Pro-Action Is Your Salvation

It’s never going to be easy, that thing that you’re striving for. There’s never going to be a clear path forward. The best laid plan will usually fall apart usually soon after you begin. There will always be obstacles that will test you, maybe break you temporarily. You will fail. Again and again. 

And yet…

You will have another opportunity to test your resolve, another task that will stare you down until you blink or fire. And you will fail. Until you don’t.

Success will come when you overcome the requisite obstacles and trials, and you never know how many or how intense they will be.

What you do know is that you have control over yourself and nothing else. You cannot set the stage for you life. You don’t choose the crucible. You set the milestones, you put in the effort, and you choose over and over to quit, rest, pivot, or power through.

And only you can know which is best at the time, as they’re all equally valid options depending on the scenario. 

The worst thing to do is give in to despair. Everything is an opportunity. Every obstacle is a potential path. Therefore the best thing you can do, whatever it is that you can do, is to do something! Take action. Better yet, take pro-action. Don’t spend time deliberating and debilitating yourself further. As Quincy Jones famously touted, “No paralysis through analysis”.

Work, and the path further will be made apparent. Work with an attitude of gratitude and the mountain in front of you becomes an unveiled blessing, an opportunity for thrival. 

Take a deep breath, slow down, and persevere.