Never Too Late

“20 years from now you will be disappointed more by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain

“I am having a terrible day!”  “I cannot wait until it is 5:00.”  “Is Friday here yet?”  “It has been a hard day and I cannot wait to get home.”

I know you have read these statements like I have on Facebook.  Each time I do, I wonder if the fatigue or the sentiment expressed is driven by just a good day of hard work or out of a dislike for the work they are doing.

There are so many people just going through the motions of living life here on this planet.  They get up, go to work, come home, look at TV, go to sleep and wake up and do it all over again.  They live for the weekend.  They cannot wait for the time they can take that one or two week vacation that goes by so quickly it feels like a day.

Is this your life?  If you knew you were going to die tomorrow would you be content with the way you lived your life.   Have you accomplished the things you wanted to achieve?  Are you living your life in regret?

If so, it is not too late to change.  It is not too late to act on your hopes and dreams, to do the things you really want to do, to live out your purpose.  It will take courage to step out of your comfort zone and take risks.  But it is better to try and to have failed than to never have tried.

Here just a few thoughts to help you move towards living your life with power and purpose:

• Write down your goals, “Goals are dreams written down.”  ~Unknown~   Every successful person I know has written their goals down.
• Be bold; do not place barriers on yourself.  Stretch yourself, but be realistic.
• Review your goals daily, as it will serve as the fuel to achieve them.  I have placed a reminder on my phone and my Outlook to review mine daily.
• Stay focused and do not worry if you do not meet your goal by the date you set.  The important thing is to persevere.
• Don’t forget to live, laugh, and love. 

When you are dream-driven, your life takes on so much more meaning than just going to work and waiting for the clock to strike 5.  Instead of dragging yourself out of the bed, you will find yourself getting out of bed.  There is a big difference between the two.