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Law #82

Position Yourself To Be Reliable

Quote #1 - Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to. (Alfred A. Montapert)

Quote #2 - The only lifelong, reliable motivations are those that come from within, and one of the strongest of those is the joy and pride that grow from knowing that you’ve just done something as well as you can do it. (Lloyd Dobens)

Quote #1 - Definitions

Animals - An animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal.

Reliable - Dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.. Trusty, authentic, consistent.

Full - Completely filled; containing all that can be held; filled to utmost capacity. Complete; entire; maximum. Abundant; well-supplied.

Love - A profoundly tender, passionate affection. A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection. Affectionate concern for the well-being of others. See Law #62 - Position Yourself To Be Loving.

True - Being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false. Real; genuine; authentic.

Affections - Fond attachment, devotion, or love. Fond attachment, devotion, or love.

Predict / Predictable - To declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell.

Actions - Something done or performed; act; deed.

Grateful - Warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful. See Law #3 - Position Yourself To Be Appreciative.

Loyal - Faithful to one’s oath, commitments, or obligations. Characterized by or showing faithfulness to commitments, vows, allegiance, obligations, etc.. See Law #63 - Position Yourself To Be Loyal.

Difficult - Not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard.

Standards - A rule or principle that is used as a basis for judgment. Those morals, ethics, habits, etc., established by authority, custom, or an individual as acceptable.

People - Persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general. Human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings.

Live Up To - To live in accordance with (expectations or an ideal or standard); measure up to.

Source: Dictionary.com

Quote #1 - What Is It Suggesting?

It suggests to me just how wonderful it is to have reliability in your life. It suggests it by giving an example of the animals in our lives. After all, most pets (dogs, cats, etc.) tend to be so loyal. They are just grateful to have you around and they would never do anything to hurt you. They constantly give love and they are non-judgmental.

My wife sees a perfect example of this all the time as she takes our dogs to nursing homes weekly to visit elderly residents. These residents often have nobody to visit them and nobody seems to care about their well-being. It is amazing to see how the residents will brighten up when our dogs go up to them. The dogs give their love to these residents and they give it freely.

In short, the dogs are reliable. They are trustworthy. They are dependable. They are consistent.

They do what it takes and they do it freely.  They don’t hold back.

You can count on our dogs (and most other pets) to be loving.

Quote #2 - Definitions

Lifelong - Lasting or continuing through all or much of one’s life.

Reliable - Dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.. Trusty, authentic, consistent.

Motivations - Something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive. See Law #67 - Position Yourself To Be Motivated.

Come From Within - Emanating or originating from the mind, heart or soul.

Strongest - Especially able, competent, or powerful in a specific field or respect. Of great moral power, firmness, or courage.

Joy - The emotion of great delight or happiness caused by something exceptionally good or satisfying; keen pleasure; elation. See Law #58 - Position Yourself To Be Joyful.

Pride - A pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself.

Grow - To arise or issue as a natural development from an original happening, circumstance, or source. To increase gradually in size, amount, etc.; become greater or larger; expand.

Knowing - Affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information.

Done - Completed; finished; through. Accomplished.

As Well As You Can - To the maximum degree, amount or extent of which you are capable.

Source: Dictionary.com

Quote #2 - What Is It Suggesting?

It talks about the importance of reliability when it comes to motivating ourself.

Specifically, the says the only motivations that we can truly count on; that we can truly depend on; are the ones that come from inside of us.

In other words, we have to motivate ourselves.

That is why it is so important that whatever it is we chose to do in our lives is something we are passionate about. After all, if we’re not passionate, we’re not going to have that internal fire necessary to provide the reliable motivations needed by all successful people.

Reliability Has Many Facets

Reliability has many facets and it affects us in many different ways. However, the one thing all those facets have in common is the trust factor. When something or someone is reliable, it allows us to let go and make things happen. Our guard can come down, as we don’t have to worry about being let down by ourselves or someone else.

Reliability is very powerful. Make sure that others in your life can count on you and even more importantly, make sure you can count on yourself.