In order to overcome anything, you first have to be intimate with it. You cannot overcome anything that you do not know. Whether it is fear, drug abuse, selfishness, alcohol abuse, greed, etc., you must first have an understanding of what it is you have to overcome. Once you get to know it for what it is, you will leave it alone.

You must realize that while you are still in the grips of whatever it is that is causing harm to you, your family, or your business, if you do not recognize it, you will go to the point of denying its existence. People deny truth every day. Until you realize that the pain of truth will set you free, you will forever be in bondage.

Once you have overcome, you will not or should not allow it to be in your space ever again. It is always one day at a time for overcoming. One by one, you must overcome all that create setbacks for you, until you are totally free to fulfill your destiny. It is impossible to know and fulfill your destiny when you are possessed by negativity in any form, whether it is fear, gluttony, greed, drug or alcohol abuse. Understanding the negativity will free you from its control. Remember, you do not possess the power to change anyone but yourself. People can be influenced by your words and your actions but they make the decision to change their lives, so it is with you. No one is to blame for anything in your adult life but you – you may have to overcome making excuses for failure by laying blame on others. Only you are responsible for your success or failure.

Many people know what they should be doing, but waste precious time doing something else because of negative influences in their lives. The “something else” is making them miserable and dis-eased and keeping them poor.

Time is more precious than money. With time you can get money, but money cannot buy you time. A life without fulfillment is a wasted and unhappy life.

Your gifts and talents can take care of all your needs. No one was put on this earth, even under the most extreme conditions, without being given the means to take care of their needs. We hear stories all the time of people who succeed under the most “impossible” situations. Why were they chosen amongst all who were called? What stops you is what you need to overcome, but first you must know it and become intimate with the power it holds over you and what negative influence it has over your life and your dreams. Once you know it in its entirety, now you have the power to overcome it. Not knowing everything you need to know, can cause you to step back into its grips.

Our greatest achievement is overcoming because it continuously takes us to a higher level of understanding. To overcome you must recognize the problem, become disciplined to confront it, become accountable to the goal you must reach – which is, overcoming to succeed.

—–Written by Patricia Warner (copyright pending).