When we want something badly enough, nothing can hold us back! Obstacles may trip us up, challenges may tax our abilities, but desire still fuels our progress. Circumstances will present themselves as roadblocks, but if we want it badly enough, we will triumph. Let's tune in to the strength of our desires. Success is as near as our desire to achieve it.

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high, and we miss it. But that our aim is too low, and we reach it. Here's a nice selection derived from the writings of Steve Goodier.

Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Once discovered, such opportunities are like valuable diamonds hidden in the sand.

Several years ago I spoke at church about how we are surrounded by “diamonds,” if we could only recognize them. A man stopped by to see me. I remembered him as somebody who had suffered through a painful divorce and was examining his life’s priorities. His outstretched hand contained a small, plastic gem stone.

“I stepped on this gem stone when I was leaving church last Sunday,” he explained. “It became lodged in the sole of my shoe. You had spoken about recognizing opportunities – diamonds. I put the plastic stone in my pocket to remind me to look for those diamonds that I need.

“I have been trying to sell my business,” he continued. On Monday morning, a man stopped by who seemed interested in purchasing some of my stock. I thought, ‘Here’s my diamond – don’t let it get away!’ I sold the entire stock to him by noon. “Now,” he said through a broad smile, “my next diamond is to find a new job!”

Not long afterward, he did find a new and better job. He resolved to keep his gem stone with him from then on as a reminder to look for diamonds as he digs through the difficulties of life.

Richard DeVos is accurate when he points out, “This is an exciting world. It is cram-packed with opportunity. Great moments wait around every corner.” Those moments are diamonds that, if left unrecognized, will be forever lost.

Are you looking for diamonds every day? If not, you may easily pass them by! Perhaps there is a diamond of opportunity hidden in that difficulty you’re experiencing now. Don't give up, keep looking!

Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell  us where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.  

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.~ Confucius