Goals are dreams with deadlines ~ Diana Scharf Hunt
I am the bearer of good news: Open your treasure chest and go find your lost dreams, because there is still time. There is always time.
Have you found yourself stuck in the same place for years, living with the same situation that never seems to change? Whether it be the same job rut, the same state of less-than-fulfilling marriage, the same toxic friendships, the same basic boredom with life… Do days, weeks, months, even years go by without you being able to foresee any improvement? Do you crave a positive change?
Time can pass you by with no sense of achievement or growing hope on your end. And then you see those around you seem to accomplish everything! They get a promotion, buy a dream house, fall in love – all while you are in the same place, the same rut… You begin to tell yourself that, in comparison, you have nothing. And you believe it.
I’m here to tell you NO! Don’t believe it for a second. You CAN change your destiny and you DO have time. And it starts with a healthy mindset, which you can create and feed. Let go of this comparison game. Say goodbye to your futility. And please don’t place blame on circumstantial situations that you, and you alone, have the power to change in an instant. You can still achieve it all.
What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world ~ Simon Sinek
Today I urge you to bring back what lies dormant in your heart. Dive into your treasure chest full of those dreams you left behind, blow away the cobwebs. Take a good look at them, love on them and keep them close to your heart. Touch them again, there is still time. They’ve been waiting for you to grab them with gusto and start your new chapter in life.
You still have much to do and more to live.
WHEN ANY OF THESE HAPPEN:
- You feel like your life is droning along without offering you anything.
- Work is the same and you believe promotions only come to those who don´t deserve them.
- Your partner doesn’t respect you anymore.
- Your partner leaves you for someone else.
- Your children disregard your input, even intimating they know more than you do.
- Your finances are a mess and you’re struggling to make ends meet.
- Devoid of passion, your life no longer stimulates you.
YOU KNOW IT’S TIME TO ACT!
I must urge you to relive your dreams from when you were a kid! Today, you can. Today, I push you to rescue that passion within your heart. If you make the decision TODAY to move forward, you will know you’ve taken the first step and you mean business! Realize your goal and move toward it. Even if you take just one step today, you’re moving forward and you’re closer to your dreams!
I think Oprah said this once: “The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.”
Get to work! Cry out to God and ask Him for a breakthrough! Break free from everything that is useless. Make a defining change NOW.
What is a breakthrough, Elsie? My trusty dictionary tells me:
- It is to break free aggressively from what penetrates and continues far beyond the soldiers at war;
- It is an act or instance where something breaks and travels through obstacles;
- It is to advance unexpectedly, especially in knowledge or methods;
- It can also be a person´s notable achievement. To break free from the past
So now…I repeat: Advance!
If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten ~ Tony Robbins
Affect change in your life today. Make the change you want to see happen start now! And that change does not necessarily mean you must, for example, quit your job and entirely change your career or leave your relationship now. (Though, in extreme cases it does mean this.) Do what you know and love best, refine your experience, prepare yourself, dust yourself off, and break free from everything that prevents you from taking action.
Break free from your past and boost your present once and for all!
One of my favorite sayings is: “out of sight, out of mind”. (Can you tell I like sayings and quotes, by the way?) If you don’t put your dreams and goals front-and center in your life, you can’t see them so you won’t focus on them. Then they simply won’t happen. Remind yourself EVERY DAY what your goals are. Let them live in the present and take the place of the negative things you should be throwing into the past (out of sight, out of mind).
- How are you going to get closer to that dream job today if you don’t update your resume?
- How will you move on to a new and fulfilling relationship if you are still pining for a lost love? …if you’re not putting yourself out there and, maybe, joining a new social group?
- How will you move toward taking that expensive trip of a lifetime if you’re wasting money things you don’t need?
- How will you get out of the red if you don’t meet with a financial planner or take an honest interest in where you spend your money? (I know it’s an ancient saying, which makes it a bit ho-hum, but a penny/dollar/paycheck saved really is a penny/dollar/paycheck earned!)
Just because the change you desire hasn’t happened yet, doesn’t mean it won’t. But it has everything to do with what you do TODAY. I can firmly tell you that change could be right around the corner – starting as early as tomorrow! – but if you continue to place the sheets over your head and hide, I can firmly tell you change won’t try to peel the sheets back. You’ve got to go out and find it.
Your day has come! Change is here for the taking, if you truly want it and are willing to put in the work. The time has come to take over the reins of what you need in life and what your heart is so eagerly waiting and yearning for. Make today YOUR turn.
One of my favorite authors, Paulo Coelho wrote: “This may sound so obvious, it may even be difficult, but it is very important. Close cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because that no longer fits your life. Shut the door, change the record, clean the house, shake off the dust. Stop being who you were, and change into who you are.”
Start moving! So peel those covers back, get out of bed, make the negative the past and the positive the present and get going! Take action! It is NEVER too late to dream.