Climbing the last hill can feel like climbing ten Everests. The last mile is always the hardest, for the journey has been long and tasking. We’re weighed down not just by today’s troubles, but by the aftershocks of yesterday’s avalanche.
You’ve been on a journey for while now. You’ve fought hard and hung in tough. But it seems your efforts always fell short. You’re beginning to lose heart. Maybe you dreamed far higher and bigger than you have the ability to execute? Too big for your britches, eh?
Maybe your critics were right. Maybe you aren’t cut out for this “big” stuff after all. Maybe you should cut your losses and quit now. Right?
No way! Press on! The dream you had is real. The goal is attainable. One’s arms are never shorted than their imagination. Our arms can reach as far as our imagination can conjure.
We lose by not finishing, than we do from stumbling. Failure isn’t that you fell or made a mistake, or that things didn’t pan out like you expected. True failure is leaving the job half done. Quitting. Throwing in the towel before the goal is achieved. Your vision wasn’t to test and see, to “try” it out. It was to accomplish a particular goal, and for as long as the goal is not yet reached, the mission remains incomplete.
Finish it. You’ll get no respect, not from yourself or from others, if you don’t finish. Not finishing is the curse of people who live with regrets; don’t let it be yours. If there’s one thing that I hate, it’s regrets! I loathe it!
Finish what you start, and you’ll have the wherewithal to do even greater things in the future. Today’s success lays the tracks for tomorrow’s conquest. But you must finish!
Don’t let your doubts and fears become greater than your dreams. Here’s an equation that I like to use to help me clarify things: the mathematical sign of “greater than” (>).
I ask myself this question: Dreams or fears, which of them will I allow to come in front of the “greater than” sign?
Scenario #1: Dreams/goals > fears. OR
Scenario #2: Fears > Dreams/goals.
Obviously, scenario #1 is preferable. It helps us focus on pushing ahead even when we are afraid, when fear and its troublesome cousins of doubt and anxiety come calling. That you’re afraid isn’t new, nor is it strange, and it isn’t the problem. Letting the fear stop you is the problem. Fear will always knock on the doors of our hearts. It’s a human condition. But if we’re wise, we won’t open the door. Of course, we will certainly hear the incessant, rapping at the door. But courage helps us silence the noise. The greater one’s courage, the easier it is to successful drown out the boisterous, impetuous fear.
Yes, you can never completely eliminate fear and doubt, but make sure you have the right perspective, and keep those trouble makers exactly where they belong: under your feet and in the dust.
Don’t give them the time of day, and don’t permit them to steal your joy and dreams. It’s time to charge ahead with even more determination and verve.
You’ve seen the future. Be bold and determined to live it. Fully.
Cheers!