Are you where you want to be? Are you as accomplished as you had hoped to be at this point in your life? Are you pushing beyond your comfort zone? Are you striving valiantly and giving generously? Are you more than contributing and earning all you are worth? Are you achieving your goals? Are you taking time for yourself? Are you surrounded by people that love and support you? Are you realizing your potential? In short, are you living a full and fulfilling life?
If the answer to any one, or all of these questions is no, the first thing to recognize is - life has no time for regrets. There are no "do over's". Life is a one way trip. You can only move forward, there is no going back.
It is helpful to know where you are, but it is crucially important, critical, essential, to know where you are going. What is your aim in life?
You see, you possess unlimited potential. You are programmed for success. You are a success magnet. You in fact, succeed at everything you try. That is, you get, from all your attempts, an opportunity to experience, to become, to grow. This is a truth of life.
Your purpose for being in this time and in this place is to experience; to ride the ride; to be and become. In life you are meant to grow to your ultimate potential, and by so doing you fulfill your purpose for taking on a human form.
Now you, like most people, can take life as it comes. You can stumble through it. You can create by accident. You can muddle from one mediocre circumstance to another. You can try this or try that. You can venture left or right or keep circling around. You can even sit down and resist the urge to go and to grow. The choice is yours.
The time horizon on the scale of eternity is endless, but your opportunity now - that chance before you, is finite. In the life you are leading (and make no mistake you are leading) you get to choose. If you choose correctly you can be and become much, much more.
What you experience today, the circumstances you find yourself in, were brought to you by what you focused on, what you thought about, in the preceding series of yesterdays. Your life (as is every life) is the sum product of your own creation. You form, fashion and craft the circumstances you encounter. You bring what you intend into your experience. You have, in your possession, the ultimate weapon. You possess the power. You enjoy absolute control. Your thoughts create your life. Be careful what you aim for.
Your passage through this life can be a haphazard journey of fits and starts, trials and tribulations, or it can be a exhilarating adventure. The difference between an awe-inspiring life of thrills and one of drudgery and fear is determined by your focus, your attention, your aim.
What matters in life is that you aim well and that you move toward your target. If you choose properly and you persist, no obstacle will stop you, no condition will defeat you, no attempt will ever constitute failure. The power of the universe is with you.
Aim for something worthwhile and get moving. The radiance of a meaningful goal will cast off all shadows. Joy is in the journey. Engage your time, your talents, and your emotion in an aim that energizes you, that empowers you, that fulfills you. For then you will have chosen to create a life of significance. Aim well.
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Scott F. Paradis, author of "Promise and Potential: A Life of Wisdom, Courage, Strength and Will" http://www.promiseandpotential.com publishes "Insights" available for free at http://www.c-achieve.com
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