Enjoy the little things.

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were really the big things."

-Unknown

 

This morning, an amazing friend of mine taught me a great lesson.  There is a great deal of importance to keep a log, of just life!  When we can look back and see what we have been through, what made us smile, how much we have grown, it can, and will, lead to amazing feelings.  To see progress is always an amazing feeling, but to look back and realize what was going on in life when progress was being made is so important.  I have always been told: if things are not going how you would like them to, look back and see what you were doing before.  Once you find the answer, start doing it again and things will get better!

Acknowledge the problem.

"You cannot change what you refuse to confront."

-Unknown

 

I love this saying; short, sweet, and to the point.  So I will keep this post the same way.  You cannot fix the problem until you are willing to acknowledge the problem.  Stop pretending it's not there and do something about it.  Don't let it get in the way of your dream.

Fear vs. Desire

"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure."

-Bill Cosby

 

So many of us will not reach our dream because fear outweighed our desire to get there.  So many of us, myself included, want to have some sort of "backup plan" in case things don't work out.  We cannot be thinking that way!  Right there, what that tells us is that we are planning on failure.  We begin to respect and then accommodate for our fears.  The end result will soon enough be failure.  All because our fear outweighed our desire.

Are we crazy?

"The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world... are the ones who do."

-Unknown

 

Whatever it is you are striving for, you're not crazy.  If people think you are, then let them think that.  If you give in and believe them, then I guess you were just crazy.  We are not crazy... we have a dream... and we will do whatever it takes to achieve it.

One bad day.

"Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. It's okay to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing."

-H. Stanley Judd

 

We may have a bad game, practice, debate, study session, run, or even a bad day.  We have to move on.  I have learned that dwelling on your failures will only waste your time and energy.  It will instantly suck all of your motivation right out of you.  We have to temporarily acknowledge our failures so we can learn from them.  From that point on, we take what we learned from it, and drop it.  Do not get caught up in your failures.  Learn from them, and then grow from them. 

What will we do today?

"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."

-Vince Lombardi

 

And now I ask all of you, as well as myself: what are we going to do today to bring us one step closer to our dream?

Placing your marbles.

Today I had a thought come across my mind that I would like to share.  When I talk about discussing our dreams, I want to add a word of caution.  It is so important that we discuss our dreams with others, as well as share our progress.  In a way it hold us responsible and an added pressure is placed upon us to help push us along.  Now here is the word of caution I would like to add: do not place all your marbles in one bunch.  If you get to the point where you are completely relying on someone else to make your dream come true, we have a problem.  I talk a lot about how we can eliminate putting ourselves in a position where we can make excuses.  This is a great example.