If I were to ask you right now...right this minute...to tell me what you REALLY, REALLY (with ALL of your heart) want out of life...could you do it? Could you put into words your dreams...your aspirations...your secret 'wish list' of 'THINGS I MUST DO BEFORE I DIE'?
IF you could tell me WHAT you want...could you tell me HOW you plan to make it happen? Could you share with me your VISION of how you will one day accomplish your greatest dream? Could you? Is your dream...your goal...written down...OR...is it sitting on some shelf in the back of your mind?
Fitzbugh Dodson said, "Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are lik
e a ship that has set sail with no destination."
Proverbs 29:18 says, "Where there is no VISION, the people perish."
Charles C. Noble said, "You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures."
We humans are created for a purpose...a divine purpose. Mother Teresa said, "We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved." I like to think about it this way...I am here (here being Planet Earth) on a mission from God! And guess what, my friend, SO ARE YOU!!!
Last month, I ordered a new laptop. I had my new laptop built to my specifications...exactly as I want it...to perform the tasks I need it to perform. In the same way, God built you and me...piece by piece...to function a certain way...to perform a specific purpose...HIS PURPOSE. IF my laptop does not do what I want and need it to do...it is useless to me. IF we spend seventy-five years living on this earth...but NEVER accomplish what we were put here to do...we have not really lived at all.
I want to challenge you to stop what you are doing...RIGHT NOW...and think about YOUR GOAL...YOUR PURPOSE. It is not as difficult as you think. Usually...we have a 'thing' that has always been 'there'...down deep inside of us. It is THAT 'thing' that comes to your mind when you watch an inspiring movie or hear about someone overcoming great obstacles to accomplish something amazing. It is THAT 'thing' that makes you want to take a leap of faith from mediocrity to greatness. YES...IT'S THAT THING!
Benjamin Mays once said, "The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach."
Written and Posted by:
Elizabeth Nieves - Broker, REALTOR® -- The Elizabeth Nieves Realty Group @ Keller Williams (A Bilingual Real Estate Team serving Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill NC and surrounding areas.)
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Oh, Elizabeth...I think I like you more each time I read your posts! How awesome! You have to have a goal.
Also, didn't Habakkuk(sp?) say to write your vision down and make it plain? You have to have a map to get there!