Saturday, January 10, 2009

ACHIEVABLE DREAMS, VISIONS, AND MISSIONS

As children, young adults, and mature adults continue their climb up the Ladder of Achievement in 2009, there will be many obstacles and challenges that all will encounter along the way up and down their endurance temperature of yes, no, or maybe. Yes, we can be hot, cold, or lukewarm as we attempt to conquer the negativisms of our social culture and surroundings. Many individuals will attempt to lure good-intentioned persons from their dreams, their visions, and their focused missions by being destructive through their negative aspirations and self-centered agendas. To strive to beat off the destructive devices of drug addiction, alcohol addiction, gambling addiction, sexual addiction, and gluttonous addiction each person will need the will power to say "No" to the negatives and to realize that they can be either their best friend or their worst enemy in the Achievement Ladder process. To smear, to discredit, and to destroy a person's willingness to positively achieve steps in the right direction of human life is a tactic that has been used in many walks of life. Some are more blatant than others and some are more subtle than others. The end result is to give up rather get up and try again.

Ignorance is often another factor that individuals face when trying to be the best of who they are. Others are jealous, selfish, and unwilling to allow others the satisfaction of achieving in a world that often discourages positive success. In addition, apathy is a behavior that says, "I do not care about anything and neither should you." "That is the way life is...get on with it...be like me...a nobody." Well, welcome to the Nobodies Club. Status, prestige, wealth, race, creed, age, dependency, handicaps, gender, and religion should not be an obstacle in achieving the dreams, the visions, and the missions that you want to achieve during your lifetime. What is your size of the your fight in each crisis?

Often, many persons have the aptitudes and the focus on the altitude to reach but with little or no positive attitude to make things happen on their own initiative. Many persons have the aptitudes of a "thimble," but they are operating at 100 percent capacity and overflowing with positive responses to life's challenges. Many persons have the aptitudes of a "shot glass," but they accept their circumstances and they compete at the 100 percent level of accomplishment. Many persons have the aptitudes of a "8-ounce drinking glass," but their limited visions allow them a 50 percent response and use of their God-given talents. Many persons have the aptitudes of a "gallon jug," but their egos get in the way of even using these wonderful talents at the 25 percent level. Yes, there are many individuals who are truly talented, but they lack the enthusiasm, the drive, the ambition, and most importantly, the positive attitude to succeed at the 100 percent Achievement Ladder Level of Success.

Waiting for others to determine how you are to use your God-given talents is a waste of time and effort. Be your own coach and your best friend. Listen to positive enthusiasms that encourage you to maximize your God-given aptitudes with the force of making a difference in a world that is looking for your approach to solving the challenges that are affecting our 21st Century. You need not be elected to public office to accomplish this task on the individual basis. Your talents are part of the total puzzle, and each person's talents completes the puzzle no matter how large or how small that piece of the puzzle is. Without your piece of the puzzle, the world and your community will be unable to say that the problem is solved. Make your dreams, visions, and missions happen in the way Your Creator wills them for you to happen. YOUR UNIQUENESS IS EVERYONE'S PIECE OF THE PUZZLE TO SOLVE A WORLD IN CHAOS.

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