“Whoever you
are, whatever your dream, you have to be strong in your head and strong in your
heart. Be strong. There's no quitting in the person who wants it bad enough.“
–Carly Patterson (gymnast, 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist)
Some of the key
recipes to fulfilling your dreams are drive, determination and courage. Without
these three, your dreams can easily fall by the wayside. It’s common to come up
against obstacles on the road toward fulfilling your dreams. You will be faced
with tests, trials, and tribulations. Most likely you will shed tears. There
will be days where you’ll feel that you cannot go on or that throwing in the
towel is your best option. But even if you to take a moment to rest, gather
your strength or build your courage, the key is to keep striving.
It is in those
moments where you feel that you cannot move forward that you will need to pull
on your drive, determination and courage. Often this requires you to make a
decision to face roadblocks boldly, seek clarity about the steps you need to
take or tweak your goal achievement strategies. I do believe that dream achievers are those
people who decide to do whatever it takes within reason to create their dreams.
It’s
motivational to hear or read stories about people who’ve successfully achieved their
dreams and goals. Almost always, weaved within those stories are life lessons
about the strength to face and overcome tremendous obstacles. I’ve noticed that
one of the key themes in many a success story, is the will and determination to
keep on going in spite of the curve balls and roadblocks that come your way. Even
when they fell, these people nurse their wounds, got up and moved forward. It’s
not that they did not fail (some failed many times) during the journey, it’s
that they persevered in response to failures.
So how are you
going about fulfilling your dreams? Are you backing down in response to
roadblock and failures or are you using your drive, determination and courage
to get you through?
I Encourage You
to Keep Striving!
Cheers,
Nika
