MOTIVATION - TODAY

MOTIVATION – TODAY


By Nikki Viljoen of N Viljoen Consulting CC

My friend Tess Elsen of Tessen Enterprises (www.tessen.co.za) sent this quote to me, I have no idea, however who wrote it.

“Today, I will delete from my diary two days: Yesterday and Tomorrow.
Yesterday was to learn and
Tomorrow will be the consequence of what I can do Today.

Today I will face life with the conviction that this day will not ever return.

Today is the last opportunity I have to live intensely as no-one can assure me that I will see Tomorrow’s sunrise.

Today I will be brave enough not to let any opportunity pass me by, my only alternative is to succeed.

Today I will invest my most valuable resource: my time, in the most transcendental work: my life.

I will spend each minute passionately to make of Today a different and unique day in my life.

Today I will defy every obstacle that appears on my way, trusting I will succeed.

Today, I will resist pessimism and will conquer the world with a smile, with a positive attitude of expecting always the best.

Today, I will make every ordinary task a sublime expression.

Today, I will have my feet on the ground – understanding reality and the stars’ gaze to invent my future.

Today I will take the time to be happy and leave my footprints and my presence in the heart of others.

Today, I invite you to being a new season where we can dream that everything we undertake is possible and we fulfill it, with joy and dignity.

Have a wonderful day today.”

Isn’t it absolutely fabulous the way that the universe gives you exactly what it is that you need, when you need it? Last night I had a bit of a wobbly – my laptop refused to co-operate and I am in the middle of a project, worth a lot of money to me. I felt completely helpless – except for the fact that I had done a back up on Saturday night, so if anything was lost, it would be only one day’s worth of work. Trouble is, that I don’t have time for one day’s worth of work to be reconstructed!

I also finished my rather juicy Jonathan Kellerman book and it was too cold to get myself in front of the bookcase, where I have probably in the region of 300 books to choose from to read, all waiting patiently for their turn! I picked up a book on my bedside table, that I haven’t looked at for months (too busy with the tragic life story of Marilyn Munro and then the Kellerman book I’m sure) entitled “10 Secrets for success and Inner Peace” by Dr Wayne Dryer and opening it where I last left it was a new chapter entitled “The Fifth Secret – Give up your personal History”. It’s all about walking away from yesterday as apposed to dragging it with you everywhere, and then this morning (laptop working perfectly again – go figure!) the first article that I pick up for today’s motivation sends out exactly the same message!

Whilst I am amused at the message and it’s evidently clear – I am also, in all honesty obliged to look at my life of late. I have been dwelling in the past, and also much too far into the future and not really taking any time to live life to the full in the present – in today! The best example for me to give you, is this big project that I am working on – I am so busy worrying about the deadline and will I have everything done in time, that I am not really living in the moment to get it done. Each minute that went by unproductively (and think about it, all I was doing was worrying about it) raised, yet another knot of fear in my heart. You see, it’s not only about the money that I will get for it at the end of the month – there is a huge possibility of a lot more work in the future too. Logically though, spending time worrying about not meeting the deadline was actually preventing me from getting on with the work. If I had spent the same amount of time working on the project as I did worrying about it not getting done, I would have been a lot further on down the line. I was living in the future, instead of in the present.

So, today I will not lose the opportunity to get the work done, to tap into myself and find the answers to the questions that need to be answered for the project and to give it my all – I will succeed!

What about you – are you living today or are you like I was, dragging the past with me where ever I went and trying to live in the future? I know where I would rather be!

Nikki is an Internal Auditor and Business Administration Specialist who can be contacted on 083 702 8849 or nikki@viljoenconsulting.co.za.