May this be the Christmas that marks the beginning of a new hope in your own life…one marked by learning from your past, embracing the opportunities of your present and influencing the quality of your future. Whether or not that’s your belief, you can at least appreciate the immense hope that this faith brings to the life of one who embraces it. Lewis said, “The Son of God became man to enable men to become the sons of God.” You may not BE there today, but you must BEGIN heading in that direction today.Ĭhristians celebrate Christmas because of their hope in a very special baby born in a manger. If you want a future of love, health and financial stability, it’s going to be because you lived a long string of todays that were full of decisions that would lead to love, health and financial stability. You cannot be tomorrow what you will not be today. And that future will be heavily influenced by what we did (or didn’t) do during each of those todays. The future will come at the end of a long string of todays. Sign up for that course that will help you advance your career.įinally, let’s learn from the Ghost of Christmases Yet to Come. Do what you can do today: Make a phone call. ![]() Do you want a better financial life in the future? Then determine today what you can do to influence that future outcome.ĭon’t burden yourself with trying to fix 20 years’ worth of mistakes in a day. But we have today!ĭo you want better relationships in the future? Then determine what you can do today to influence that future outcome. But…we have today! We can act today to influence whatever future is coming our way.Īll we have right now is today. The only thing we can do for the future is to influence it, for the better or for the worse.Īll we have right now is today. The future is notoriously difficult to predict and even harder (impossible!) to control. We can do nothing to change it, though we can learn from it. The past is a memory, for better or for worse. Next, let’s learn from the Ghost of Christmas Present. What are those things that you need to leave in the past? That may mean people that bring out the worst in you. Not being chained to your past means there are some things that belong in your past…and not in your present. ![]() But if you want badly enough for your life to be different in the future, then you have got to start with you. ![]() It won’t be easy, and for that reason most of us won’t even try. If you want to be different, you can be different. Don’t be defined or chained to your past. And search more of iStocks library of royalty-free vector art that features Ebenezer Scrooge graphics available for quick and easy download. Perhaps it came from circumstances well beyond your control. Download this The Ghost Of Christmas Past vector illustration now. Is your past full of failure and disappointment? Perhaps the failure was all your doing. If your Christmas season isn’t quite so merry as you’d hoped this year, can I offer a few perspectives?īorrowing from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol - in order to move you beyond your past failures and present difficulties into a bright future, you’re going to have to learn… from the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come.įirst, let’s learn a little bit from the Ghost of Christmas Past.
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