Thought For The Day

Why Not You and Why Not Now?

Do you have a plan as to where you are going to be in 10 or 20 years? You must be having dreams of your own, for the future, which would have been made after meticulous planning, taking into consideration, various factors.

How will you evaluate yourself? Think of the question deeply and come up with answers. You can also ask for suggestions from your relatives, friends, spouse and others who are close to you. They can, of course, point out some characteristics which you are not aware of, about yourself. While doing this evaluation, take into account, the skills, potency, the contribution you make, and the result you produce. When you are aware of your capability, you can plan your future accurately. It’s these that form the foundation of the future.

Many of us dream of a fabulous future. We hope and wait for things to happen. We have a tendency to submissively hope for the best, rather than seize life by the thorns and embark on building our dreams into reality. Regrettably, simply desiring and day dreaming won’t help.

Here’s a thought! Why not go into the nitty-gritty of planning your future right now? Not later on, but this very instant. Life endows each of you with innumerable opportunities to be your best and do your best day by day. Make this the motto of our life-‘why not now?” Now is the best time to act.

Plan your future by yourself. This planning must include where you must be in a specific period of time, what you must accomplish, how you must work out the way to accomplish your desires, and the timeline within which you must do it.

Think over the plan and see whether it will work for you. An unrealistic plan is a waste of time.

A wish for something is a powerful emotion. Visualize it in a completed state. Experience vicariously how you feel it and how others would react to it. When you discover something that you feel absolutely desirable, then don’t allow anything to come between you and your object of desire.

Excuses are signs of laziness, procrastination and even cowardice. When you wish for a thing, start now itself. When you just think over it again and again you are wasting your precious moments to transform your dreams into reality.

Among the people around us there are the wise and the fools. How do we distinguish them? It’s quite easy. The wise will not procrastinate. They will move to action and will get things done. This differentiates them. The wise possess a brave attitude towards everything they do. But the foolish may be cowards or lazy. They waste their precious time. They fear to take action.

Tomorrow is a promise only. Each and every day is full of opportunities for you. So when it presents itself, do not turn away. Lady Luck won’t approach people who put off things and wait for it to be done. Champions are those who get things done instantaneously. Life presents itself as a bouquet of challenges. To win it, we must have a plan in our life. But it is advisable not to waste much time on it. Only actions can help us accomplish our wishes.

We moan and grumble that our life is not what we want it to be. We doubt why the zing has gone out of our life, disappointed that only a fragile sizzle remains of your previous self. This is the result of not taking action instantly. Grab the opportunities in front of you and move on to accomplish your wish and feel the sweet fragrance of victory.

When you work more on a task, you learn more of yourself. You realize more of your skills and abilities. You will learn what suits you well in a particular circumstance. You must breed your inherent aptitude and ascertain by "feel" what works best for you.