As I sit here this evening pondering exactly how I want to tackle this subject, my mind cannot help but wander through the events which have taken place in our lives over the past 10 years. All too often we hear people talk about how short our life experience really is, and yet for many years we seem to miss the warning.
If you told me 10 years ago what my life would look like today, I would’ve thought you were smoking dope. Seriously, how many of you reading this can honestly look back over the past 10 years of your life and say with complete accuracy that this is exactly where you planned on being? How many of you actually planned where you were going to be in 10 years, 10 years ago? Hind site is always 50/50, right?
Somethings Never Change
A few years ago we returned to Virginia for a short visit. While we were back home it dawned on me how most of the people we knew when we left were still living & doing the same things as they were when we left. Like somehow people get stuck in a routine of daily living and without realizing it they just cruise through life not really tapping into their potential. Let alone living a life of Purpose.
Napoleon Hill mentioned having a definiteness of purpose. Knowing what you are here to do and having the Faith necessary to fulfilling it. As I read his words it made me realize the one, MAJOR, thing we have been missing all along. I am sure many people who will read this can agree. What is it? Fully defining your Purpose in life. What is it that you are going to accomplish, or die trying to accomplish, while you are alive?
Consistent Persistence
I attribute our goals of 2012 to that theme for this year. But until you are able to first define your Purpose, how can you consistently work toward achieving it and persist long enough for its obtainment? Exactly, you cannot.
The reason why so many people in America, myself included, are great at starting projects, yet lack the self discipline to follow through to its completion, lies in the lack of definiteness of purpose. The theory of just throwing mud against a wall. You know, if you throw enough of it at the wall, sooner or later some is sure to stick. How often have we went into a project with high expectations, just to kind of dabble a bit without fully committing to it?
True success can only be attained when you sell out to your Purpose.
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“It is impressive to recognize that all of the great leaders, in all walks of life and during all periods of history, have attained their leadership by the application of their abilities behind a definite major purpose.
It is no less impressive to observe that those who are classified as failures have no such purpose, but go around and around, like a ship without a rudder, coming back always empty-handed, to their starting point
It is one of the greatest tragedies of civilization that ninety-eight out of every one hundred persons go all the way through life without coming within sight of anything that approximates definiteness of a major purpose!” – Napoleon Hill
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What Is Your Purpose
Before I end this article I wanted to share with you the question I have been asking for years. Perhaps some of you have also found yourself asking the same question. “What is my purpose?”
It has been my observation that everything which has happened in our life to this exact moment has been training us for our life’s purpose. The struggles, setbacks, challenges & victories are all responsible for the person we have become. Now the biggest challenge is finding how to channel all those experiences into a positive force which drives you to making a difference with your life, through service to others.
It is becoming more and more clear what our Purpose in life is. This blog is part of a work in progress. I am honored that you are reading these words and trust that God will continue to work through us, you and I, as we grow into the person necessary to fulfill the Purpose we were created for!
Blessings,
Ron
