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Don’t be a victim. Victims are never anything but a victim. Becoming something other than a victim is not based on circumstances changing. Things are the way they are because of what you are doing. If you want something different. You can do this. I know you can. ~ Russ Walden

Numbness is not a strategy for feeling better. Feel what is happening in your life, and then do something about it. Even if your scared. Even if you make a mistake, because God will make even your mistakes to prosper. ~ Russ Walden

There is suffering in life. Don’t make friends with your pain. Don’t construct ideations about pain that lock you in to a suffocating situation. Realize that pressures in life are an on-ramp to greater glory. Then pain is your servant, a porter opening the door to a brilliant future. ~ Russ Walden

Enjoyment in life requires knowing your boundaries. You have no right to make others miserable. You are not entitled to anything that inflicts pain on others. Be willing to adjust your opinion of yourself if you ever hope to elevate yourself in the eyes of others. To do otherwise only leads to loneliness, isolation and […]

Success is often preceded by many, many failures. To fear failure is to deny fulfillment of your dreams and ambitions. You can stop doing that now. To think otherwise is to sleep with the enemy. ~ Russ Walden

Everyone has values they are invested in that make them a pain in the neck. We think they make us a better person but in fact they are why people fall silent when you walk into the room. Do yourself and your friends a favor and realize what a jerk you are capable of being. […]

It’s human nature to avoid what threatens one’s identity. It’s how you get in a stuck place. Looking for the exit? Be willing to make brutal adjustments, if necessary, to redefine yourself in your own eyes. Then, make the changes that lead to better days. ~ Russ Walden

Never listen to your critics. They aren’t qualified to usurp the still, small, voice that speaks in the silence between your own thoughts. ~ Russ Walden

Hoping against hope attracts God to you. Abraham believed for a son long after biology had declared otherwise. God called him friend. God wanted to hang with Abraham because he wouldn’t relinquish his dreams. What about you? ~ Russ Walden

Be willing to be clueless.  Abraham went out not knowing whither he went. It worked out for him. It will work out for you. ~ Russ Walden