We all are given a life to live. At birth, it is like a new manuscript for a book. The pages are blank. They lie stretched out before us, ready for us to write our story. We have the choice of the plot that we will write, just as the author of a book chooses the plot of a book. There is a beginning, a main part and an ending.
The writing of an interesting and impelling story requires planning and many revisions along the way. An author cannot just start out writing and ramble aimlessly through the book, page after page with no purpose or idea of the end results.
In living your life, you are creating the book of your life and just like any other author, you must plan what the story of your life will be. Keep in mind that your plan can be revised along the way.
When we are young, we are anxious to get started writing on the pages of our life. We start with an idea and then jump to another. This is not making revisions. This is merely rambling. By rambling through the story of our life, we make bad decisions. A bad marriage, a bad choice of work, perhaps even drugs or crime. But keep in mind your story can be revised.
We all want our life story to be a happy one and in order for us to feel that our story is happy, we must be pleased with what we are writing. Your story of life is about you and you are shaping the plot.
In order to shape the plot to your liking, you must have the right attitude, be positive, believe and most of all like yourself.
Now that the book of your life is started, perhaps some changes or revisions are in order. Ask yourself:
If you were to start over, what would you do?
If money was not an issue, what would you do?
What have you always dreamed of doing?
What is holding you back from achieving that dream?
When you were growing up, what did you hope to do?
If you were about to die, what would you regret not doing the most?
You must believe in yourself and your dream. To accomplish a dream or passion is seldom easy. There will be pain and doubts along the way, but if you keep faith any goal can be achieved. The ability to achieve a goal successfully is in the mind. Do not allow doubts and fears to stop you. Remember, this is not to impress others, this is your goal, your dream and you won’t stop short of success.
Success is doing what you want to do and were meant to do. Success is not the amassing of a fortune. The only way that you can write a happy story of your life is to live it the way that you choose, overcoming the obstacles and never losing sight of the goal. Remember, every story has twists and turns, but if you keep to the plot as planned, it will be a success.
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