Many of us who read other blog posts on this site would probably found out that I like to eat. I mean I like to eat a lot. For a man who is 5’7” and weigh about 140 lbs, I can really eat a lot more than average portion. I do exercise regularly to stay healthy and strong.

With food prices today, I tend to eat out less and cook more. Cooking to me is to do whatever the fastest that I can with minimal efforts. Usually, it involves a lot of frozen food and pre-made meals. I do make something (real cooking) off and on to spice things up a bit. Recently, I began to notice the constant dullness of the one and only meat cutting knife that I have for a long time. Cutting meat would take twice as long and lots of extra effort. It didn’t bother me the first few times. But after a while, I had to do something, for it began to really stand between a hungry man and his food.

So I went to the store and thought about getting a new one. But getting a new one turned out to be more expensive than I thought. Then I saw on the bottom shelf a sharpening rock that cost $2. I thought to myself, for $2, I’ll try it. To my surprise, the rock worked like a charm. The rock was strong and it refined the sharp edges of the metal knife. A thought went through my head. There is always something better. Although a stainless steel knife was real strong, there is a stronger material like that rock. And for everything that we do, there is always a better way. There are always things we can do to improve. If my knife didn’t get dull, I would never have thought of the sharpening rock. Now my knife is even sharper than ever before. We don’t have to wait until something doesn’t work in our life before we find something better. We can do it now. Even if things are going well, wouldn’t it be great to rise to the next level?

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A verse from the bible says that ask and you shall receive. It doesn’t matter what our religion or belief is, we can still use this saying in our life. Asking doesn’t guarantee that we’ll receive. But asking is sure to improve our chance of getting what we want. The sad truth is that many people don’t even bother to ask for what they want. The result is no surprise; they don’t receive because they didn’t ask.

But why is it that we don’t ask? One main reason is that we don’t believe we deserve the things we want. This is total B*&^$H!T. Pardon my typing but I’ve seen too many of us who got ripped off in lives because of this misconception. I’m here to tell you that we are the master of our lives. We are in control of our destination. It is up to us to make our dreams come true. It doesn’t matter what other people think or say. It’s what we think and say that count. And the only way we’ll ever get what we want is to first believe that we deserve every ounce of it!

Another reason we don’t ask is because we don’t believe that we’ll get it. It all begins in the mind. Thought becomes reality. When we think that we won’t get it, we don’t even bother to ask. But what if the answer is yes? What if the things we want were there for our taking and all we have to do is ask for it? Would you try? Would you go for it? Would you, for once in your life, ask for what you want, I mean what you really want? There is no secret to this. Most successful sales people already know this. The one who asks the most gets the most result. For every “yes” response, there may be 20, 50, or even 100 “no” responses. It’s all a number game. Many people stop asking after the first few nos. Little did they know that a yes is there, just not at that moment. Many circumstances need to come together to get a yes. Sometimes we may need to change the way we ask or the person we’re asking. But the more we try, the more we learn, adjust, and get better. Sooner or later, a yes will surely come for those who ask.

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