abuandance and health if you expect poverty, illness and sorrow. What you believe in, what you expect, you get! If you feel that you are unworthy - you will project unworthiness and will not be able to receive what God has put there for you. If you believe that life is full of illness and that "germs" wait around each corner to lay you low, then you will spend a great deal of time sick. You are sick inside long before your outer body becomes ill!
Yes, science does tell us that germs carry disease but why are some people always sick and some almost never sick living in the same house, going to the same school, working in the same place? Because they are different inside, therefore the outside is different. They expect differnt outcomes and they get them. Here is a story that illustrates the "loser" consciousness very clearly.
I have a friend who owns several rental properties and over breakfast he told me a story that illustrates just what we are discussing. One of his tenants was unable to pay his rent and after several extensions was still unable to meet his obligations. My friend had to ask him to vacate the home but knowing that this man needed cash to find a new place he did something I have never known a landlord to do before. He told his tenant that if he left the property clean and in good condition that he would receive $1,000 cash upon leaving the property. My friend was going to pay his tenant to do what he should have done in any event - as a way of helping him get on his feet. The tenant seemed pleased by this bargain.
What do you think happened? Did our wayward tenant get the cash? Here was $1,000 cash on the table ready for him and all he had to do was clean the place up! Would you have taken my friend up on his offer? I would have! In fact, I told my friend that I would be pleased to clean any of his properties for $1,000!!
Our tenant left the property a mess- so filthy that it was shocking. This is a losing attitude. Someone tries to help you turn a bad situation into a win and you cannot muster enough character and common sense to get the broom and mop out and do what you know you should do. Instead of leaving in good graces with a decent reference and cash in pocket, this fellow has nothing; no self respect, no place to live and no money. Whose fault is that? Why do you think the man acted this way? What would you have done in his place?
The cause of this failure lies with the tennant not being able to get beyond his ego and his sense of fear, hurt and anger and to see the great gift that he was being offered. Rather than say, Gee thanks, that is very decent of you and then clean like crazy, he dove into victimhood and made the whole affair someone else's fault. He failed to take responsibility for his actions - the non payment of rent. He failed to see that he created this whole scenario and that if he wished to do so, he could salvage some good out of it.
He could not imagine taking the high road, doing what he knew he was obligated to do, so he went down the well hewn path of the loser and, indeed, lost again. Of course I am certain that this incident just re-inforced his belief that nothing good ever happened to him, why did God allow this, why was he a born loser?
Now what about the winning consciousness?
Here are the five main characteristics of a sucessful person - a winner:
1. Takes responsibility for his own actions (not blame - responsibility) Once you realize that your life is YOUR creation, then you are in control and can create whatever life you want.
2. Does what he says he will do in all cases. His word is his bond. He can be depended on. As part of this, he is wise in what he promises and never over committs or over promises.
3. He gets it done, on time and well. Does not procrastinate or sluff off obligations. He eats the big frog first, as Rev. Edwene Gains so aptly puts it.
4. He is modest and builds up those around him, giving praise to all who made his success possible. He is grateful to God from whom his talent, strength and very life comes, and for all he has in life. He knows that we are all One in God and he is a team player.
5. He cares nothing for being "right" or fixing blame but focuses on the job to be done - on what he wants to happen and then gets it done!
As you are inside - so will be your life outside. You are rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic of your life if you believe that outward changes will bring a changed life. All change comes from within, just as all that is created comes from the Mind of God.
Are you ready to be a "Winner"? The loser in you must die and you must give birth to a new you. You must change the whole way you do business in this life. You must rebirth yourself by means of a transformation of your Mind into the winner you were created to be. Can you change? Will you change? Need help? Request a prayer or e-mail me and I will help.
Remember, you have the greatest power in the Universe at your disposal: The indwelling God himself.
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posted by Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian at
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I love your messages, Dore. I miss your classes. Any chance you'll be doing some in the near future? Love, Jane
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