HopeRising Initiative

How to cultivate the mind to achieve anything.  Cultivating your mind is more important than anything else you can do to prepare for personal and professional success. Why? This is because your mind is a fertile soil and your thoughts are like seeds, hence what ever seed you plant in your mind will surely sprout. That's a law of reaping and sowing. You have to consider your mind as a fertile soil set to make anything you plant on it to sprout, your thoughts are the seeds you plant in your mind. Have you ever wondered or notice that, what ever you spend time  thinking on always come to reality. Utilize the power of Imagination . Your actions are the products of the decision you make in your mind, your decisions are processed through thoughts, and those thoughts are planted on a fertile soil which is the mind, and the mind always cause what ever you plant to germinate. The question then is, if my mind is a fertile soil and my thoughts are seeds, what then can I plant...

Image by Peter Pauper Press Pursue your goal! There will never be a point in your life when it's the right time to do a great thing. If you wait for the perfect timing, if you wait for the perfect moment , the perfect timing will never come, do you know what you have to do? You have to create that perfect time, in the perfect opportunity in the perfect situation. Alot of people become comfortable they  stop growing, they become satisfied. Some do jobs that they don't like,Jobs that makes them sick, jobs that get them worked up. Get this right, when you fail to pursue your goal you are committing spiritual suicide. This is something you need to know, when you are pursuing your goal,  you discover talents that you  don't know you have, you discover things that you never knew you could do. You acquire knowledge when you pursue your goal, perhaps that single knowledge might save your life. If you feel you have tried all you could and nothing seems to...

Magic4wallpapers Moving  from invisibility  to visibility.  So many times, we want to ride on high places, we want to receive awards of excellence, we want to the best we can be... But we are limited and this limitation brings invisibility, we become invisible, our talents, gifts, skills become invisible no one sees it, except we ourselves. One of the greatest  limitation is FEAR! What is fear? Fear simply means... F- False E- Evidence  A- Appearing  R- Real Fear as taken the first other in our lives. What ever we think or plan to do, what drops to the mind first is the fear of carrying it out, fear of rejection, fear of mockery...  Fear, fear, fear... Fear is a danger to your visibility. You got great potential in you, the world awaits to see it, you are the source of joy, happiness, motivation, inspiration to so many lives. When you allow fear to limit you, you put does lives in great danger.  You must realize you are a key to...

Stop focusing on your problem! There is always a day of trouble for everyman although the time frame may differ. When there is trouble, it means there is a problem and when there is a problem you are bound to look for solutions. So many times we are faced with problems and we tried all we could and no solution and we are on the verge of giving up. At times we complain alot about the problem, we made the problem so overwhelming that we can't think of anything else than to give up. You need to stop complaining, stop telling God how big your problem is, rather tell your problem how big your God is. Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? Jeremiah  32:27 You need to get this right, there is no problem that has no solution. What you call a problem has been encountered by someone in the past, nothing is new underneath the sun. You need to see that problem as a stepping stone to your greatness, don't run away from the problem,...

Time is key to every man's success, 60 seconds make a minute, 60 minute make one hour, 24 hours make one day 1 year, 12 months, 365 days, 8760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,536,000 seconds... How do you spend your time? The key is in not spending time, but in investing it. Stephen R. Covey How you spend your time tells who you are. How you spend your time tells what you are committed to. Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it. Author Unknown How much time do you spend working on you, how much time do you spend working on your dream, in the last few years what new skill or knowledge have you acquired? What book have you read on your niche? What kind of investment have you made in you? You have to give everything you got to that thing you want, commit your time to that thing that brings the best in you for the world to see, rather than things that will drain your energy. You have to maximize your time, you got to live and think of...

32 Inspiring Quotes on Money and Wealth By Adesina Oluwasegun  Making money and creating wealth is one thing that bothers the mind in every individual.  I have decided to put together a list of some of the best quotes on wealth and money that I have come across. I like the ones by William A. Ward, Gorge Lorima, Erich Fromm and Ben Franklin. This is 33 motivating and thought-provoking quotes on money and wealth, I  hope you’ll find them helpful. “Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.” William A. Ward “It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” Seneca “Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shuts down for ten years.” Warren Buffett “Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives muc...

Nothing can beat hardwork Proverbs  22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. Most times we want the best, we want to ride the latest cars, wear the best outfit, go to the best relaxation Centre, we have a taste of the best but it varies according to every individual... But still only few work and get very little taste of what they want, some don't work at all, and some work very hard to get what they want, some work very hard and get little... Hold on to this... Romans  9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. Still you need to work, every prophet we read about in the Bible was working before they were called, that simply means God does not like laziness. "Nothing can beat hardwork, what will distinguish you from your peers is the level to which you work, the intensity of your work" -- Adesina Oluwasegun "I do n...

photo by Gioflana   GIVE IT TIME When someone comes and tells you, "I can't sleep without you, I love you the way you are and I can put up with your good and bad attitude", before you commit your heart to such a person, please, GIVE IT TIME. When You just met someone today and feel like marrying him/her tomorrow, before you do, remember you need to GIVE IT TIME. When you visit your uncle during a vacation for 2 months, don't be carried away that they serve you your preferred food and give you hot water to bath during your first two days don't start making arrangements to relocate to their house, GIVE IT TIME. When a brother visits you and wakes you up by his shouting of prayer from 12 am to 6 am, please don't shut him down, first GIVE IT TIME. When someone joins your fellowship in the first year and he is in every group/dept, please don't rush and make him a leader, rather GIVE IT TIME. When you enter a new environment and everybody worshi...

Thank God you made it. Have been wanting to share this song with you, I don't know what took me so long... This is one of my favorite, very inspirational, I advice, you relax, open your mind, and meditate on the lyrics of this song by John Legend. "If You're Out There" If you hear this message Wherever you stand I'm calling every woman Calling every man We're the generation We can't afford to wait The future started yesterday And we're already late We've been looking for a song to sing Searched for a melody Searched for someone to lead We've been looking for the world to change If you feel the same, well go on and say If you're out there Sing along with me if you're out there I'm dying to believe that you're out there Stand up and say it loud if you're out there Tomorrow's starting now...now...now No more broken promises No more call to war Unless it's Love and Peace that We're ...

Stay and Stand Strong There are so many circumstances and situations we encounter in our daily life, at a point we wonder if we can survive or we should just give in. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up...  It's always easy to run down the stairs and very tasky  and difficult to climb up.  Yes,  you should be tired, it's better to just give up so as to avoid all the humiliation and harassment you get everyday.  But wait before you do, read this short story, let's see if you would still want to give up or Stand and Stay Strong.  The Oak Tree" A mighty wind blew night and day It stole the oak tree's leaves away, then snapped it's boughs and pulled it's bark until the oak was tired and stark. But still the oak tree held it's ground while other trees fell all around... The weary wind gave up and spoke, "How can you still be standing, Oak?" The oak tree said, "I know that you can break each branch of mine in ...

You attract who you are not who you want!  Often times, when I ask people what kind of people do you want to associate with? what quality do you want your future partner to possess? I get answers like, Some one... Humble Intelligent Efficient Effective Obedient Energetic Athletic Disciplined Hardworking Creative Innovative Caring Loving...  And the likes.... The truth is, all this qualities are Great, Expedient, they are really Fantastic!  But the first question I love to ask is, Do you possess this qualities? You attract people after your likeness. You attract who you are and not who you want. If you are loving and caring, the people around you will be loving and caring! If you are deceitful and undisciplined, you will discover most people around you are the same. Hence if you want the best, you need to become the best. If who you are is not attracting who you want, you need to raise your standard, work on yourself thereafter you can att...

Create your reality! Someone opinion does not define your reality. You create your reality. Someone opinion of you does not have to become your reality! "Leo Brown" One thing that will get you motivated more than anything is doing something to get closer to your dreams." Shawn Doyle" Most times, what people say about you are more about themselves. When they tell you, you are self-centered, you are not caring...  Study them very well, you will discover they are talking about themselves, mmmmh! Only a fool knows a fool when he sees one! One of the essential human right, is the right of Expression. Yes, people will express what they think you are because you are yet to show them who you really are. Don't get knocked down because you are been trampled upon. Look inward, know who you really are, I me and no one else, I am a success, I am the Best of my kind, I am a world class Business man, I am an expert in Communication, I am a CIO- Chief Inspirat...

Make it Happen Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it Happen. "Micheal Jordan" Whoever you are, wherever you are, what ever you have done in past, let it hold for the few seconds you will read this. What category do you find yourself? Are you on want it to happen? Or wishing it would happen? If you are in any of this category you have to raise your standard to I must make it Happen! 💪 Have you given up on that great dream? Does it look like people don't see your dream coming through? Are you been mocked? Does life look like hell? what are you doing that seems difficult to achieve? Hold on read this...  "Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock". Difficult things take a long time, impossible things a little longer. I want you to know that, you only live once, if you do it right, once is enough. To do it right, you have to make it Happen. Don’t let the fear of the time...

True story: real winners don’t give up! This is a true story of a young woman who went through the most gruesome fire. When you read her story, you’ll realize that your trials are absolutely nothing compared to what this young girl went through. It was September 25, 2000. Maricel Apatan was an 11-year old girl in Zamboanga. On that day, this little girl went with her uncle to draw water. Along the way, four men met them. They were carrying long knives. They told her uncle to face down on the ground, and they hacked him on the neck and killed him. Maricel was in total shock, especially that the men were their neighbors. She tried to escape, but the men ran after her. She cried, “Kuya, ‘wag po, ‘wag n’yo akong tagain! Maawa po kayo sa akin!” (“Don’t kill me! Have mercy on me!”) But they weren’t listening. With a long knife, a man slashed her on the neck too. Maricel fell to the ground and lost consciousness. When she woke up, she saw a lot of blood. She also saw the f...