Are You Ready?

For what? This is the obvious question to this question (unless he replies "for some football!!!).

This depends on you. What are you ready to change in your life? Do you really want to lose weight but have tried nearly everything with no success? Are you tired of the crushing debt with no relief? Are you tired of being alone and want a partner? Maybe you want to reconnect with someone you love but have no idea how to?

The answer lies within you. Motivation to change must come from within, not from someone else. Sure, a friend might make suggestions. A professional might steer you through the maze of legalese. A minister might get you in touch with what is really driving you.

However, it still relies on you to initiate the change. Until then nothing will happen. You have to take the first step. Next, there will always be obstacles. Change is never easy. If it was, you would have already done it long again. You must have the persistence and the willpower to push through or go around those obstacles.

This is the main reason why people do not change. It is too much work to push through the obstacles. They get too used to the idea of the way things are, whether good or bad. It is called their "comfort zone" or "status quo". "Why fix what isn't broken" is a common response of the uninspired.

Here is another way to put it. "Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." Some are so very comfortable where they are at, they never want to grow.

Some may never start for fear of failing again. Let me address this statement in two parts. Fear is really False Expectations Appearing Real. False expectations are just limits the we place on ourselves. It's our own internal walls or boundaries that we do not want to cross.

The second part of that statement is dealing with failure. Failure is always part of success. I will repeat that. Failure is always part of success. We always learn more from our mistakes than we learn from our successes.

So what is really stopping you. The simple answer - you. Only you can stop you.

"Do or do not, there is no try" is the great quote from Yoda in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

The simple truth is that if you really want to change, if it's really important to you, you will find a way. There are many words to describe this - persistence, determination, sheer willpower, drive, ambition, etc. All of these ideas come from within you.

As always, the choice is yours.

To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. Romans 2:7 (NIV)

If you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at the address below.
Email: DeltaInspire@hushmail.com