By Anonymous
Do
you know someone who has relocated to a different city, career field, home, or
even relationship because they believed a “new start” was what they needed to
achieve their destiny? We all know someone who thinks that way.
Before
you read on, understand that some situations do require some restructuring of
life. Nevertheless, relocating somewhere else and doing the same thing you did
in your previous environment will yield few beneficial results.
What
is it about us that makes us tie our goals, purpose, and destiny to our environment?
What forces us to believe that who we are is based completely on what happened
to us and where we reside? Granted, our environments do play a role in the
makeup of our lives, but we all have the choice to remain the way we are or
change ourselves for the better. On top of that, we see others who were similar
situations to ours but went on to bigger and better things. What sets them
apart from us? What did they do that we are not doing? Why did they receive an
opportunity that we did not?
I
wholeheartedly believe our destinies are not products of our environment. On
the contrary, our environments often serve as motivation for us to pursue our
destiny. If we would throw ourselves into the purpose and destiny over our
lives, we will often find our destinies taking us along paths that lead us to
the right opportunities at the right time. We need not seek a “new start” in a
drastic way in order to improve our creativity. All we must do is take
advantage of what we currently have at our disposal, because our gifts will
grant us audiences with influential people.
Once
we know what our destiny is — once we have an understanding of our purpose — we
must make the necessary sacrifices to achieve them. This might require taking a
step back from watching too much television and devoting that time to doing
what’s necessary for us to achieve our goals. An excellent, successful writer
does not become successful without writing. A bodybuilder does not achieve his
desired look and proportions without putting in the time and effort to train
his body and eat nutritious meals.
Pablo
Picasso painted. Ludwig van Beethoven composed music. Maya Angelou became a
world renowned novelist and poet. Arnold Schwarzenegger became the world’s
standard for bodybuilding, having trained and worked his body for tens of
thousands of hours. Albert Einstein defined modern physics with his theory of
relativity and was labeled a genius. Each of these people became the definition
of greatness in their fields simply by devoting themselves to their crafts,
sacrificing their time, and throwing themselves into their purpose. In
addition, each of them came from a variety of environments and overcame some of
the most difficult odds while on the road to their destiny. They did not allow
their surroundings to dictate their identities.
Do
not allow your surroundings and experiences to distract you from your destiny.
If you do what great people do, you can get what great people got.
Cheers!
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