Welcome to The Blogging A-Z Challenge April 2012! Some of the most popular posts here at The Shellshank Redemption are the Motivational Mondays. So, after consulting the tortoises, we decided to make April our Motivational Month! Please join us for this (almost!) daily dose of alphabetical inspiration. We hope you enjoy it!
* OBSTACLES ARE THE THINGS WE SEE WHEN WE TAKE OUR EYES OFF OUR GOALS. (Zig Ziglar) *
This is so easy, too easy, to do. We get distracted, discouraged. Circumstances change and become difficult, people disapprove or show disinterest in something so vital to who we are and who we hope to be. Hearts break. Spirits crumble.
Maybe everyone is right and we can’t do it and we’re silly to even try and there are more important things to think about and…. STOP!
Maybe we really don’t have the ability and the guts and the time and the finances and… STOP!
Put on blinders. Put on noise-canceling headphones. Draw a map for the journey, pack enough focus and optimism and encouragement for a very long trip. Then…GO!
Great post...sometimes I get so fixated on my goals and the steps I need to take I really do forget that there may be others doubting me. But I also have learned long ago that it's NOT what others think, it's what I think...but that doesn't go to say I'm not willing to listen to guidance and suggestions :)
ReplyDeleteA wonderful post and a very timely one for me. I really do need to track down those noise cancelling headphones and blinders. Thanks... =)
ReplyDeleteTracy - that's the trick, isn't it? Being open to suggestions, etc. but not too open so all the negativity gets in.
ReplyDeleteM.J. - believe me, they help. :)
Ugh, goals. They kill me sometimes because if I make them then I HAVE to follow through. Guess that's a good thing though. Sigh. Great post and happy A-Z blogging.
ReplyDeleteS. L. - thanks for stopping by! Happy A-Z to you, too.
ReplyDeleteGoals - I have so many. Thanks for the reminder to check in with them. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat G post.
Lynn - you're welcome! :)
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