Success: Your Destination
The following ideas are adapted from https://positivechristianity.net/2022/08/positive-written-sermon-fully-living/
Take control of your life and live it fully. Think about where you want to go and move in that direction. While working toward your goal, find enjoyment in your daily living and look for magic in each moment. This is what life is supposed to be.
Henry Miller once said, “Every man has his own destiny; the only imperative is to follow it and to accept it, no matter where it leads. So many times, from human mind, we have our own insight. We think we should go this way or that way. Yet if we go into the silence, we are going to find something very powerful – the correct path for us to be on. That path will guide us around negative potholes of all kinds.
What you can do today as one person is GREAT. So many people are giving so much attention to the negative, but there are millions of people right now with smiles on their faces doing the right thing, wanting to create a better world through positive focus. There can be one person who creates light. One person can make a huge difference in the world.
We allow our light to shine, to become all we can become in the world. Don’t let a little bit of negativity pull you down; don’t be overwhelmed by the negative. There is so much good in the world. Napoleon Hill once said, “Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.” Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision.
We see ourselves on a long trip spanning the continent. We are traveling by train. Out of the windows, we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and villages.
But uppermost in our mind is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we get there, so many wonderful dreams will come true, and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle.
When we reach the station, that will be it. When I’m 18, that will be it. When I buy a new Mercedes Benz, that will be it. When I put my last kid through college, that will be it. When I have paid off the mortgage, that will be it. When I get a promotion, when I reach the age of retirement, then I will live happily ever after.
Sooner or later, we must realize that there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of your life is in the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly out-distances us. Relish the moment is a good motto.
It isn’t the burdens of today that drives humans crazy. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today. So, stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along.
An effective way to make your life an adventure is to look at your experiences in terms of a book, a novel, or a story. You don’t necessarily have to write a book, but if you begin to view your days as if they were going into a book, then every circumstance and every event takes on a brand-new dimension.
When your burdens are taken away, it does not necessarily mean the load is lifted from your shoulders, but your attitude changes. Your whole outlook on life changes. You may do the exact thing you’re doing now, but you are going to do it with a new mind and new eyes. It is up to us to enjoy the moment in the doing. We can if we just try.
Some of the greatest inventions of all time have been made by people who got an idea and acted on it. Life is a matter of an approach, an attitude, a point of view. We are not controlled by circumstances. This mental attitude works, and it will bring about a direction in our lives, a channel of our highest good.
We can be “content” with our lot in life, or we can rise above it. We can stay where we are, or we can go on to greater things. We can be mastered by situations, or we can master them. The whole point of your life is to make it an adventure. You have been given one of the greatest gifts, a lifetime to live. So come to terms with yourself in your life. No one can do it for you. No one will take the incentive for you. No one will step forward and say, “I want to carry the load for you.”
Life continually evolves and gets better. It involves assignments, and we should not ask to be spared from them if we would live fully and richly because we are all in a school and it is called life.
Look about you and see how the adventurous spirit changes people, how it spells the difference between a zest for life and a bored acceptance of life, how it spurs humans on to great achievements while others stand still, how it makes every day a new beginning, transforms human’s jobs, gives them something to live for, and makes the world a thrilling place to be.
Why are we here if not to make the most of our life by exploring its hidden depths and unlocking its hidden doors? Why are we here if not to be challenged by all of the potentials which are ours? How quickly the years pass. Life changing ideas will come. It is apparent everywhere, in everything you do, and in everything you say.
Your success claims you. It is impossible for you to escape. Success is the constant, continuous nature of your being and all being. Knowing the power of success in you, you are always keen, poised, accurate, and alert. You attract, radiate, and express success on every occasion. More and more successful ideas come to you. You expect the best and give your best always.
Joke: I don’t know if working builds character, but it does help build my bank account.
Quote: “Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Advice: No matter what happens, your response to any given situation determines whether or not you will be happy.