As I continue on my theme for the year of bettering myself the next item that I want to hit on is being more thankful.

At times I can look more to the negative and not at the positive. I dwell on things that I do not have, or have lost instead of what I do have.

This year I want to count the many blessing I have an always look to them for motivation and inspiration to keep on keeping on. God has blessed me in so many ways, more than I could ever imagine. I have a family, a house, a church family, friends, a job, a car, a steady income, a Savior that gave His life so I can live for eternity with Him, good health, and the ability to dream to big dreams and the opportunities to pursue those dreams…. The list could go on and on.

So this year instead of dwelling on the fact that I have lost something, or that I have had a bad day because something went wrong at work. I should constantly look to the things in my life I have been blessed with; because when I do that it seems to put everything into perspective.

How have you been blessed recently?

As I continue to look to better myself in 2012 and on into the future the next thing on the list is to never stop learning.

This is one thing that I am passionate about. I feel it a requirement in ones life. Especially those with aspirations of a position of leadership. One who refuses to continue l learn will be followers their entire lives.

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As I continue to explore ways that I intend to reach the goal of bettering myself in 2012 I look to become more organized.

I have already explored two of the areas that I want to improve in my faith and my health. In the third installment I want to be better organized all around. I want to be organized at home and at the office.

Organization is not my strongest trait. My office at work is more organized chaos than I would like. I know were things are, but it just feels clustered. At home it is the same way. The place that I call my desk tends to be a catch-all with very little organization going on. I am finding this out more now that tax time is coming around and I am having to dig through drawers to find old stuff and stuff needed for filing this year.

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As I continue to explore my list of personal goals the next item following growing my faith is to be a healthier me.

A lot goes into being a healthy person. It really is a big commitment.

What I am learning with every year that passes is that as I get older it gets harder and harder to keep the waist line from being an embarrassment.

Every year that passes I always say that I am going to lose weight and get into better shape. Every year I end up failing though. Even last year I ended up failing. However, I did lose weight…but ended up putting it back on. The good thing is there is that I know how to get the weight off.

I spent many of the years of my life up to this point in pretty good shape. Being an athlete for most of my life I stayed pretty healthy. Then upon leaving college where I played baseball I thought I would take a break from all the daily workouts and running that I was used too. Big mistake. I got out of the routine that I was in, and it has been so hard to get back into it.

My main goal for the year of 2012 is to finish the year in better health than when I started. To do this I plan on doing a few things to insure that I hold myself accountable to a healthier me and that is:

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“…becoming Second isn’t the journey of perfected saints or of superhero believers. It is the honest, raw and often painful journey of broken people who have decided that life is not about them.”

I had heard of I Am Second before I had actually read this title. One day I had stumbled across their website and watched several of the testimonies each of these big names in sports, television, and business were sharing. It was certainly some very powerful stuff!

I saw the book and new I wanted to read it and see who else is participating in this movement.

The quote that I started off with is the basis for what this book is about. It is about finding yourself at a place where you have to choose to put God ahead of yourself and be broken and humble enough to put yourself second.

The book is broken by each individual sharing a little about their testimonies and how they finally realized that they could not win their battles on their own and they needed Jesus Christ in their lives. They had just about every earthly thing they could possibly want but there was still a void that was not filled.

There are lots of celebrities participating in the movement. Some of those included in the book are: Brian “Head” Welch, Josh Hamilton, Tony Dungy, Bethany Hamilton, and many others.

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