Today I’m going to ask you something.

It’s a simple question, but powerful nonetheless. It can quickly snap you out of any rut and motivate in just a few seconds.

It works so well because we like to fool ourselves. We say, “I really want (fill in the blank), but it’s going to have to wait. Someday, I’ll make it happen.”

The truth is that it won’t happen, not if we continue following the same routine.

But that’s not fun to think about, so we rationalize and deceive ourselves and ultimately lock our hopes away in a pretty little basket called someday.

I'll never give up fighting till the end
If I fall along the way I'll get up and try again
But never shall I accept the fact of defeat
I've set goals in life and those I must meet
But never will I let negativity hold me down

Those who think positive I keep them around
Never shall I dwell on things in the past
Bad times come but never do they last
I shall never give in to those who are weaker than I
If I give up now why not lay down and die
Never Give Up

All the world may disown you

And fate may let loose her hounds of hunger.

The gods may guide you to ruin,

Your friends may sell your friendship

To the slaughterhouse of deceit

And love, your queen, may divorce you-

Yet amidst the breaking world

You can stand unshaken

And emerge a victor

If only you muster faith-

Faith in yourself, faith in the divine.

Hope is what I hang on to
When there is nothing left to grab.

Hope carries me through my hard times
When no one bothers to help.

Hope is my light in a dark place
When there is no other light to guide me.

Hope is the wind that carries me through
When I can't carry myself.

Hope gives me strength to press on in my darkest hour
When I can't hold on.

And I know that wherever I go
There will always be hope.

I will never give up
No matter what the odds are
No matter what people say
No matter how far
I will never give up

If I throw it away time after time
If I am one step behind try after try
If I miss dime after dime
I will never give up

Even when it seems all over
Even when no one else believes
Even when it seems I can go no further
I will never give up

For I know I have strength within
For I know I can persevere
For I know that I can win
I will never give up

Because it's someone else's fault
Because I am settling for good enough
Because I fear that I will fall short
I will never give up

There is so much I can still do
There is too much talent to waste
There is so much in me that I want you to see
I will never give up

Why squander all of my hard work and dedication
Why not show the world that I am a fearless baller
Why quit when I still have the opportunity to go on
I will never give up

If I do, I will not be the best me that could live
If I do, I will never know what I am capable of
If I do, I am not giving the world all I can give
I will never give up

I'm God's little miracle, born into a world of sin.
Though life can be cruel, I get by as best I can.

My heart is so tender. My hopes are in you
To tell me who I am, to guide what I'll be.

My load is heavy, not at all like yours.
Though I may falter, don't close the door.

Created like God, a soul, don't you see?
You laugh at Him when you laugh at me.

ਦੁੱਖ ਸੁੱਖ ਹੱਸ ਕੇ ਸਹਿਣਾ ਸਿੱਖਣਾ ਮੇ ਦਾਤਾ
ਰਜਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਿਚ ਰਹਿਣਾ ਸਿੱਖਣਾ ਮੈ ਦਾਤਾ
ਆਪਨੀ ਨਿੰਦਿਆ ਨੂੰ ਹੀ ਸਿਫਤ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੈ
ਕਦੇ ਨਾ ਆਕੜ ਵਾਲੀ ਜਾਤ ਪਛਾਣਾ ਮੈ
ਬੁਰੇ ਨੂੰ ਚੰਗਾ ਕਹਿਣਾ ਸਿਖਣਾ ਮੈ ਦਾਤਾ
ਅੰਬਰੀ ਉਡਦੀ ਭੁੱਲੇ ਨਾ ਅੌਕਾਤ ਮੇਰੀ
ਯਾਦ ਰਹੇ ਕੇ ਮਿੱਟੀ ਹੀ ਏ ਜਾਤ ਮੇਰੀ
ਸੱਚ ਦੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਢਹਿਣਾ ਸਿੱਖਣਾ ਮੈ ਦਾਤਾ

ਦੁੱਖ ਸੁੱਖ ਹੱਸ ਕੇ ਸਹਿਣਾ ਸਿੱਖਣਾ ਮੇ ਦਾਤਾ
ਰਜਾ ਤੇਰੀ ਵਿਚ ਰਹਿਣਾ ਸਿੱਖਣਾ ਮੈ ਦਾਤਾ.............

The moss grows soft on any tree
Where sunlight wanes and moisture clings.
Conditions there are right, you see
For moss to grow in tender spring.

Now, I'm unlike that old tree
Which is stuck and grows in that spot.
I move around, free as can be,
And turn my back to cold or hot.

I'll use this life I'm given...
Won't be so still that moss can grow.
Ere troubles come while I'm liv'in,
I'll seek the Son with heart aglow.

I'll keep on pressing toward the mark...
Won't hide talents in the attic.
To other lives I'll send a spark
'Cause life in Him is not static!

This is my prayer to thee, my lord---strike,
strike at the root of penury in my heart.

Give me the strength lightly to bear my joys and sorrows.


Give me the strength to make my love fruitful in service.

Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might.

Give me the strength to raise my mind high above daily trifles.

And give me the strength to surrender my strength to thy will with love.

Hands up if you are shy …

Oh … sorry, you’re shy like I was so you won’t put your hand up will you?
To be honest, everyone is shy in one form or another.  I can remember watching a hypnosis demonstration a few years back.  It was a man who was a complete maniac on skis. He used to go down the black runs on the slopes and seek out the hardest slopes to ski down; slopes that you and I would consider suicide.
Here was a man who was, in my opinion, incredibly confident and not in the least bit shy.  However, put this man with a woman and ask him to talk to her and he’d turn into a gibbering wreck!  Seriously!
This goes to show you how someone can be supremely confident in one area of their life yet as shy as anything in others.  If you are too shy, then it can have a detrimental effect on your life, both socially and professionally.
So how can you overcome your shyness?