There will always be fears, difficulties, and obstacles.
But that doesn’t mean that you can’t have what you want.
Don’t stop yourself from going after your dreams just because they might be difficult to achieve.
Everything in life comes with its own set of struggles.
Amongst all the imperfections and noise you can find the opportunity to make things better and embrace happiness and joy of achieving even the smallest of successes.
Things can be amazing without being perfect. Let your dreams energize you.
Keep growing……
When you achieve your dreams, you will realize that it is all worth it.
When you find it challenging to achieve your goals, don’t think of cancelling them and throwing them out of your life.
Why not …. focus on improving your strategy. Think of a way that would allow you to reach your destination more effectively.
Things like …. changing the people you interact with or simply improving how you communicate with yourself.
Making changes is not always easy, but sometimes it’s exactly what we need. Once we find what works best for us as our own individual, the next step is to be consistent, and that can be achieved when we have self-discipline.
It starts with the little things in life.
So rather than starting your day by hitting your snooze alarms, why not jump out of bed when the first one goes off and greet the world with a smile !
By the time you finish brushing your teeth you are ready to kick start the day, you should have forgotten that at some point you had the urge to sleep for five more minutes.
This should set the pace for the day, and you are likely to take on everything that comes your way by the scruff of it’s neck.
Remember though, self-discipline is not achieved overnight, it takes time, patience and kindness.
Take one day at a time and if you fail today, try again tomorrow and the day after that ……
Don’t give up!
Neil 'Shep' Shepherd 