We are kept from our highest goals by a clearer, easier path to lesser goals. To do great things, we don’t so much find time as we re-allocate time. You may not think of social media as your priority or something you are “committed” to but if that is where you invest your time and energy, then, yep, that is your priority and that is what you are committed to.
Without a vision and commitment, we default to lesser priorities and thus fritter away the greatness that we contain. Lacking clarity on ultimate goals, we drift. Failing to take the time to reflect, ponder, and seek out and develop the hidden potential lying untapped within, we pursue the insignificant that lies in plain sight and easy reach. To truly commit to becoming your best self, you must de-commit to lesser things.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice your gift. I urge you to give your all, do your best to walk your highest path, daily growing and giving. Seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened… if you are willing to do the work, day in and day out. As the famous philosopher Jim Carey said: “You can’t just visualize and then go eat a sandwich.”
Closing Quotes:
“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.” – Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862
“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us.” – C.S. Lewis, 1898-1963, The Weight of Glory (The Chronicles of Narnia, Screwtape Letters)
“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically—to say ‘no’ to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside.” – Stephen R. Covey, 1932-2012, 7 Habit of Highly Effective People
As always, I share what I most want and need to learn. – Nathan S. Collier
Note: Every effort has been made to properly source any 3rd person material. I am, however, a voracious reader. If anyone finds any unattributed material, pls let me know asap and I will be delighted to give credit where credit is due.
“All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832
