For the past months I have been letting routine get in the way of learning and growing and straining my potential in the direction of my growth and goals - as so often we allow to happen in our lives.
A turn of events personally has made me pause to reassess how I have wanted to live my life and whether I am following through in pursuing this direction. In some regards it feels as though I became distracted by something along the way and wrapped myself up in it for too long - only to find that when I looked up I, dissapointedly, discovered I had not travelled as far as I had expected.
Sometimes we just get routine and commitments in the way of where we want to go and what we want to do. It often feels as though its easier to swim with the tide. But easy doesnt always mean right. I read a quote by Og Mandino and in many regards I feel as though I am shrinking into a grain of sand which is mentioned in his quote. And it made me think of so many people who have lived and died a life led like a grain of sand. One small particle amongst millions of others. Indistinguishable. Unexceptional. Surely there's more to life than being a grain amongst a billion more?
At the moment I am reading "Around Africa On My Bicycle" and I can fully understand Riaan Manser's desire to do something extra-ordinary with his life. And extra-ordinary is achievable - "to do anything worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can" ~ Og Mandino.
I like that - with gusto - and srambling through!
For me personally it's time to realign myself with my goals, to keep on following the plan and continue in my quest to grow and give back and to do something worthy and worth calling extra-ordinary!
"I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth I will apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy". ~ Og Mandino.
A turn of events personally has made me pause to reassess how I have wanted to live my life and whether I am following through in pursuing this direction. In some regards it feels as though I became distracted by something along the way and wrapped myself up in it for too long - only to find that when I looked up I, dissapointedly, discovered I had not travelled as far as I had expected.
Sometimes we just get routine and commitments in the way of where we want to go and what we want to do. It often feels as though its easier to swim with the tide. But easy doesnt always mean right. I read a quote by Og Mandino and in many regards I feel as though I am shrinking into a grain of sand which is mentioned in his quote. And it made me think of so many people who have lived and died a life led like a grain of sand. One small particle amongst millions of others. Indistinguishable. Unexceptional. Surely there's more to life than being a grain amongst a billion more?
At the moment I am reading "Around Africa On My Bicycle" and I can fully understand Riaan Manser's desire to do something extra-ordinary with his life. And extra-ordinary is achievable - "to do anything worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can" ~ Og Mandino.
I like that - with gusto - and srambling through!
For me personally it's time to realign myself with my goals, to keep on following the plan and continue in my quest to grow and give back and to do something worthy and worth calling extra-ordinary!
"I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth I will apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy". ~ Og Mandino.
