“Insight without action is worthless.”

Phil McGraw

All the research, all the understanding, all the knowledge in the world is useless unless you do something with it. How do you ensure that you turn knowledge into action? Start small, challenge yourself to continually ask the question, “now that I know this what is the simplest, fastest, and most direct way to turn it into action?” Then do it…

“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”

Lena Horne

Far too often if life we try to carry our burdens alone. Perhaps it is because we want to be independent and not rely on others. Maybe it is because we don’t trust others enough to let go of something. There are many many reasons that we choose to carry a load in a manner that makes it harder than it needs to be. We have to learn how to share, to trust, to carefully position the load in a manner that won’t break us down but instead might build ourselves and others up. As I read this quote I was reminded of the famous verse in Matthew that speaks to the wisdom of bringing your burden to God.

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

How do you need to carry your load differently? What changes do you need to make to keep from breaking down?

“We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are.”

 Max DePree

Sometimes you have to make hard choices. If you don’t, you can’t grow, you can’t evolve, you can’t become what you were meant to be. Do you know, and value, what you want to become more than what you currently are? If you can’t quit something that has been important in the past, you are committing to staying in the past.

Are you willing to let go of something that you have always valued and become something more? If you want to grow, you have to learn to quit…