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permission to stop and think about this question. Don’t include the things you need. There is far less motivational drive involved with needs. I want you to think of the things that ignite your passion - the things that give you that surge of energy and a feeling of purpose. These are your worthy goals and dreams, and I’ve got good news for you concerning them. You don’t have to settle for a life that excludes them. You just have to pinpoint what they actually are.
I think one of the main benefits of being really clear on this is that the desire to achieve or attain something really pulls us forward. It tempts us into growth. Going after something we don’t actually know how to achieve (because we haven’t paved the way yet) forces us to tackle new situations and challenges in order to continue the process of growth in our lives. It forces us to take advantage of opportunities that we, perhaps, didn’t even see before, or discounted as being too risky.
Going after something we want forces us to pick ourselves up after things go wrong and to try something else.
Indifference does none of these things.
The things that we want can be large or small. They can take a few hours to achieve or a lifetime. The bigger the goal and the longer it takes to achieve, the more order it introduces into our lives.
Order is heaven’s first law.
For us to achieve anything meaningful, we need order and movement. One without the other doesn’t really work, does it?
In James Allen’s great book, As a Man Thinketh, there is a chapter about thought and purpose. At the beginning of this
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