“Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but
about your unfulfilled potential.
Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is
still possible for you to do.” I
love the principals behind this quote by Pope John XXIII.
As the quote implies, spend your energy on your hopes and
dreams rather than on your fears. To
do otherwise courts nothing but grief, limits your abilities and can cause you
to cower in the face of new possibilities.
Instead of focusing on your frustrations, think of all the
things you could do if only you’d allow yourself the possibility to succeed. Doesn’t mean you’ll hit your goal every
time. Only that you disallow your
frustrations to hold you back, instead applying your energy and efforts in more
positive directions.
Don’t let past unfulfilled attempts consume you with
feelings of inadequacy. Just
because you tried something and weren’t able to achieve that which you set out
to do doesn’t mean you’re a failure.
Only that your reach was too vast.
Perhaps all that was needed to succeed was for you to narrow your aim—a
bit.
Believe—really and truly believe—that the sky’s the
limit. That you’re free to try
most things. That you may fall
short your mark, but that you have the intestinal fortitude to get up, dust
yourself off and try again…and again…and again if necessary.
Bottom line…don’t limit your ability to succeed by
succumbing to fears, frustrations or failures.
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