There are some messages I get and I just update my OS to eliminate bugs.
– Osasu Oviawe
Day: May 9, 2020
Catch yourself complaining
Catch yourself complaining and stop it.
Anytime you are talking about how helpless you are in any situation or blaming others for any situation, catch yourself quickly and ask, “What can I do to own this situation?”
This is why I find the Stockdale Paradox powerful.
Simply put, “You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.” – James Stockdale
There is a lot that is not within our control and it is easy to just sit and wait for a lucky break. But there is value in owning your present, in spite of what it presents.
– Osasu Oviawe
Thank you Philip
John 14:7-14
If you had known me, you would have known my Father also; henceforth you know him and have seen him.” Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, `Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority; but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves. “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son; if you ask anything in my name, I will do it.
Homily:
Whenever I read this passage, I smile. Okay, to be sincere, I burst into laughter.
There is usually some disconnect between the vision of a leader and the understanding of followers.
The exchange between Philip and Jesus Christ in the above passage clearly shows the frustration leadership continually faces.
A lot of patience is required.
Thank you Philip.