We possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice.
- Don’t live in a dimension of distraction, with your focus blown hither and yon like a leaf on a blustery day.
- Know the outcome that you desire, hold fast to your dreams, and stay the course. Do not quit.
Persist without exception and continue despite exhaustion.
- Most people quit when exhaustion sets in. Don’t be like “most people.” Be stronger than most people.
- Average people accept exhaustion as a matter of course.
- Average people compare themselves with other people. That is why they are average.
- Compare yourself to your potential.
- Don’t be average. See exhaustion as a precursor to victory.
How long must a child try to walk before he actually does so? Do we not have more strength than a child? More understanding? More desire?
- How long must you work to succeed before you actually do so?
- A child would never ask the question, for the answer does not matter.
- By persisting without exception, your outcome – your success – is assured!
Re-source: Refocus
focus (attention or resources) on something new or different
Focus on results. To achieve the results you desire, it is not even necessary that you enjoy the process. It is only important that you continue the process with your eyes on the outcome.
- An athlete does not enjoy the pain of training; an athlete enjoys the results of having trained.
- A young falcon is pushed from the nest, afraid and tumbling from the cliff.
- The pain of learning to fly cannot be an enjoyable experience, but the anguish of leaning to fly is quickly forgotten as the falcon soars to the heavens.
- A sailor who fearfully watches stormy seas lash his vessel will always steer an unproductive course. But a wise and experienced captain keeps his eye firmly fixed upon the lighthouse.
- He knows that by guiding his ship directly to a specific point, the time spent in discomfort is lessened.
- And by keeping his eye on the light, there never exists one second of discouragement.
- Your light, your harbor, and your future is within sight!
craving and resource from “The Traveler’s Gift” by Andy Andrews
