Never Stop Reaching

[jango]

It is only when a seed grows that it can produce more seeds. It is only when you express joy and abundance in your own life that you can help others to know joy and abundance in their lives.  To make yourself miserable for the sake of helping others will serve no useful purpose at all. The best way to be of service to others is from a position of strength and fulfillment rather than from a position of weakness and despair.

The goals and dreams and desires that are so undeniably your own are yours for a reason. They are showing you, and at the same time compelling you, to make the most of your life.  It is not selfish to be your very best. What's truly selfish is to let your enormous potential go unrealized.  What have you always wanted to know, always wanted to have, always wanted to do, and always wanted to be? It is never too late to honestly answer that question, and to answer it with all the colorful detail and passion that it deserves.

For in the answer to that question is your own truly beautiful and unique gift to life. Never stop reaching for the best you can imagine; for when you fulfill your highest possibilities, you raise the whole world up with you.

[jango]

It's easy to set goals for yourself. Yet they are meaningless if you don't really believe you can achieve them.

So when you set a goal, think of all the actions you can take to achieve that goal. Better yet, write them down. The more you can come up with, the better.

When you start to consider the real details of achieving your goal, the goal itself becomes more real and reachable. Developing a list of specific actions, will enable you to see yourself doing it. As you begin to actually take those actions, your goal becomes more and more real to you.

Once you believe you can, you can. And that belief comes from a clear, specific set of actions that you can see yourself taking. Set your goal. In your mind, build a road to that goal. Then start walking down that road of success.

[jango]

Whatever you do not attempt, you will most certainly not achieve. The more you just sit and watch life go by, the less it will be to your liking.

Jump in and make a difference. Your complaints and excuses may be elaborate and well reasoned, yet they give you no fulfillment. If you're not satisfied with the way things are, take action. Only you can fulfill the promise of your own life.

Get in the game, and play it like your life depends on it, because it does. Don't expect it to be easy. The beauty of success and accomplishment are that they're NOT easy. A body builder does not build large muscles by lifting small weights. The challenges are what will make you grow.

Achievement is not what you get. It is what you become. Stand up, step forward, and meet life head on