Desire. A simple word that could mean the world; a powerful thought that when it manifests physically could change the entire course of your life. "An intangible impulse of thought can be transmuted into its physical counterpart by the application of known principles" ~ Napoleon Hill
Infatuations are often mixed up with genuine desires. During my course of life, I've met :
- realists who do everything they can to achieve greatness in life.
- the idle community who are trapped in the rat race.
- the enthusiasts but without opportunity.
Desire should be a genuine eagerness to achieve what we've hoped for. Be it for ourselves, the people around us, the community or the nation. As long as you start with these simple words:
I want to ...
Don't ever start of with I need to. When the mind sees a desire as a need, the enthusiasm to achieve it declines and most probably diminishes. A need enslaves your personality to get the best life has to offer. We have choices and are held responsible for our actions. If you are not working towards a better life, then you have yourselves to blame.
Lets start by asking yourself these simple questions:
- What do I want to achieve in life? (name it and be precise; i.e be it a materialistic desire or character development)
- Am I doing something to achieve your dream with each passing day? If your answer is NO, then your desires are just infatuations. Don't bother having those dreams, as you are not really enthusiastic about them.
- If your answer is YES, you are one step closer to achieving them. Never back down on your desires.
- How can I do better on a daily basis into achieving these dreams? Draw up an action plan with the title: MY STATEMENT OF DESIRE
- Am I ready to take the next bold move in life to honour my statement, live by it and never thrown in the towel?
I leave you to ponder on these questions and decide are your desires created from pure eagerness or was it all just an infatuation soon to be forgotten and fretted upon?
