Never be original. Find out what is usually done and copy that. Realize that you have nothing more to learn. This will destroy all danger of success.
Sneer at those who are more successful than yourself.
Tell yourself that it is now too late, and that you really did not have the proper equipment; and it will be especially helpful to keep saying that people are against you.
Never learn from experience. Keep on doing the same fool things time after time.
Never wait to hear the other side of the story. Knowing both sides will only unsettle your mind.
Use your wit destructively. Be smart at the expense of absent people.
Stand on your dignity. Never forget that you have a position to keep up.
Try to get everything cheap. Study and practice to become the perfect “chiseler.” This will build an invincible poverty complex.
…the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness (Proverbs 12:23).
Looking honestly at our weaknesses should never be confused with being defeatist or being down on ourselves. In fact, it is the mirror opposite. It takes courage, determination and will power to face our true selves in the mirror. It also requires that we love ourselves enough to endure honesty, and that we believe in ourselves and God enough to know that with God’s help, we can overcome our weaknesses. And make no mistake, if we are to overcome our flaws and negativity in general, we will need God’s help.
Fear of change, avoidance of challenges, tearing down others, making excuses, refusing to listen, rationalizing our faults, being to proud to admit mistakes and cheating ourselves or others are the true indicators of self- hate, insecurity and defeatism. These and other activities like them belie a weak character and/or a timid and doubting soul. Such behavior is the enemy to overcoming negativity. When we observe such behavior and attitudes in ourselves, we should isolate them and do whatever is necessary to eliminate them from our consciousness. Yes; we all manifest them at some time. No; it will not be easy. Nothing worthwhile ever is.
Yet God’s promise, and the experience of all mankind prove, that those brave souls who can honestly look their darkest weaknesses in the eye are the ones who can overcome them. Those who don’t are condemned to live with them as they grow worse and wreak more and more havoc in their lives. Just as the refusal for a gardener to accept that their methods are turning their gardens into jungles, the person who refuses to learn the truth and change their practices will create a life that chokes out all the beauty and joy in their lives with noxious and harmful weeds.
So let us be about the hard work of reviewing our lives and how we live them, so as to identify and eliminate those practices that degrade our gardens. Then, we will be growing a beautiful and nurturing life in the garden God created for us.
Facing facts,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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