The answer is yes! All life goals need protection from doubt, negativity, and downward forces of the outside world. When you think of goals, think of them as airplanes that are preparing for lift off to embark on a journey. The destination? A remarkable future. You have taken a great deal of care to get the airplane ready. You've invested time and resources into what you've been believing in and now you're expecting a phenomenal outcome! You've calculated the benefits and you've gathered all the information you need! You've stepped into action and you can hear your planes engine roaring! However, sometimes the best of all your preparation and hard work won't keep the airplane of your life goals from crashing miserably to the ground. After all the work you put in it would really suck to have your goals clouded by the judgements of others, by circumstances, by your own self doubt, and by forces that seem to prey on outstanding goals. The truth is that this happens pretty often than anyone would like to admit. This is why every goal, ANY GOAL, must be protected! Before we establish our life goals we perform much needed calculations. This is necessary however we are more eager to calculate the benefits of reaching a goal over the cost of maintaining it. This isn't good. If I have a life goal to become a waitress and you have a life goal to become a surgeon our goals would encounter different outside forces. You may have to fight harder for your goal than I have to because I am just an application away from my goal whereas you are years of schooling away from yours. You may have to let go of more than what I would have to let go of in order to reach my goal. You may even feel like giving up more often than I do! This is because the bigger your goals are the bigger the cost, however the common cost in any life goal is fighting for it! How hard you have to fight to maintain your goal depends on how big your goals are because outside forces are attracted to goals that are bigger and out of the ordinary. Did you know that they could also be attracted to the way you feel about yourself and your goals in life? Sometimes we can be our biggest opponent in the fight for our success.
Protecting your goals in life is essential for the existence of these goals because we do not live in a perfect world or a fair society where good things always happen to good people and everyone loves each other. You will come in contact with people who don't believe that your goals are obtainable or that you are being flat-out ridiculous. You will encounter people who feel you have no right to look forward to certain goals especially one that they themselves have never dreamed of pursuing. You may even face a circumstance or two that say no to your dreams and breaks your spirit. These are the cost that we sometimes fail to calculate and can send our goals hurdling to the ground. First we must plan accordingly. If you know that your goals require a lot more than the average goal then by all means come prepared! Be sure to pack confidence, self esteem, motivation, and lots of determination! Some people like to look for these important essentials in the world around them but Jesus Christ our saviour is the best resource for our journey for he created us! He gives us the confidence, the self esteem, the determination and the motivation to get over the worst turbulence and outside forces that try to bring our goals to the ground. When our focus is on what the bible says that Jesus has in store for our lives then the voices of negativity, doubt, and judgement seem far away for we know he has great plans for his people!
Secondly we must get rid of unnecessary holds that attach themselves to our goals and tries to take precedence over them. Often times circumstance will attach itself to a life goal and you'll find yourself thinking "If only I were better at this....", " If only I had this.....", "If only I were like him or her....". These are unnecessary holds that have attached themselves to the plane and is preventing lift off. Circumstances never determine anything but the kind of person that you are once you face them. Are you brave? Do you fight for what you want to see happen in your life or do you shrink back in fear?
We are who we need to be! We have all that we need to have! We are the perfect person for our goals because the bible says that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us!
Lastly you must make a final decision. Protecting your life goals is hard to do when you're not really sure if this is what you want to pursue in life. You must search within yourself. Ask God if this is what He would have if you. Ask yourself if you are willing to do what it takes to get there. Making a final decision that this is indeed a goal you have for your life will make the outside forces of this world weak and inoperable against any goal you set for your life.
Always remember that NOTHING, and NO ONE can stand in our way unless we allow them to...so follow your dreams and always shoot for the highest star!
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