Beginning

     Here we are at the beginning of another year.  Most people are trying to decide what their “resolution” is going to be  so that in about 30 days (or less) they can stop doing what they have determined is going to be the BIG change in their lives for the year of 2020!

     If they stopped and thought for a few minutes they would probably realize that this get change they are thinking about making is really last year’s resolution!  Or maybe even from the year before that!

     Most of us (in all sincerity) truly intend to make the changes we resolve to do, but for some reason we always (at least for most people) seem to give in to the decision that what we were going to do is no longer that important for us.  We seem to think that we will always have time to make those changes later.  However, for some “later” never gets here.

     We seem to ponder the situation within our minds and reach the conclusion that all the effort that these changes are going to require and all the time that we will have to invest in the processes necessary to bring about the change we are desiring are just NOT worth it!  So we fall back into the “comfortable” routine we have established for ourselves so that there is no strain upon us and we can now relax.

     However we fail to recognize that with ANY worthwhile accomplishment there is usually a great amount of effort required.  This is usually accompanied by a great amount of time that must be included. 

     After the first man-made object to reach the surface of the Moon (the Soviet Union’s Luna 2 mission on September 13, 1959) the United States, by support given by President John Kennedy, achieved the first manned mission to land on the Moon (Apollo 11) on July 20, 1969.  This took the efforts of many individuals and companies, along with government agencies, to become a reality.  There was the entire decade of the 1960s to get this mission accomplished.

     Now, I’m not saying that your resolutions are as monumental as the US Moon landing project; however, you may have to put in just as much effort and time to get your goals accomplished.  You may have to get the help from others before your achievements become a reality.  In the end you will find that if your goal is a worthwhile one and your efforts are sincere, the time you spend to reach that goal is going to be more than worth these efforts.

     The sad part of realizing all our dreams and hopes is that in the finale we are only human!

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"If you never plan your goal,

you'll never know when you have reached it!"