SIPS OF COURAGE

This is an excerpt from the fifth chapter of my book BREAK THAT HABIT. Habits which often take the form of mistakes whenever the consequences pop-up is something that we all have a share of. The problem with bad habits isn't the fact that we picked them up but the fact that we remain in them. This is why i felt i should share a bit of the book from the chapter titled BOLDNESS. I hope you will find it useful and apply to yourself as the case may be. Enjoy the reading.

According to Longman dictionary of contemporary English, courage is the quality of being brave when you are in danger or in a difficult situation. Courage is a very popular word so I won’t be using my cherished ink writing on courage as it has often been used. I will be writing on courage as it concerns our decisions to break certain bad habits in our lives. If you have ever seen a drug addict in a rehabilitation center with his intake being cut down, you will find out that breaking core bad habits is a very difficult situation. A lot of times when we attempt breaking certain bad habits we get discouraged by how deep we are in the habit. We just don’t think it is possible to come out of it. We tend to be like a mountain climber who looks at the height of the mountain and sit at the foot of it discouraged! I guess we must have heard that when there is a hill climb, waiting doesn’t make it smaller. We need to be determined! This is the reason why I want to drop some sips of courage with you while trying to break some of your bad habits and I do hope that you would really take a sip.

1. When you decide to quit ‘alcoholism’ and your friends come around luring you back into it, be courageous to say no!

2. If you find yourself in the midst of drug addicts after your decision to quit, be courageous to walk away!

3. Be courageous not to turn around to take a second look when a pretty girl (may be on skimpy clothes) walks pass you if you have decided to stop being promiscuous!

4. Summon courage to denounce your cult membership once you have resolved to quit the game!

5. You need courage not to dip hands into money that doesn’t belong to you! Courage to stop stealing! Courage to stop embezzling public funds! Courage to stop looting! Courage to return people’s lost items that you found!

6. Be courageous to walk out of that brothel and the pimps once you’ve decided to say bye-bye to prostitution!

7. As a preacher, be courageous not to let the increasing membership and finance of your ministry to divert you from the commission of winning souls!

8. You must be courageous to hold yourself from reacting negatively when others offend you! Courage to forgive!

9. Be courageous to let your parents know of that pregnancy rather than to abort that child that could become a great source of joy to you tomorrow! COURAGE!

10. Summon courage to break away permanently from that evil means of making money!

11. The future isn’t just a place you are going, but a place you are creating. COURAGE to create a better future!

A lot of times we’ve made decisions to break bad habits but we failed to stand by our decision because the decision lacked courage. Courage is what sustains the decision. With these sips of courage blended with our decision, there are a whole lot of things we can still accomplish in life. It is never too late to start nurturing our seed of greatness. Will you take some sips of courage with me today?