Author Archives: Guus

All kinds of things needed

Saab 900 Turbo

Wow, it seems I put myself some tasks. And yes, I still believe virtually anything can be done and you (and I) can make virtually any dream come true. But at the moment everything just seems work, work, work. And somehow I know this is just how it works, this is how to get there, step by step, one thing at the time, no matter how slow it seems to go. Although that reminds me that many things in my life also just ‘came to me’. Many things I wanted or wished for or had somewhere in my mind were suddenly just there, without me even realized that i ever really wanted it or something.

One sample is a car I once had. It was even quite some time after I acquired it that I realized that during childhood i had kind of dreamed of this kind of car. When I was a child I was completely crazy about cars, like reading car magazines and books and i was also subscribed to a weekly magazine. One weekly item in the magazine was a weekly car test report and one week the report was about a Saab 900 Turbo (or at least a Saab Turbo). The car was way beyond I could ever imagine for my dad to have, let alone me. Anyhow, years and years later I realized I drove in one, and that I owned it. So indeed, even your wildest dreams can come true, although there was one issue with the car. It was not the shiny brand new car from the test report, but a ten year old car that was at the end of its lifetime. So be careful what you wish for, but don’t forget that I really enjoyed the car and that I was amazed that I not only drove one, but even owned it.

And this is not the only thing that happened to me, that kind of ‘came to me’. Many of the things I had in mind when I was a boy or teenager I did and got in my life, also many things that appeared completely impossible.

So yes, I guess this post even inspires me now as I know that nature or the Universe or Infinite Intelligence or God or whatever name you have for the ‘higher power’ often, or maybe even always, just gives you what you want,although sometimes not in exactly the way you had imagined it.

So whenever you are tired or down or whatever, just know that despite of all the principles of success it is not only those principles, that to me often sound like hard work, but that often things also just ‘come to you’, without direct effort or action.

Or as I started with this post like feeling of needing all kinds of things, that those things might just be there already or on the way.

Spring always follows winter

I was in a Buddhist meeting this afternoon and I found it an inspiring meeting. And even though I don’t consider myself a Buddhist (yet?) the message of Buddhism is very similar to what I am trying to achieve with this site: be successful in life. As I understand now Buddhists use chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to achieve Buddhahood, meaning something like being at peace or being at peace with yourself or just ‘be’. And something like achieve what you are supposed to achieve or to be. Or at least that’s my interpretation now.

So what was inspiring? Well, basically the story of a woman who told about her winter in life, where everything seemed to go wrong, where they went bankrupt, lost everything. But her chanting helped her through and she went from winter to spring and seems very confident and positive about the future now. So to me this chanting is related to the faith and belief my favorite books talk about. And of course the reading out loud that is often suggested from my books of course relates to the Buddhist chanting aloud, including the repeating thing. And to me the chanting of this strange phrase also relates to the Infinite Intelligence Napoleon Hill relates to.

Also inspiring was being in a group, in a group of people believing in something, believing in a similar or the same thing. This relates to me to the Master Mind principle and I felt the power of the group.

And inspiring was indeed the idea of spring always follows winter, also in life. At least I guess that is true, although I’m still a bit scared it may not always be true or something like winter can still get colder.

But no matter what, I am starting to believe that everything is about belief and that if you have the belief you can achieve virtually anything.

So just believe.

 

What did you bargain for?

I just realized that the two books I’ve been using most recently (Think and Grow Rich and Life Is What You Make It) both quote the same poem:

I bargained with Life for a Penny,
and Life would pay no more.
However, I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store.

For Life is a just employer,
He will give you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.

I worked for a menial’s hire,
only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have willingly paid.

Jesse Rittenhouse

Weird, isn’t it?

What did you bargain for? What are you going to bargain for for the future?

Satisfied

Kind of unexpected I feel kind of satisfied.

Unexpected because I was not able to finish my project this week. Still satisfied because i know I worked hard enough on it, so I did everything I could.

So yes, I seem to be learning to be more satisfied if i know i did my best, did everything that I was capable doing.

I still have the feeling I could do more, but I am starting to realize that i would need other people to make that happen, so indeed be a leader. One person ‘only’ has 24 hours in a day and also needs rest.

So yes, even if did your best and that is all you can do.

So how to inspire

The last few days I have been thinking about how to find better ways to inspire people related to this website. During some research on inspiration I found a page that said something that you should inspire yourself. Maybe that is possible or good or something like that, but what I miss is inspiration from other people, so that’s what I want to give: give inspiration to other people.

So yes, I started to send daily e-mails with inspiring quotes, but still, I want to do more. I want people to find inspiration through this website, be inspired by me or by other people.

So not sure how to do that, but if you want to receive my daily e-mails with inspirational quotes just let me know through info@inspiration-for-success.com. And if you have ideas how to inspire other people through this website, please let me know. One thing I have in mind is to connect people through this website, but need to add some functionality for that. But of course you can also e-mail me for that, either whether you need someone to inspire you or if you want to inspire other people.

Anyhow, in the mean time just look around you and you will see many people who would appreciate being inspired by you, maybe especially the people you wouldn’t think they would like or need it.