FAITH
Trust in God Will Keep You Calm
Start your week with an optimism and a calmness that is nested in God’s perfect plan you. Let the week that is coming continue to lead you in a direction that brings you closer to God. Whether you can see it or not, God is always at work, and he brings a hope for your…
A Prayer for Hope
Dear God, I come to you today in this time of prayer to firstly thank you for the many gifts you have provided. To thank you for instilling within me a thoughtful mind, placing me around inspiring people and continually supporting me whilst I grow. As I continue through my day, I have one thing…
All We Have is Today
If all we have is today, so why should we worry about tomorrow or yesterday? For these things are not in our control, and worrying is simply a waste of time. In St Paul’s letter to the Philippians, he shares this inspiring message, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,…
God is Present
Wherever you go today, God will be present. Look for him in everything that you do, and seek him out. Do not be afraid about the circumstances you face, but place your trust in the Lord for he will guide you. He is your rock and he is your shelter. All things, good and bad…
Your Unique Gifts
Everyone has some type of special gift, and is unique in character, ambition and experience. If you think to yourself right now, what is your gift? What is that one thing, or couple of things that you feel you can bring to the world to make it better? You might be struggling for ideas, and…
Listen to Your Call
Each day when we awake, there is a silent call that directs us where we should go, what we should do, and when we should do it. It’s not explicit, it’s quite subtle, almost like a whisper. Deep down within us there is a voice that already knows what’s best for us. Our mind knows…
God’s Work
What is the main aim of our daily lives, what should we be striving for, and how can we keep peace and patience within us as we work towards larger personal goals? One short and simple way is to always look to bring goodness to everything that you do. Whether it be within your team…
Our Beliefs Become Our Destiny – Gandhi
Building momentum in a positive direction is key to leading a fulfilled life, and it’s the stumbling blocks on the road to this momentum that can make positive change seem more daunting and confronting than it actually is. Our starting point (where we are right now) is a summation of all the decisions we have…
Don’t Conform, Be a Trailblazer
Seeing the world through your own lens is an inherent necessity – it’s a must. That’s if you want any sense of lasting fulfilment in life. Your lens defines your thoughts, from these thoughts you generate a perspective and it’s from this perspective of yourself and others that you develop a metric for validation. Your…
Love Takes Courage
Compassion is to show concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. It entails actions that are focused on lifting others up with the intent of improving their well-being. Compassion can sometimes be hard to show and maybe even a little uncomfortable. This is because true connection can leave us vulnerable and exposed. When we…
Listen to God’s Call
If you listen close enough, you can hear a silent whisper. It’s the man above, directing you to where you need to be. He might seem to work in ways, that sometimes don’t make sense, but how can something so grand as his plans fit into the realm of what we already know – get…
The Importance Of Friendship
Friendship is a blessing. Friendship can come in so many forms and each can provide us with invaluable support and stability. When we can find someone or a few people who we can share an emotional connection with it can be an uplifting feeling. The main benefit that comes out of friendship is the ability…
Let Go & Let God
Living with the stresses and burdens that we visualise in day to day life can be a struggle. We can constantly run through cycles related to fear of the past and can become asphyxiated by our thoughts towards our fears. This asphyxiated feeling is often a creation of our own. The mistakes of our past…
Matthew 7: Seek and You Shall Find
We can find decorated through the history books are common message that continues to shine through. If you don’t make the effort to ask the universe for what you want you will never have it. This does not mean only ‘asking’ in the literal sense with your words, but asking in the form of action…
Let’s speak up about Mental Health: A Feature Article From ‘Izzy’
It’s important that we can learn from the experiences of others on our pursuit for growth and quality of life. This was a remarkable example of how being open about our struggles can go a long way towards our healing. Thanks Izzy for sharing this message: What’s stopping you from living a happy life? “Mental…
Distinctiveness And Consistency – The Building Blocks of Neural Pathways
The transportation of signals to and from the brain is done by these remarkable things called ‘neurons’. They are scattered throughout the body (largely the brain) in magnificent networks that join up at critical points to form the basis of neural pathways. Neural pathways are responsible for transmitting the information we have stored so that…
The Importance of Faith In Overcoming Helplessness
“We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us” (Philippians 4:13). That’s a quote that gets me on the right path each day. When I have doubts, I look to God for inspiration and I pray that he guides me – not to immediate success, but guides me to a better version of myself…
Knowing Your Direction & Having a Plan Can Reduce Anxiety and Feelings of Overwhelm
If I don’t plan I often get lost so easily and I stray away from anything productive, I become anxious about the future and overwhelmed at the number of tasks that I need to complete to achieve my grand ambitions. That’s why if you ever saw me, you might notice that I’m constantly writing down…
10 Rules For Life: Rule #9 – WORK HARD AT WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS YOUR PASSION – THE WORLD WILL HANDLE THE REST
Maybe there’s stuff you don’t want to do, but you know that it’s good for you in the long run. Like exercising or budgeting or reading or cleaning, some stuff just sucks, and I get it. We feel like the effort we put into these challenging things may not yield immediate results, and that is…
10 Rules For Life: Rule #8 – YOU DON’T NEED A LOT TO BE GREAT
We can make a lot from a little. Let that sink in… It’s a thought that I live by and I hold onto it with every strength that I have because it drives me to realise that I can make something of myself and pursue my goals right now, with the things that I presently…
10 Rules For Life: Rule #7 – IT’S BETTER TO BE READY FOR AN OPPORTUNITY AND NOT HAVE ONE THAN TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AND NOT BE PREPARED
Working towards something we cannot see or feel or hold is a definite challenge for us as humans. Our minds are wired to work towards certain goals we set for ourselves but we can often lose sight of these because the things that we are passionate about or enjoy doing don’t seem to fit in…
A Navy Seal’s Perspective – Callousing The Mind Through Pain and Suffering
A mentality for achievement can be built on the grounds of self imposed pain and suffering. Listen to David Goggins speak of his experience and share his approach to growth. If you can get through doing things that you hate to do, on the other side is greatness. Pain and suffering will train us for…
10 Rules For Life: Rule #6 – GET THINGS DONE EVEN WHEN YOU ‘DON’T WANT TO’
Often times we miss out on the most beautiful things in life because we only want to work at our goals when it seems easy. What we forget to realise is that the most progress toward our goals comes during times of struggle – comes when we courageously face situations we once thought impossible to…
10 Rules For Life: Rule #5 – EXUDE POSITIVE ENERGY TO STRANGERS
A stranger is someone who has never interacted with you or sensed your presence, equally it is someone who you have never interacted or communicated with yourself. There is something boundlessly special about that first interaction with a stranger. Something so innocent, free and uplifting. Whilst prejudice is a possibility, no judgement on your past…
10 Rules For Life: Rule #4 – KNOW MORE ABOUT YOUR OWN LIFE THAN YOU DO ABOUT THE LIVES OF OTHERS
The truth is, if you are too focused on the lives of others and the things that they are doing you will never have enough time to achieve your ambitions and dreams. Period. How many times have you scrolled through facebook, instagram, snapchat; only to find that you feel as if you don’t measure up?…
10 Rules For Life: Rule #1 – BELIEVE CREATIVELY
Legend has it that he who is crazy enough to believe that he can change the world, is usually the one that does. Belief is the cornerstone of all achievement, growth and progress. Think about it this way…the creativity we have in our beliefs is what separates us from the rest of the world. We…
Leaders Are Born On Mondays
It’s the hardest day of the week – by far. But it can also be the most rewarding day of the week if you persevere. To be productive on a Monday morning is a goal many attempt, but few actually achieve. So if you’re reaching for that alarm clock to snooze for another 10 minutes,…
The Thing I Learned From Never Looking Back
Often in life we seem to constantly dwell on our mistakes, on ‘what could have been’ or ‘what should have been’ and we lose sight of what we have right now. For some reason we seem to think that our best days are behind us and that we can never truly make up for our…
The Mind Connectory 