Beyond Self-Improvement
By
Clyde E. Gumbs
There appears to be an insatiable appetite for self-improvement.
Many people seek to be better people with better lives. Many people seek something or someone to motivate them. Many people
seek useful advice, tips and techniques. Although some of these people may believe they have become better people with better
lives, despite this apparent achievement they seldom experience fulfillment and in many cases experience frustration, disappointment
and emptiness.
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Moment after moment and day after day people experience
life. If you ask them what they seek they may say many things. Although there may be some people who say they are content
with themselves and their lives just the way they are, most people will tell you they seek to be a better person with a better
life. If only they were more intelligent, more knowledgeable, more attractive, more physically fit, healthier, more skillful
and more focused. If only they had more money, more status, a better home, better cars, and all of the best stuff of life.
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The Miracle of Awareness
By
Clyde E. Gumbs
People spend most of their lives seeking useful information,
advice, tips, and techniques with the desire to improve themselves and their lives. It is their belief that this approach
will lead to their greatest opportunity for effectiveness and fulfillment. The underlying premise of this belief is that if
they can be better versions of themselves then they will have the best opportunity to have the best life possible for them.
The overriding agenda is improvement, improvement, and more improvement.
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A Compelling Sense of Purpose
and Destiny
By Clyde E. Gumbs
There are times I have felt as if I was given the
pieces of a jigsaw puzzle representing the life I was born to live. This might seem to be an exciting opportunity to experience
my life coming together as an unfolding accomplishment. Unfortunately, I also have felt as if I was given the pieces of the
puzzle, but not the box that it came in with a picture representing the assembled puzzle. Imagine the task of putting together
a jigsaw puzzle with thousands of pieces while lacking a clear sense of what it was intended to look like. Welcome to the
experience of my life.
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I Was Born To Be Victorious
By Clyde E. Gumbs
When I look back upon this spiritual journey that I call my life, I am amazed at how difficult I made things. I was
born into a family with many hard earned and inspiring accomplishments. My parents were intelligent, well-informed, and hard
working. They were also successful entrepreneurs and passionate community servants. My siblings similarly have used their
gifts and talents for the benefit of our family and the communities where they have lived. I never doubted that I had been
blessed with a wonderful family and would have a great opportunity to live a fulfilling life.
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