Just Believe In It

The saying goes something like this, "You have the same 24 hours as Jesus Christ".  There is also a saying that goes, "there is no free lunch".  How you spend your life and what you do with it depends greatly upon these two ideas.   I doubt that Jesus, or for that matter any of the great humans in history, woke up and thought, 'I think I'll blow this day off'.  When you set a goal or think of something you really want to accomplish you have to work at it.  EVERY DAY.

Even on vacation. 

I am about to take a week off, but you bet your last dime I've packed my writing books and my notebook of tatting designs.  Those things I need to work on my goals everyday while on vacation.  If you take a vacation from your everyday steps you take a vacation from success.

I'm not saying that everyday you should be training 3 hours for that triathlon you want to win, but you should probably do some running or exercises everyday, just to keep your body and mind focused on your goal.

It is that focus that is important.  Be a believer.  As the scripture states, "Let no man despise thy youth (or your inexperience) ; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. (1Tim 4:12)

Believing is the most important part of any goal, big or small.  If you don't "know" you can do it... you wont.  In religious context it's called faith.  Jesus taught us that this was the key to anything from loosing weight to writing a book to saving for that house you want or getting a degree.  You name it. 

The Apostles asked Jesus once why they had failed in their goal to heal.  "And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." (Matt 17: 20).  I bet if you believed that you could moved a mountain and then set about to shovel a little dirt everyday you'd succeed.


As the character Shepperd Book said,  "I don't care what you believe in, just believe in it".  That is the key to success.

So, what are your goals?  How will you accomplish them? Stop dreaming and start doing.  And remember:

1. You have just as many hours in the day and days in your life as deity (or more if you are over 33).
2. You have to work hard every one of those days.
3. You have to be a believer - to know you'll succeed