Past - Present - Future
The past is gone, we can’t do anything about it. Yet we can learn a great deal from it. Learn and then let it go.
The future is tomorrow and we cannot live tomorrow today. The owner of a Tavern posted a sign outside his door, which read: “Free Beer for everyone tomorrow.” He never gave away any beer because tomorrow never became today. You must plan for your future and you must live each day as if it is your future.
So that brings us to the Present. And as you well know a present is a gift, a gift that must be cherished every day. Please remember that we can truly live in the present only. Don’t waste a minute as once that minute is gone it will never return.
We can loose all of our money and get it back. Yet when we loose or waste our time that’s it. However, we do have our memories so let’s make sure our memories are good ones; memories that will motivate us to move forward despite the difficulties.
What do you want your future to look like?
Goal setting is very powerful and very important if you want to make anything of your life. Yet goal setting is not the beginning. They say the shortest distance between point A and point B is a straight line and if I remember my geometry that is a correct statement.
You must first know where you are, who you are. Remember yesterday is gone so where you were yesterday and who you were yesterday does not have to be today.
Next, you must know where you want to go, to know who you want to become. Whatever you can imagine, you can become, so imagine big.
Take a moment, close your eyes and picture what your ideal day would be like. What kind of room are you in? What time do you get out of bed? What do you have for breakfast? What will you do next? Where will you go? Will you be with someone or by yourself? What do you have for lunch? Where do you have lunch? How do you spend your afternoon? Where will you spend your afternoon? With whom will you spend your afternoon? What about dinner? What about after dinner? How will you spend your evening? How do you feel? When will you go to bed?
I hope you dreamt big because now you must write it down. Dreams stay dreams until we take the time to write them down. Somehow the action of writing your dreams down gives them energy and that energy turns your dreams into goals which will become your new reality through right action.
Do you remember the last time you took a vacation that required some driving to a place you hadn’t been to before? If it was recently, you might have gone to mapquest.com and printed out the map and directions. Or you might have gotten out a road map and traced out your best route.
Now imagine trying to reach your destination without a map. You know where you want to get to because you thought about it. But you have nothing to look at to guide you along the way. If you are a guy it will take you forever, because you will be too stubborn to ask directions. If you are a woman you will eventually get there because you will ask, but it will take longer. And if you ask the wrong helpful people you may get wrong directions from time to time.
Gary
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