How true the saying, “To achieve all that is possible in life, we must attempt the impossible. To be as much as we can be, we must dream of being more.”
However, attempting the seemingly impossible can appear like a daunting task or a far-away dream. We may wonder how to start and question if we will ever get there. If that’s the case for you at the moment, you may want to set some goals for yourself rather than tackle the seemingly impossible all at once.
Why goals? Well, there are many good reasons for setting goals. We can tend to be shortsighted. If we focus only on today, we may miss seeing the forest for the trees right in front of us. We may tire in well doing and lose the vision.
Goals are like the steps that get us from the bottom of the mountain to the top. If we find ourselves at the bottom of a mountain and there’s no gradual incline, but the sides of the mountain are sheer and steep, we figure there’s no way we’re going to make it up. Goals are steps that cut into the mountain, which enable us to climb the mountain one step at a time. Goals are the notches where we can place our feet and our hands. Goals give us something to grip, something to grab hold of, and something to take our next step on.
If we wonder how we can ever make it to the top, well, we don’t have to feel like we have to do it all at once. All we need to look at and deal with is the next step ahead of us. We can trust God to make it to our next goal, our next step, and the next level. That next step isn’t too high to reach, is it? So setting intermediate goals is really a key to success because it puts on a believable, attainable level what might otherwise look unattainable.
Goals spur us on and keep us from getting discouraged or giving up and relying on past accomplishment, because there’s always more to do!
Setting daily, weekly and monthly goals will make your long-term personal goals more manageable and will give you more confidence that they can actually be reached. Let goals boost you higher.
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