How much are you worth? An expert once said if you were to put a value on a human as compared to a high-tech robot, the price would be eight million dollars! No wonder the value estimate was so high for the “six-million-dollar man”.

Are you where you are because you are satisfied, or have you just stopped trying to improve? Maybe you feel you deserve a pay increase, your relationship is not nurturing, or you feel you deserve a better home than you have. Maybe you are pursuing a course and not operating at your potential and know you can do better? Questioning your current position is the first step in the process toward improvement. Unbearable discomfort about where we are enables us to not only stew over it but do something about it. We are provoked to take massive action!

A new direction can be tough because of inertia but forward motion builds momentum. In training for a marathon of 26.2 miles, you start by running what seems like a short distance on the first session. But after some practice running this amount, you naturally continue to increase your distance mile by mile. With consistency you eventually develop the endurance to finish the race.

Barney Zick, a successful businessman and speaker, once said “if you want more you ought to expect more.” It is said that a new habit takes three weeks or more to form. So, it is critical in the pursuit of a new behavior, to stick with it.

Watch your thoughts for they become words.
Watch your words for they become actions.
Watch your actions for they become habits.
Watch your habits for they become your character.
And watch your character for it becomes your destiny.
What we think, we become.

Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Starting with our thoughts, let us strive to function in the way God intended for us (Phil 4:18).

Oh God, let my thoughts be aligned with my worth

Truly my potential depends on those that I give birth

I want to touch others one deed at a time

With a fulfilled life, and not wanting for a dime

I want to remain courageous to stick with rugged new habits

Even destroy the old me and blossom faster than birthing rabbits