Once we know exactly what we want, we will have to prove it. We will be tried. We will be tested. Will you do the work that produces the results you know you want, consistently, until you get the results you want, or will you slip back into the comfortable habits of the same life you have always lived?
New things, beliefs, perspectives, habits, results, and actions, can be scary. The unknown can be viewed as a terrible, frightening trip. It can also be viewed as an adventure in learning, experimenting, teaching, and doing. It can be exhilarating and exciting! The journey, the destination, and what we accomplish, will be dependent upon our attitude of mind, our current belief system, and our personal philosophy. The better we know and think, the better we are capable of doing.
Once we have made a decision that we know will make a difference, we must stick to it! If we rest, take a few days off, or falter, it is not the end of the world. We can start again. We can choose to keep going until we accomplish the results we want to.
We can rest, but WE MUST NOT UNRAVEL. Momentum is the name of the game when it comes to personal progress.
Reminder to self: Keep going. Keep doing what you are doing. Improve every day in some small way. Every moment is an opportunity to BEGIN AGAIN.
Today’s challenge for myself: Today I will do what I know I need to do to stay on track, or I will do what I need to do to get back on track. I will keep at it. I will not quit. I will not give up.
Criss Angel is an excellent example of persistence:
Life Is the Sacred Test (and You Were Born Ready)
Life is no accident, no cruel maze of chance—
It is a sacred test, written in light
long before your feet kissed the Earth.
A divine challenge cloaked in forgetfulness,
so that you could remember
how infinite you truly are.
The trials are not punishments,
but invitations—
to rise, to burn brighter,
to unlock the codes you hid within
the chambers of your soul.
Every shadow is a mirror,
every detour, a hidden door
to the strength you thought you’d lost
but had merely wrapped in silence.
You are not here to be broken.
You are here to awaken.
To meet the fires
not with fear,
but with the knowing:
“I am forged for this.”
Within you lives the spark of stars,
the memory of ancestors who walked through storms
with nothing but hope as armor
and faith as compass.
The Universe does not test the unworthy—
Only those who are already strong enough to triumph.
And that means you.
Especially you.
So when the path narrows,
when the night grows long,
remember:
you are the answer the test was waiting for.
And you were always meant to pass.
-Orán’Seraphiel
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