Living the Life You Want
It is a sad day when people look back on their life and realize they did not do all the things they wanted to do in life. Many people let laziness and fear get in the way of them accomplishing their goals. There is a wonderful poem that I often quote to my students and it goes like this:
I bargained with Life for a Penny, and Life would pay no more,
However, I begged at evening, when I counted my scanty store.
For Life is a just employer, He will give you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages, why, you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial’s hire, only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life, Life would have willingly paid.
The million dollar question for many of us is what have we bargained for from life?
When I ask my students that simple question, far too many of them have no idea what they want in life. If you are not asking for anything, you are bound to get it. How can we effectively ask for the things that we want in life? There are a few keys that I believe would help. The first thing is to be very clear with what it is you want from life. You would not hand a blue print to a builder that was blank. We must visualize what it is we want out of life. Some use a vision board to accomplish this. A vision board is a piece of poster board that you can put images that remind you of your goals on. Once you have a vision board and you have created your financial blueprint the last step is to take action. There was a wise man that once said that persistence plus failure equals success. Don’t let fear of failure stop you from living the life you always wanted, but realize that it is one of the keys to your success if you are learning and growing from it.
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