“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become achieving your goals.” – Goethe
Why do I stop short? Why do I give up? Why do doubt myself? Why do I care what you think? Why?…
Why am I up this early? Why do I do all this? Why do I keep trying? Why does this matter? Why?…
Why?…The million dollar question.
The previous articles touch on the first set of questions. Why I give up, stop short, etc. It’s just easier right? It’s takes little effort to stop short of your goals. But, it becomes harder to walk by a mirror.
Why? Because giving up is only easier in the moment, but, it is harder to live with as life goes on. Knowing you gave up before the finish line is hard to accept. Especially once you realize that it’s what you do; Again and again and again. It’s a pattern sustained by fear keeping you confined, trapped in your little box of whatever it is that you do. The box that is comfortable and familiar.
I could only live with myself like that for so long; the un-living. Day by day putting off what I really wanted because I was afraid to change and I was afraid to fail.
So, then why should one leave that comfort and take that risk? Because it is a false comfort that we manufacture to keep us safe and protected from failure and judgment. It is simply us trying to feel ok with it all and make it ok to not be who we are and what we are meant to be.
I believe we are all here for a reason. We all have a purpose. We do not always know what that purpose is, but we will never find out if we do not push ourselves. Push ourselves in the direction that our passion pulls us. Falling down and getting up yes, but continuing on and pushing through and not giving up.
We cross each finish line, motivating us to push onward to the next finish line. That is why! We finally realize that each finish line is just another point in time we thought was the end, but it’s just another checkpoint in the journey to find who we are.
We keep on doing it, one more time. So, come back one more time.
See you next time.
Talk Soon,
Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator
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