The Journey to Achieving Goals is What Matters Most!

Pauline Respress, M.Ed
As we round the corner to the end of a journey, we feel a sense of bittersweet. There is a sense of relief and a sense of  wonder as to what is next. What is around the next corner or is this the end. The end of a journey leads us to a juncture that opens us up to new thought, new goals.. It is a feeling of achievement and a renewal of new and old passions. It is a shedding of old skin that we allow to fall off to make way for new growth. The journey to achieving our goals is wrought with twist and turns. However, I have come to know that the experiences that get us to our achievement are what makes the achievements of goals that much richer.

It is the people and circumstances that we meet on the road to achievement that make it worth it. Receiving the gold is a by-product --it is a period that we place on the end of an era. It is a physical reminder that tells us that --whatever we fully attach our minds and spirits to is achievable. It reminds us that our dreams are not simply in our heads, that dreams attach to motion-- can in fact land us in a place that we never even imagined for ourselves. The end of a journey restores our confidence and renews our faith. It reminds us that no matter where we come from and what age we are, if we trust God and attach our faith to works--anything is achievable.

Faith is dead if we don't apply works and Works is dead if we don't have Faith. It is an intricate balance that we must apply between believing in what we pray for and the energy that we attach to it. When we can get quiet enough in our heads and listen carefully we can almost hear and see God working in and through us.We can feel his fine tuning-- like turning the knob on a radio to tap into a frequency. When we can hear him.. the frequency has reached its perfect station and we can relax and allow him guide us to where and what he would have us to do. This connection is a union that allows us to walk and speak with confidence.

Every detail of  our journey forward allows us to know that we are not walking alone. And that our dreams are divinely ordered...

So this week ladies stay present on your journey to achievement, because the experiences are what makes the achievement even more sweeter..

Go Forth And Do Amazing Things This Week!

Kind Regards,
Pauline

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