Nothing can hold us back when we want something
badly enough! 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 succeed. Let's tune in to the strength of our desires. Success
is as near as our desire to achieve it. Here are some beautiful
thoughts derived from the book, The Strangest Secret by Earl
Nightingale.
George Bernard Shaw said, "People are always blaming
their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in
circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people
who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they
can't find them, they make them."
We become what we think about. The person who has no goal, who doesn't know where he's
going, and whose thoughts must therefore be thoughts of confusion,
anxiety and worry - his life becomes one of frustration, fear,
anxiety and worry. And if he thinks about nothing... he becomes
nothing.
How does it work? Why do we become what we think about? Well,
this is how it works. Let's think of a situation that parallels the human mind.
Suppose a farmer has some land, and it's good, fertile land. The
land gives the farmer a choice; he may plant in that land whatever
he chooses. The land doesn't care. It's up to the farmer to make the
decision.
We're comparing the human mind with the land because the mind, like
the land, doesn't care what you plant in it. It will return what you
plant, but it doesn't care what you plant.
Now, let's say that the farmer has two seeds in his hand- one is a
seed of corn, the other is nightshade, a deadly poison. He digs two
little holes in the earth and he plants both seeds-one corn, the
other nightshade. He covers up the holes, waters and takes care of
the land...and what will happen? Invariably, the land will return
what was planted.
As it's written in the Bible, "As ye sow, so shall ye reap."
Remember the land doesn't care. It will return poison in just as
wonderful abundance as it will corn. So up come the two plants - one
corn, one poison.
The human mind is far more fertile, far more incredible and
mysterious than the land, but it works the same way. It doesn't care
what we plant...success...or failure. A concrete, worthwhile
goal...or confusion, misunderstanding, fear, anxiety and so on. But
what we plant must return to us.
You see, the human mind is the last great unexplored continent on
earth. It contains riches beyond our wildest dreams. It will return
anything we want to plant.
The most beautiful
people we have known are those who have known defeat, known
suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their
way out of the depths. These persons have an
appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life
that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep
loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen. |