Tuesday, 19 March 2013

THE TIME IS NOW


A Chinese proverb says “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now”. We spend our time putting off our projects and dreams for a variety of reasons but mostly out of fear of failure. It is not uncommon to hear someone say that “I will only start when I am good and ready”. The question you need to ask yourself is when will you be ready to start? How will you know that you are ready?

Most of the time people are saying that because they lack the courage to take the first step. Unfortunately, the more they wait the higher the chance that they will never do it. As time goes on, they usually find enough reasons never to take that first until they finally give up. Coming across obstacles while trying to accomplish a task is to be expected, experiencing set back in your way to achieving your goal is not a failure. Giving up on your goals and dreams is the only failure, because your will never succeed. This is in my opinion the biggest confusion people make about failure; you cannot fail unless you give up.

Every single person who has ever achieved any kind of success will tell you that you have to go through set-backs in order to experience success. What are you waiting to start that project you have been talking about for the past five years? The time is now. Do you remember that diet you said you wanted to start? The time is now. You always dreamt about starting a course to increase your chances of getting a better job but wanted to do it at the right time. That time is now. You will love to take dancing lessons to be able to dance with your partner when you are next invited to a party, the time is now. We spend our life delaying to take action to change our life because we don’t have the courage to take the first step.

If you don’t start today whatever you have been planning to do for a long time, you might find out that you have missed a glorious opportunity to make yourself happier. There will never be a better time than now, there will always be something trying to stop you from accomplishing your goals. Take the plunge and don’t look back, you will become better as you move along. You will find the way to overcome the obstacles on your way. You will grow stronger and wiser by making mistakes, you will learn from every set-back and become a better person. Every mistake you make will actually take you closer to you goal not away from it. The best time for anything you want to do is now.

A man promised to take his wife to visit Disneyland as soon as he had more money for trip of a lifetime. Even though he had money, he wanted it to be a special trip and decided to wait for a year to have more money. Unfortunately as it sometimes happens in cases like this, he lost he job the following year and the trip never went ahead. This is just an example of what can happen when you delay what you can do today for another day. The best time is now, seize the day and act today take action now to improve your life.
CHRISTIAN

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