jessa

Reflections on becoming

Life

  • Ambition and self-worth

    It’s nice to have ambition because, like fuel, it drives us to pursue whatever we want to achieve in life. But ambition requires us to actively work for those goals, which means that as we make our way towards meeting our ambitions, our self-worth should match that goal. So what comes next after having an Read more


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  • Your mind is a garden

    You already understand that what you sow, we reap. The same is true with whatever thoughts you plant in your mind. Good thoughts, bad thoughts, whichever of them you cultivate grows. Hence, Proverbs 4:23 (NASB1995) reminds us to: Watch over your heart with all diligence,For from it flow the springs of life. because where you put your Read more


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  • Waking up from a reactive life

    Why did you wake up today? If you woke up just right on time to prepare yourself for work, thinking that you just needed that extra minute of sleep to get through the day, then you could be living a reactive life.  What does a reactive life look like? You need to make deliberate choices Read more


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  • The pre-dawn hours

    It’s usually calm and quiet, allowing you to contemplate the things you want to pursue for the day, to dream. And in these peaceful hours, you can indulge in envisioning and designing your next steps to move forward in life. It depends on where you live, but at least where I live, this distraction-free moment Read more


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  • Always wanting never getting

    We were taught that it’s free to dream. And we can dream about anything!  As you begin to imagine all the things you want to have and become, you always think about all the good things. Most of us really want a Level 10 life (a term I learned from The Miracle Morning), but not all of us Read more


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