Hello everyone!<\/p>\n
I know I haven\u2019t written anything again in awhile. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t want to. I just need inspiration sometimes. I am not someone who can force myself to just write \u2013 and just write about anything. Something has to move me. Just yesterday I was telling myself I really needed to write something but was at a loss as to what\u2026 until I decided to do some leisurely reading.<\/p>\n
I admit, I\u2019m not a big leisure reader. I think that\u2019s because, as an English minor in college, I did A LOT of reading. A LOT. I think it kind of ruined it for me. I go in waves of reading phases and when I do read, I like autobiographies and non-fiction. Although, I did really love \u201cThe DaVinci Code.\u201d<\/p>\n
I just whizzed through books by Arianna Huffington, Gene Simmons, Patti Stanger (yes, the Millionaire Matchmaker \u2013 don\u2019t laugh) and my latest is \u201cBreak Out!\u201d by Joel Osteen\u2026 quite the diverse collection, eh?<\/p>\n
Now, I want to preface this by saying I\u2019m by no means a follower of Joel Olsteen or a believer of his ministry. So I\u2019m certainly not endorsing him. What I will say is, sometimes on Sundays I have him on the TV while eating breakfast. It\u2019s usually unintentional and just a matter of being too lazy to change the channel. Most of the time I\u2019m only half paying attention.<\/p>\n
And, I will say that I do find his stories and things he has to say easy to follow, understand and even sometimes relate to, as compared to other televangelists that I just don\u2019t follow or understand. I like his storytelling and every now and then something he says captures my attention, and at the very least, provides some interesting food for thought.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve heard a lot about this book and just decided I wanted to check it out and see what he had to say.<\/p>\n
While reading it last night, I came across a statement from him that I really connected with. It said:<\/p>\n
“God promises that if you\u2019ll open your mouth wide, then He will fill it. But it all starts with your capacity to receive. You can\u2019t go around thinking thoughts of mediocrity and expect to excel. You can\u2019t think thoughts of lack and expect to have abundance. The two don\u2019t go together….”<\/em><\/p>\n I connected with it because it relates to advice I give when I speak. Those who have been in my audiences and those who know me know that I\u2019m really big on having the right kind of attitude. And that I believe attitude is the one thing that can keep you from achieving your goals, from being successful and from being happy.<\/p>\n If you live life thinking that you can\u2019t do something or will never be able to do something, that you don\u2019t matter and that no one cares, that you can\u2019t ever be successful and have the good life\u2026 you\u2019re just setting yourself up for a life of unhappiness and failure. Living with a negative mindset won\u2019t get you anywhere or anything. I\u2019m sorry, but it just won\u2019t. Period.<\/p>\n So when Joel says, \u201c\u2026.You can\u2019t go around thinking thoughts of mediocrity and expect to excel\u2026.\u201d he is absolutely right. That mediocrity includes a negative attitude and negative mindset. Exceling is achieving your goals, being successful and being happy.<\/p>\n To open your mouth wide and have a capacity to receive, you have to put away that negative attitude and mindset. Stop thinking that you can\u2019t do something or will never be able to do something, that you don\u2019t matter and that no one cares, that you can\u2019t ever be successful and have the good life. Stop it right now. There\u2019s no room for good things to happen in your life with all of this negativity taking up space in your mind.<\/p>\n Once you say goodbye to a negative attitude and mindset, you\u2019ll be so much open for goodness. Start thinking that you CAN do something. Start believing that you DO matter and that not just someone CARES, but many people do. Start thinking about that goal you want to be successful with and believe that you WILL achieve it. Start believing, knowing and eventually seeing that you CAN and DESERVE to live the good life.<\/p>\n Say goodbye to negative thoughts and mindsets, and say hello to positivity, optimism, happiness and the good life. I promise you that you will find life so much better once you open your mouth wide and have a capacity to receive, you will abundantly excel in life. And this is something that anyone \u2013 religious or not \u2013 can engage in, believe in and receive in.<\/p>\n Until next time, fashionably yours,<\/p>\n Jen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello everyone! I know I haven\u2019t written anything again in awhile. It\u2019s not that I don\u2019t want to. I just need inspiration sometimes. I am not someone who can force myself to just write \u2013 and just write about anything. Something has to move me. Just yesterday I was telling myself I really needed to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeneration.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeneration.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeneration.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeneration.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeneration.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jeneration.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398,"href":"http:\/\/jeneration.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeneration.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeneration.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeneration.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}