We, humans have minds to decide or to think.  But why is it that sometimes we know what is right or we know that we must do something, but we are not doing it?. Have you ever asked yourself, when will I do it??. When I’m old enough and I can’t move my muscles anymore? When things get worse and you finally realized that you have to do it? Or when someone will tell me that I must do it?.

Let’s take a view on why we are not doing what is right.

1. Afraid

= We are afraid of what the people around us will tell us, we are not familiar of doing something and we are afraid to fail or lose, sometimes you are obliged to follow what someone is telling you because he/she is an elder or above you, even though you know that it is not right you are saying to yourself  “what can I do “. Sometimes negative thinking is also a factor, “you’re saying to yourself, I can’t do it..” you are limiting your capabilities..

2. You know that it is wrong, but you want to do it.

= Let me cite an example here.

1.)You are with your friends, and all have decided to ruin the car of your professor . Since you also hate your professor, that night you destroyed the car. 2.) Or how about, you are taking illegal drugs, you know that it will destroy your mind, but since you are enjoying the feeling that you are floating to the milky way, you are still using it. And eventually, you got out of your mind ” mentally ill”, and another is that you are also the one who teached your friend to use that drug. Or even worse can happen.

3. You don’t know that it is wrong.

= Culture, religion, environment, and guidance.. This may become reasons for us to be fooled. If a father is a gambler, perhaps what his children will learn, is that gambling is not bad.. If a religion tells you that, do this or do that, because this is what is right, or killing those who are not of you’re religion is right then probably you’re one of the suicide bombers by now. What a child see in an environment or what his culture has, probably a child that grows of that environment or that religion would have the traits that he is seeing as he grows.

Is it true that ” ignorance of the law is not an excuse”? or perhaps it is the duty/responsibility of someone who knows what is right, to tell what is right, to those who don’t know what is right.

Let me share a story that I have learned from our speaker this youth camp, Dec.26-30 2011.

    The story goes like this, there are two kids that grew on the same town, both are friends from childhood to teenage. But when they are of to college, the other decided to study and the other join the group of robbers.. One time, when the robber one and his group decided to rob a bank on a big city, and he was caught by the police.

    The robber one has been in prisoned, and on the day of trial he had no lawyer, but some one said to him, you will be given a free lawyer to defend yourself. In his amazement he saw, his friend, he is now a lawyer.. the robber one was glad that his friend will defend him. The lawyer one said to the robber, friend I will defend you and we will win your case, I don’t want you to be charged of death penalty, I only ask you one thing. “repent and do not do this again”..

The robber one was glad that they won the case, and he went back to his province and lived a new life, but later, he saw his fellow robbers and was attracted to do rob again. He said to himself, “this would be the last time that I will rob!, after this, no more”. Unfortunately he was caught again..

     On the day of court trial, he was given his lawyer.. and to his amazement he saw his friend. He is now a judge ( the one with the hammer ).. The robber one was very glad and he said to himself, “Now that my friend is a judge, haha by no means, I will be released!.” The trial has ended and the judge read the decision.

     He was accused guilty and sentenced to death penalty, In his anger, he said alot of bad things to his friend, pointing his finger on him. “You are not a good friend!, you’re of no value!” . Then the judge replied; “I told you to change and do that no more!” But what have you done, you’ve done it again.. I have made my decision..

Points to ponder :

* How about if you die this night? and you will be brought to GOD. And HE will say to you, ” I have given you not once, but many chances to repent and sin no more.” But how is that you did not obey me? How about if GOD said, you will now reap what you’ve planted on earth,.. You have done evil, then hell will be your home.”

We are given choices to make decisions, will I go left or right? will I do this or not? Will I chose what is right or wrong? Heaven or Hell?.

Another Story:

Our speaker went, to USA to work.. He was asked by his friend if he wants a part time job.. He accepted it and went to the house where he would work. It was a high technology house where the doors automatically shuts and opens, and he heard a female voice saying “come in”. As he went in the house he was amazed of it, he saw at the top of the stairs a fat woman on a wheel chair, the woman had a remote control and clicked on the stairs. And the stairs went flat and the woman went down in her wheel chair.. The woman just want someone to talk to about her life. She shared and shared her life to him. Of his amazement of the house, all he had done is just to nod and nod and reply yes.. When she is finished talking, she said to him, thank you for giving your time. I have a gift to you, there are two envelops on the top of my television, choose only one before you leave..

He went and check the envelops. The other one was thick and the other is thin. He chosed the thick one thinking it contains alot of money… When he went back to his friend, his friend told him what the lady told him. “If only he chose the thin one”.. The thick one contains 100pcs one dollar, The thin one contains 5 pcs of $100.

Points to ponder : .. In making decisions, we have to be careful, sometimes we think that we had chosen the right one. But later you will see that if you chose the other one, it would have been much better..

Think now, when will I choose what is right? what would be much better..

GOD BLESS us all.

Things take time. That can’t be simpler said. Everything you do in life takes time. Self improvement is no different. Yeah, you want to change that quirky habit of yours, introduce something new in your life or just plain out change something about yourself is going to take time and patience. It’s not going to happen overnight, so get that idea out of your head! This is going to take often longer than you hope. But isn’t the change going to be worth it? So don’t give up if you realize it might take you a year to quit that habit.

Things may not happen instantly and self improvement is going to take time. To help this along and to improve yourself easier it’ll help if you think about “instant satisfaction.” It’s easier to improve yourself with this kind of thinking. You’re making this change about you and in turn as you are becoming transformed you become satisfied with the results that you begin to see.

This is going to take effort. Yes, you are going to have to put some form and kind of effort to the area of improvement. There are only a limited number of things that can be achieved quickly. You’re very lucky if your problem is one of those, but most likely it’s not. The less effort that you put into this change or improvement upon yourself is going to take even more time.