Wise Words From Mary Kay No. 1 - Programming Yourself

I'm currently reading several books on the go, including May Kay's, You Can Have It All. I really like this book because it offers me positive things to think about as I progress through my life, but mainly  through my life in "faith". As I have been reading this book, I have noted quotes that I've found positive and useful to me and others around me. 

As well as stating quotes from "100 DAYS OF OF SERENITY: PEACEFUL LIVING THROUGH TURBULENT TIMES", I will now also be adding quotes that I find of use to me from Mary Kay's book as well, - as it's all helpful!

I would like to start with a section of the book, under the heading: Programming Yourself, in which Mary Kay discuss' how, even if we don't think we are, we are all programmed to do something, even each animal......

We are not just here to be idle!

PROGRAMMING YOURSELF

"The Human mind is incredible. And, for that matter so are the minds of all living creatures, large and small. God programmed a tiny spider, for instance, to weave a web. And, if you have ever looked closely at a spiderweb, you know it's a complicated design. He programmed a salmon to swim thousands of miles upstream to the exact location where it was hatched.

One of my favourites of God's trillions of miracles is the swallows that arrives in San Jose Capistrano, California, on March 19. What's so amazing is that the swallow arrive every year on the same date ...after flying six thousand miles across the ocean from Argentina. Then, every October, they make the return trip. For years, bird watchers wondered how little birds that can't swim can fly such a long distance nonstop. Then they discovered that every time the little swallows start their long flight, each one picks up a tiny twig to carry over the ocean. Now that's a heavy burden for a swallow! But the twig is quite necessary. Placing the twig on the surface of the water, where it floats, the swallow rests upon it. Following the break, each swallow picks up its twig and flies off again.

If the brains of spiders, salmon, and swallows can be programmed to perform such feats, imagine the capacity of a human brain.  Our brain is sometimes compared to a computer. Using this analogy, the human brain is by far the most intricate computer on the face of the earth, far superior to any man-made computer.

As everybody knows, a computer must be properly programmed in order to operate at maximum capacity. We, too, must programme ourselves to achieve our maximum potential." - MARY KAY p62-3