You might have asked yourself for many times this question,
“what stops me from reaching my goals?”, it does not matter what goals they may
be, it can be spiritual goals, relationship goals or any goals but you have
asked yourself this question somewhere sometime in your life and you might have
found it had to come up with a clear answer, not all but many have chosen to
skip the answer part, they never really found an answer to this hard question.
Well since I have been through that path before and forced myself to find an
answer, I will tell you what it is that stops you from reaching your goals, or
at least what I think it might be. Here we go!...What stops you from reaching
your goal is nothing/no-one but yourself! It is you who tells yourself negative
things when the proverbial cookie jar starts to crumble, and note that whatever
you tell yourself whenever you are down and out will either propel you towards
reaching your goal or will simply hinder you from reaching it. And it is mostly
hard to stay positive when you are down and out but you just have to be strong
and try because trust me, the most finer/good things in life come at a higher
price, they come after many challenges and obstacles and so one has no choice
but to stay strong, if you are not going to stay strong then chances that you
will not reach your goals are high and in most cases giving up is seen as an
easy way out, its your choice.
You really have to be willing to give up your comfort zone,
many people are not willing to give up their comfort zone for the harsh reality
and hence they do not make it in life. When you give up your comfort zone you
will start a journey where along the way you will start getting knowledge about
yourself, you will start knowing your strength and weaknesses as you get
through the fire and storms of the harsh reality, you will then know how you
must defend yourself and how you must attack your opponent. You will have to
keep on moving until you reach your destiny.
Imagine if Thomas Edison gave up on his 99th attempt of inventing
the light bulb, would we have it today? So if you are not willing to move until
you reach your destination you will never know when the time for you to reach
your goal will come. The Apostle Paul was beaten many times with rods yet he never
stopped preaching the word, he knew that hardships, judgment and being looked
down upon were just the other things he had to pass through on his road/journey
to his destination, all he had was a strong will to reach his goal. So now that
I have answered the question you have been asking yourself for a long time, it
would be fair if you answer this question,” do you have the strong will to
reach your goal?” .
By Percy Molapi
On Monday Motivation with Percy Molapi
