Watch Out Wednesdays! 2/18/26 (Opinion)

We are already in the middle of the third week of February. With a little over a month to go, we are already ready for spring. Here are some things that you can do in order to prepare for spring this year.

1. Do not choose to isolate yourself. There is a reason why there are over 8 billion people upon this earth. The reason is that everybody does not select to wallow in self-isolation at all times. Be around others so that you will have a proper support system around you.

2. Learn how to do things more efficiently. You will have more time on your hands if you do things right the first time instead of rushing each and every day. Doing things in a hurried manner leads to more mistakes. Fatigue occurs when you are spending more time fixing mistakes from the past than actually being productive on building towards the future.

3. Be willing to listen. Becoming a listener will make you more observant about people, places, and things around you. Becoming more observant will lead to you minimizing the mistakes in your life.

4. Realize that you are passing through. We only live this life once because the afterlife is next. Make this life count so that your afterlife counts as well.

5. Realize that you can save your family from distress when you choose to make the right decisions.

6. Decide to elevate your level of living so that you will then become able to deliver others from oppression and from vexation.

7. Always keep some resources in reserve once you build up a sufficient supply for yourself.

8. Be willing to serve even though others choose not to be a servant.

9. Do not allow for yourself to become stuck in traditions or in bad habits that will not profit you in the future.

10. Be willing to advocate for others.

11. Remain patient and persistent.

12. To do things with wholeheartedness, choose to be upright, choose to not be rebellious, and choose to be resilient.

13. Have a plan before you begin to do work.

14. Prepare in life using the absolute word of perfection in order to become instantly productive.

15. Encourage others to rise up and to build.

16. Make a decision to celebrate the lives of others that have enriched your life over time.

17. Stay away from those who have an inclination or a proclivity towards morbidity because they will lead you down the same path.

18. Understand that the things that you will do will affect the next generation. If you do negative things, then you will negatively affect the next generation. If you do positive things, then you will positively affect the next generation.

19. Remove anything from your life that is causing for you to lose focus.

20. Choose to remove yourself from oppression and from darkness so that you will not experience an even worse level of bondage within your life.

21. Do all that you can in order to remain alive on a daily basis.

22. Always look for mercy.

23. Always seek after peace.

24. Always show empathy towards others.

25. Realize that idolatry does not allow for anyone to continually profit.

26. Take time to reflect so that you will be able to track the progress that you have made over time.

27. Realize that the end result of pride is humiliation, sorrow, weeping, mourning, lack of comfort, and lack of progress.

28. Do not allow for your habits to override common sense.

29. Choose to listen to words that are wonderful.