The Reset Button
Here we are rounding the bend in 2020 towards the end of the year, and I bet you have wished we could have a reset button more than once this year. Not that we want to repeat the painful things we have gone through, but we want a do-over. We want a different outcome!
Well, I have good news for you: As long as you have breath, you have a reset button you can push. What does it do for you?
- It gives you the ability to reset your focus on the opportunities, not just the problems you are facing.
- It gives you a chance to change your course so you don’t keep making the same mistakes.
- It gives you the opportunity to mend fences in your relationships.
- It gives you the time to heal your heart and renew your mind.
Those are all pretty powerful tools that we have available to us every day if we will just use them! Why don’t people use the reset button that is available to them? Pride, stubbornness, stupidity, and ignorance may all play a part, but what about lies? A friend of mine gave me a good quote that his dad used to say to him: “Stop believing the lies you tell yourself.” I like the quote, but I got to thinking there is more to it than that. How about if we just stop believing lies period? It really doesn’t matter if we are believing the lies we tell ourselves, or if we believe the lies from others, from social media, or from the Devil himself.
Lies are still lies and here is something to think about:
“If you buy into a lie, it will cost you more than you ever thought. If you hold on to the lie, it can cost you everything you’ve got.” Daniel Skognes
Don’t let lies keep you from the truth. You can’t be a person of integrity and be a liar. If you have lied, just admit it and ask for forgiveness. We need to be truth tellers. It is not your truth or my truth that matters, it is THE truth. Be willing to challenge your opinions, what you’ve been taught, and any lie you’ve bought. The truth shall set you free.
One of the things I loved about the Superman series when I was growing up was that he stood for: “Truth, Justice, and the American Way!” Maybe it is the patriot coming out in me, but wouldn’t this country be a better place if people stood for that? Wouldn’t the world be a better place if they understood and believed in truth? I think so. Call me an idealist if you like, but I am an eternal optimist and I am learning to hit the reset button as often as necessary to not just survive…but to thrive.
Shalom!
Daniel Skognes
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