God Wants You To Know #50  

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

....that you've just had a really good idea!

Don't deny it! Don't cast it aside, or "put if off 'til

tomorrow," or in some other way  give it short shrift.

Ideas are gifts from heaven. Don't dishonor them.

Jump right on it. Make it happen . That what ideas

are for!

You will not have to think but a second to know

exactly why you received this message today.

Love, Your Friend....

上帝想要你知道#50

在你人生中的这一天，亲爱的朋友，我相信上帝想要你知道……

……你刚刚想到了一个好主意！

不要否认！不要把它放在一边，或拖延到明天，或对它不理不睬。

好主意是来自天堂的礼物。不要拒绝它们。

马上将它付诸实施。让它发生。好主意就是要用来实现的！

你无需多想就能知道，你为什么会在今天收到这条讯息。

你的朋友

尼尔

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God Wants You To Know #51  

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

...that perfectionism is the enemy of creation.

John Updike said that, and he was right. He understood

that nothing stops the forward march of any creative

endeavor like the need to do it absolutely perfectly.

And who is to judge what is 'perfect' anyway? What I

have judged full of flaws so many others have called

terrific. Maybe the definition of Perfection is something

that actually gets done.

Love, Your Friend....

上帝想要你知道#51

在你人生中的这一天，亲爱的朋友，我相信上帝想要你知道……

……完美主义是创造的敌人。

这句话是约翰·厄普代克说的，他说得很对。他知道，没有什么能像追求十全十美更能阻碍创造前进的脚步了。

无论如何，谁有资格判断什么才是“完美”的呢？我说它毛病多多，而很多人却说它棒极了。

也许，完美的定义就是，一件真正已经完成的事。

你的朋友

尼尔

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God Wants You To Know #52  

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

...that you should act like you expect to get into the

end zone.

  

Football coach Joe Paterno said that, and boy, did

he have it right. Nothing substitutes for positive thinking.

Nothing. It is more powerful than all the money, all the

influence, all the 'friends in high places' on earth.

You only need one friend in high places--and you already

have that. So go ahead, expect to get into the end zone.

You'll find that you do, 90% of the time.

Love, Your Friend....

上帝想要你知道#52

在你人生中的这一天，亲爱的朋友，我相信上帝想要你知道……

……你应该表现得像你希望跑进端区达阵得分一样。

这是橄榄球教练乔伊·帕特努说的，亲爱的，他说的对极了。

没有什么能够替代积极思考。什么也不能。它比世界上所有金钱、所有影响力，所有“有权势”的朋友都更有力量。

你只需要一个“有权势”的朋友就够了——而你已经有了。所以，向前冲，希望自己能跑到端区。你会发现，十有八九，你真的做到了。

你的朋友

尼尔

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God Wants You To Know #53  

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

....that life begins now -- right now -- not tomorrow or

the next day or the next.

Every minute of every hour of every day, life begins

anew. That means everything can change in an instant.

It also means you can have a new beginning whenever

you want.

Why put off for one day that decision you've been

pondering...aren't you just putting life itself on hold?

You will not have to think but a second to know

exactly why you received this message today.

Love, Your Friend....

上帝想要你知道#53

在你人生中的这一天，亲爱的朋友，我相信上帝想要你知道……

……生命始于现在——此时此刻——而不是明天，后天或大后天。

每一天，每一小时，每一分钟，生命都是一个崭新的开始。这就意味着一切都能在一瞬间转变。这也就意味着，只要你愿意，你就可以有一个崭新的开始。

为何将你一直想要作出的决定拖延到明天……你这不是在拖延生命吗？

你无需多想就能知道，你为什么会在今天收到这条讯息。

你的朋友

尼尔

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God Wants You To Know #54  

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

...that it's okay to go ahead and take a risk.

There's no guarantee that everything will turn out exactly

the way you want it to, but there IS a guarantee that it

cannot possibly do so if you are afraid to even take the

chance.

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained" is not just a nifty

old-time saying. It's wisdom. Listen to it.

You know exactly why you received this message today.

Love, Your Friend....

上帝想要你知道#54

在你人生中的这一天，亲爱的朋友，我相信上帝想要你知道……

……向前进，去冒险，不会有事的。

你不会得到这样的保证：一切都会完全按照你的想象发生，但如你害怕冒险一试，那就保证你不可能让事物按你想象的那样发生。

“不入虎穴焉得虎子”这句老话并不过时。这是智慧。要遵循它。

你无需多想就能知道，你为什么会在今天收到这条讯息。

你的朋友

尼尔

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God Wants You To Know #55  

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

...that love is sometimes shown in the things you don't

say, don't keep track of, and don't notice.

The greatest kindness is often shown in letting things go.

None of us is perfect, but we can all be perfect friends

and perfect parters by allowing those that we love to

be imperfect.

Give those around you the "break" that you hope the

world will give you on your own "bad day" and you'll

never, ever regret it.

Love, Your Friend....

上帝想要你知道#55

在你人生中的这一天，亲爱的朋友，我相信上帝想要你知道……

……爱，有时是在你不说话、不留意和不注意的事物中显现的。

最伟大的善良常常表现为放下。人无完人，但我们可以允许我们所爱的人不完美，这样我们都可以成为完美的朋友和完美的伙伴。

在你自己“倒霉的日子”里，你会希望世界能让你歇一歇，那就让你周围的人也“喘口气”，这样，你就永远不会感到遗憾。

你的朋友

尼尔

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God Wants You To Know #56  

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

....that miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

  

C.S. Lewis said that, and it is an enormous insight. If

we think that miracles are normal, we will expect them.

And expecting a miracle is the surest way to get one.

You will not have to think very long to know exactly

why you received this message today.

Love, Your Friend....

上帝想要你知道#56

在你人生中的这一天，亲爱的朋友，我相信上帝想要你知道……

……实际上，奇迹并没有破坏自然法则。

这是C·S·刘易斯说的，这是一个极大的洞见。如果我们认为奇迹是正常的，我们就会期待奇迹。期待奇迹是获得奇迹的最确定的方式。

你无需多想就能知道，你为什么会在今天收到这条讯息。

你的朋友

尼尔

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God Wants You To Know #57  

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

..that the tiniest gesture -- a smile, a gentle look, a simple

pat on the arm, a soft word -- can change a person's life.

  

Before this very day is out, you are going to have a chance

to live in that possibility. Look. Watch. See what this day

brings you. And be ready.  

If you believe I am exaggerating about this, please know

that I am not. Someone is waiting for that smile, that look,

that gesture from you right now.

  

Why you suppose you just read this? Do you think this is

a coincidence?

Love, Your Friend....

上帝想要你知道#57

在你人生中的这一天，亲爱的朋友，我相信上帝想要你知道……

……最微不足道的一个动作——一个微笑，一个温柔的眼神，肩膀上的一下轻拍，一句赞美之词——可以改变一个人的一生。

在今天结束之前，你将有机会生活在这种可能性中。看。观察。看今天给你带来了什么。并做好准备。

你想你为什么会读到这个讯息？你认为这是一个巧合吗？

你的朋友

尼尔

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God Wants You To Know #58  

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

....that everything you have been thinking lately is to be

thrown out.

You're spending too much time "in your head" these

days. How about getting out of your thoughts and into

your feelings? You've analyzed it to death. Now it's

about moving from your head to your heart.

What are you feeling about all this? That is what really

matters. You are using your thoughts to try to parse

your feelings. You may want to stop that.

You will not have to think but a second to know

exactly why you received this message today.

Love, Your Friend....

上帝想要你知道#58

在你人生中的这一天，亲爱的朋友，我相信上帝想要你知道……

……你最近一直在思考的每一件事将会突然豁然开朗。

这些天来，你花太多的时间“绞尽脑汁”了。摆脱你的思绪，进入你的感觉，怎么样？

你已经用脑过度。现在，应该从你的头脑转到你的内心。

你对这一切的感觉如何？这才是真正重要的。你是在力图用你的思想分析你的感觉。你可能不再想这么干了。

你无需多想就能知道，你为什么会在今天收到这条讯息。

你的朋友

尼尔

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God Wants You To Know #59  

On this day of your life, dear friend, I believe God wants you to know...

...that it is never safe to look into the future with eyes

of fear.

  

Edward H.Harriman said that, and he was right. Nothing

is fearful lest thinking make it so. I can honestly say that

probably 95% of the things I was afraid of, it turned out

I had no reason to be.

And even if the thing you fear happens...so what? Again,

95% of the time your world is not going to fall apart, your

life will not be in danger. So drop fear by the wayside.

Just... let it go. Then make way for a surprising tomorrow.

Love, Your Friend....

上帝想要你知道#59

在你人生中的这一天，亲爱的朋友，我相信上帝想要你知道……

……怀着恐惧去展望未来，你永远不会感到安全。

这句话是爱德华·H·哈里曼说的，他说得很对。没有一件事物是可怕的，除了你的想法让它变得可怕。我可以实话告诉你，我害怕过的95%的事，结果证明我的害怕是毫无道理的。

即使你害怕的事真的发生了，那又如何？同样，大多数时候，你的世界并不会崩溃，你的生活也没有陷入绝境。所以把害怕扔掉吧。放下恐惧，让一个充满惊喜的明天来临。

你的朋友

尼尔

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