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Focus on Yourself  - author unknown
  
    There are times in life..that require risk...the risk of losing, the risk of wining, the risk of  losing yourself in a second. All these risks are what power the word  "life" . It's those same risks that give us hope, inspiration, excitement, and lessons to learn and overcome.
     At least once a year, we are given an opportunity to take a risk that is worth taking, and we don't. We never seem to be able to jump high enough to see what lies on that other side of choice; whether it be because we think that things like that don't happen to us..(lack of faith in yourself), because we think we're too old, too young, too inexperienced...whatever the cause may be..it always seems to supercede the effect.
    It is in that next opportunity that knocks on your door that you should look at most carefully, analyze the moment and acknowledge it...do not analyze the aftermath in your mind.. JUST DO IT. Take that opportunity and open your mind to the positive. To the fact that YOU'VE made a decision to take a risk for yourself..a good risk. Don't look back..but look forward at all times..smile...and know that it is something worth doing. Believe in yourself at ALL TIMES and AT ALL COSTS..sometimes what you SEE at FIRST is  not what IS. 
     Doing things in fear,
is just as bad as NOT doing something because of it. Fear is an invention people have created to make life easier...but in truth..it's only made it more difficult with time because we find it harder to believe in our own judgment and break from that historical supression that rule our lives.
     TAKE CHANCES ....forget about everyone else..and what they're thinking...forget about those around you whose eyes you think are looking straight at you....focus on YOURSELF...on how you truly feel about the situation that comes your way. Look at it in all the more positive way. FIND out how good it would make you feel...and  how much you could regret not taking such a chance.
     Focus on YOU...on what makes YOU..not what people would want you to do, and you will find all the more treasures in life you never thought you would ever find........................
YOURSELF.
Submitted by  Gina LePar [email protected]
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