Setting goals in our lives helps us to focus and channelise our energies in the right direction.Most of us lead our lives without understanding the purpose for which we have actually been sent to this world.It is not necessary that each one of us have goals which need to be such which will necessarily change the entire universe but the purpose would be solved if they help us in changing the way of our own lives and the people around us.
Most of us never think of specifying and substantiating the goals or so to say the purpose of our lives and do not dare to look towards doing so because most of us are scared that we will not be able to fulfil them. We are scared of failure but fail to realise that by not setting a goal for ourselves in itself leads to failure because we are going ahead without any direction.Just imagine a situation where we have to go from X place to reach the place Y however we are clueless about the direction . Not only will be our journey to the place Y be difficult but the time wasted in reaching the destination will be much more than what it otherwise would have been.So by setting goals we give our lives a direction and by giving it a time frame we help our minds to identify with the purpose.
We utilise only a fraction of our minds which otherwise is a powerhouse waiting to be explored.We need to develop a belief system which will tell our minds that the goals that we have set forth are achievable.For writing down what we want in our lives is only the first step but till the time we do not develop the confidence to believe that those goals are within our reach we cannot achieve them in reality.So we need to develop a system of communicating with our inner self where we do not get influenced by the happenings in our outer world and identify with the mind and the soul to let them understand the purpose of our lives.
Hope and faith are one of the most essential aspects of our lives which we cannot do without.Goal setting and successfully achieving what we aim for cannot be done till the time we have the hope, and the faith that we will be able to achieve it. It consumes our time, it makes us uncomfortable but who said that life is a bed of roses. To achieve what we aim for needs our concentrated energies but rest assured once we are done through, it helps in giving us a direction and help us in achieving true happiness for not only our own self but also people close to us.
Most of our frustrations in life are a result of a certain degree of stagnation in life which takes place because in the course of fulfilling our day to day responsibilities we forget about our dreams. We rather try to pacify our thought process by getting comfortable in the stagnated stage of our lives and the passion to live life according to our own terms, is lost in the mundane chores of our daily lives. Goal setting helps us to re- identify those passions which get locked up deep in our hearts, it helps us to re-connect with our own self and brings passion and the vision back in our lives which get blurred because of our slumberness.
It is important for our sustained and continuous growth to rekindle and re identify the child within us and explore all those hidden dreams which would enable us to make our lives more purposeful. I take a lot of inspiration form my own son who is aged 7 years and am amazed at the simplicity and the inquisitiveness these little children have towards life. It is not only important to have one big goal or dream in life but we also need to look and identify with those little day to day dreams and pleasures which make our life truly happy!
No comments:
Post a Comment