There is no accident. If you are stuck with this exercise and you
dont seem to be able to find your lifes patterns, ask your parents
and friends what common threads they see in you.
Heres another way to find your WHY: If you had just won the lottery an
money was not an issue, what kind of work would you do for free? The
answer to that question is where your passion lies. I am convinced
that what you were born to do and who you were born to be is calling
you every day. You have to listen to that still, quiet voice inside
of you. Hope Is The Light That Shines At The End Of The Tunnel
As I travel the country giving motivational speeches to thousands, I a
often asked how I found the courage to press on in the face of such
overwhelming odds. Once a lady asked me, What is your secret? I dont
have a secret. Its like a combination lock. It took putting all the
numbers in the right order.
One day I dug deep inside of me to find the one thing that enabled
me to rise above my challenges, and I found one thing that stood out.
It may sound trite, yet it is exactly what brought me this far. My
secret is one word. It may be simplistic to you, but I urge you not
to dismiss it. It is called HOPE.
When I was lonely and isolated in the village, somehow I knew that
things were going to get better someday. In the absence of hopea
positive expectancyits easy to give up the fight. You have to be
able to see the light at the end of the tunnelto know that No Conditio
is Permanent!. Many years ago a group of researchers conducted a
study with rats.
They put one group in a pool of water. After a couple minutes, they
rescued them. The researchers then put the rats in the pool a second
time but left them in longer. After the fifth try, they watched the
rats struggle for over one hour without sinking. They then tried the
experiment with another group of rats without rescuing them at all.
After about just ten minutes, the second group of rats started
sinking below the water.
They gave up very fast. Why did the second group of rats drop dead
while the first paddled the water with courage? One reason is that
the second group didnt know that there was a possibility of being
rescued. They had no hope. Their condition appeared to be permanent.
It doesnt matter what you are facing today in your life: your conditio
is not permanent! It may appear to be so, but your help is coming.
Are you trying to accomplish something that is taking a long time and
the results are not coming in? Thats called life. Nothing is easy.
The old adage says if its worth having, its worth fighting for. Stay
in the race just a little longer. Provide greater value than expected
and give your best every time. It is that kind of hopeful attitude
that can light up your dark moments and sustain you in the fight.
Exercise Imagine for a moment that you spent every penny you owned
and charged your credit cards to the limit to open a business. Its
your passion. However, some friends and family members downplay your
idea. They disapprove of your decision to go into business. Some tell
you directly while others are hypocritical. Six months into the
business, you are not even making enough money to pay the rent! You
start knocking on doors in an attempt to find new customers. You make
calls all day. You leave messages, but no one bothers to return your
calls.
