Be all You Can Be

Be all you can be, you may recognize that this is the old army slogan. That slogan is a call to greatness. When you hear it you know you want to be more than average. You want to be one of the elite. There is no room for mediocrity. You want to be standing on the mountain top and still looking higher.

But how do you see yourself. Do you see yourself as someone with low potential or do you see yourself as someone with unlimited potential. How you see yourself will make the difference of how far you go.

Are you a self-starter or are you a procrastinator? You can't sit around waiting for something to happen you have to make it happen. You must move toward what it is you are trying to accomplish. You must keep it in your sights without deviating to the right or left until you have accomplished it.

What are you saying to yourself? Is the dialogue you are having with yourself positive or negative? Are you telling yourself you are a winner or are you telling yourself you are a loser? How you talk to yourself will not only have a profound effect on your body physiology, but it will have a profound effect on your outlook on life as well.

What books are you reading to expand your mind? One book that is always on the top of my list is the Holy Bible. Not only is it mind expanding, but spirit expanding. Dr. David Snowdon's study (Nun Study) hints that children may be less likely to get Alzheimer's if their parents spend time reading to them and boosts early childhood development.

Jim Trelease sums it up nicely in his book The Read-Aloud Handbook. "The more you read, the better you get at it; the better you get at it, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it. And the more you read, the more you know; and the more you know, the smarter you grow." If you only read fifteen minutes a day it is possible to read fifteen books in a year. What if you read for a half an hour a day? What about an hour a day? How much smarter do you think you would be in a year's time?

What is it that you want to do with your life? What are you passionate about? What get your juices flowing? What would you do even if you didn't get paid for it? These questions are vital in your quest to be all you can be. Don't be a wanderer through life pick your path. Once you have chosen your path it could take you to heights you never dreamed.

Who do you know that is successful at what you would like to do? Have you talked to them? Have you thought about buying them a meal, and say picking their brain over lunch? They have to eat.

How is your health? Is your diet promoting good health or destroying your health. There are so many different diets out there, but it comes down to one simple fact if you're trying to lose weight. Eat less and exercise more. Some will say I have a gland problem. You do, it is your mouth gland. Miss a few meals. Try fasting it work wonders.

When was the last time you exercised? Get on an exercise regimen. A healthy mind and body go hand in hand. Try walking a mile a few days a week. Later try jogging. Maybe add some weight training. Do something, don't be a couch potato.

God created man to be great. He gave you unlimited capacity to learn and to grow. You were not created to fail, but to succeed. You have the God given ability to become whatever you can believe. Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe he can achieve.

Be all you can be, should be our life's battle cry. We must forge ahead throughout our lives going from success to greater success. Once we have scaled one mountain we should be looking for our next mountain to climb. Don't stay on the side lines of life get into the game. You were born a winner, go out a winner.