It’s that time of night once again when I find my mind wandering in various directions. It’s just a little after midnight, and I’m sitting on my deck watching the reflection of a bright moon on a very calm lake. A view like this certainly enhances concentration even though the temperature is a little lower than I like.<\/p>\n
Tonight I’m thinking about something I read on the plane coming home from Florida last weekend. I have a couple of close friends who are currently dealing with some personal challenges. While they don’t know one another, I see several commonalities in their dilemmas. They both want something very badly, but both are uncertain as to how to achieve it. Both involve major life changes, I think we all have to face this situation at one time or another in our lives.<\/p>\n
In Robert Collier’s book, The Secret of the Ages<\/em>, the author states:<\/p>\n “You can have anything you want in life provided that you …<\/p>\n I wonder, as I look back at his words, if this is really a secret. Sounds pretty much like common knowledge to me. However, maybe we treat it as a secret, because those steps are spoken only in whispers … maybe out of fear to attempt any one or all of them. If nothing else, it’s a fine checklist that may do nothing more than make us acknowledge the fact that maybe what we thought was a major desire, really isn’t. On the other hand, it’s certainly a great blueprint revealing what it’s going to take to achieve anything that may appear unattainable.<\/p>\n If it’s something you truly desire, scan the list, be honest with yourself, and set your course to achieve it. People do it everyday. Will you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s that time of night once again when I find my mind wandering in various directions. It’s just a little after midnight, and I’m sitting on my deck watching the reflection of a bright moon on a very calm lake. … Continue reading \n