Celebrating Breakthroughs & Victories

Challenging and rewarding weekend that left me both inspired and disheartened.  How can you feel both ways at the same time.  Easy when you look back at it.  And I find that many of us are challenged with those feelings and that my friends is where you must be careful.  You see at times the victories are so few and far between and the disappointments seem to come daily.  You experience a mountaintop here and there, but the valleys - yeah they seem to go on and on and on and on.

However, you have to fight thru the distractions of your time in that valley and embrace it as a challenge that will make the victory that much sweeter.  This weekend I watched a lot of March Madness basketball.  In one of the largest comeback games, Michigan trailed Kansas by 14 points with like 3 minutes left.  The team was dejected, body language said it all and the announcers were already discussing who Kansas would play next.  The experts on the desk were already talking about why Kansas buried them.  Well my friends, the coach never stopped coaching and the players never stopped playing.  And lo and behold Michigan fought back and won that game.  Sticking to the game plan, even in the face of impending defeat. 

The same for us in facing the challenges of achieving our goals.  It may not look like we are making progress, it may not look like victory is on the horizon and it seems easier to just give up then fight thru the distractions.  But we have to stay focused, determined and unwavering in our pursuit of the goals and dreams we have.  Just like those basketball players, we cannot allow the current situation or circumstance to deter us from achieving or reaching that mountaintop.  If success were easy, everyone would be successful.  But it's not, the road is full of pot holes, ditches, detours and delays.  But we keep our resolve and the indominatable spirit that resides within us.  We find a way or we make a way. 

Tenacity and perseverance display the courage that few have.  You have those qualities, that character and you my friend can make it.  Our single minded focus drives us towards that mountaintop and we will reach it, we will achieve it.  Take the time to celebrate today, celebrate the victories - big or small.  Recite your goals, refresh your objectives and do ONE thing to achieve that goal today.  Get excited again, remember that feeling of accomplishment, replay that victory and understand that another one stands right in front of you.  GO GET IT......

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