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Becoming The Best You

"A selfless intention will benefit you more than a selfish one."

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Becoming The Best You
Daniel Badley


Now is the best time to be who you want to be!




Be who God wants you to be not who feel like being.

Be His best friend.

Be a man of God.

Be a woman of faith.

Be who you want in a future spouse.

Be the friend that you'd want to have.

Be an encourager for yourself and others around you.

Be a dream chaser instead of stating your dream and be someone who supports others as well.

Be a leader not a control freak.

Be loving not hateful of someone's effort, clothing, livelihood... Etc.

Be someone who builds others up not the person who thinks that it's okay to tell them otherwise. Things like, "you'll never make it," "I love you but that's not for you," "let me be real...this will happen."

Be that positive person in every situation.

Be the person that sees the best in others amongst their past or faults. Everyone needs a hopeful friend.

Be somebody who talks lovingly about others or even strangers behind their back.

Be someone who accepts love from others instead of turning them away. It's okay to be weak.

God has blessed us with the ability to make our own choices. In any situation you have a choice of how you handle it, how you respond. For every negative response, there can ALWAYS be a positive. Be the lighthouse everywhere you go. Be outstanding with your attitude at work. Be the person people look to for motivation. When you carry yourself as a person who undoubtedly will always be positive despite the negativity around you, people will notice you and you will be blessed for it. There's a difference between faking it, and being legitimately positive in every area of your life. It comes down to your choice to either be happy or sad, satisfied or unsatisfied, to forgive or hold grudges, etc. Make the choice to be positive and be the best you. It's a choice that can never fail you.

In every circumstance, someone is always watching you to see how you handle yourself. God is always watching you. There's no such thing as a perfect human being but we do have the power to better ourselves everyday through any circumstance. Be not only who you want to be but be somebody that you could be proud of. Be someone who your future spouse would be proud of. Or better yet... be someone who God would be proud of. It's not a contest or about who sees you. Do it for God, do it for others and lead by example. A selfless intention will benefit you more than a selfish one.

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