When the secrets to success in any endeavor are uncovered, or the deeds of the courageous revealed, persistence is as constant as the sun rising in the east. The trait of persistence is one that the uncommitted can not even fathom. With out it failure is assured, and with it mountains can be moved and whole histories can shift.
Think in your life where you have applied this principle in your life. Have you ever felt the inner strength swell with in you and the thought enter you mind that screamed “this is it, I will not surrender until I accomplish my goal!” This feeling is the one that when we feel its call to our soul, we have to respond. The results of our lives are based in what that response may be. “The heights by great men reached and kept / Were not attained by sudden flight, / But they, while their companions slept, / Were toiling upward in the night.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The reason most of never get to enjoy the highest rewards that life has to offer is because we are afraid that if we give it al we have and fail, that will mean we are worthless. Why risk feeling like this when we can fit in with the masses that are afraid to risk as well? It’s just easier to give life about a 50% to 60% effort because we have been trained to believe that the goal of life is to become comfortable, to build a life just so big, but not bigger than your friends and family. The problem with this line of thinking is that we don’t realize that when we are at the end of our time here on earth, all we think about is what we didn’t have the guts to do. Not all, but a great majority of the people I have interviewed in their latter days almost to the person and almost to the sentence say and think the same things. What if? Who did I love? If I would have. I should have. Blah blah blah.
The intervention part of this article is to step in grab you by the shoulders and shake you awake. Hello, your life is calling! That pull from the inside of your chest is a dream, a purpose that rages just below the surface of your apathy! Embrace it, live it! Pick just one thing in your life that you can become passionate about, just one. Now with all you have pursue it, chase it. But what if I fail? Wrong question. What or who will you ultimately become as you chase your dreams? What strength of character will you build as you say yes where others said no? Remember the feeling you had the last time that you could have done something wrong and you DECIDED to go the other direction, and the only person who knew you did the right thing was you? “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” Dale Carnegie Choose this day now as the day you will reach inside and demand more of yourself than anyone else ever has or ever will. Take your life in real terms and say what quarter am I in? the 1st, 2nd,3rd, or 4th 25 year period of my life? Now decide what it is you want to be able to experience before your game is up. If you wake up today, this moment to the reality of your true capabilities, you will not worry about the quantity of you life any longer. The driving excitement of the day will be how great the quality is.
Design your life to be whatever you want, then add persistence to the mix and view yourself as the warrior you are! “Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent”. Sophia Loren
Having faith in you is the 1st step to moving mountains. Know that you are a blessing and a light to those in this world who are still finding their way. Our ultimate greatness is buried within us to be dug out by our decisions and our actions. It is you and you alone that will determine the heights or depths to which you will aspire. I believe in the inherent winner in all of us. Stand up and stand out!
Jason Sisneros is an entrepreneur and a highly sought after motivational speaker, personal coach, and corporate trainer. He has battled back from gang involvement, drug and alcohol abuse, and massive depression to bring you his passion for life. His driving purpose is to be a light to those who are in darkness and to be a hand up for those seeking the next level. Let his tireless pursuit of truth help you now! For more of his life changing information and a special free book preview rush to http://www.SeekersManifesto.com | |
