the controversial christian

It’s an “Inside” Thing

What truly provokes you to want to change?  When is the last time something happened to you that made you want to make a change on the inside or the outside?  When is the last time something provoked you to want to change YOU and not someone or something else?

We are creatures of habit and naturally, we get used to doing the same thing over and over, which constitutes as most of us being insane (defined by Albert Einstein as doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results).  Every New Year, we make resolutions most of us never stick to (“re”, the Latin prefix used with the meaning “again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition).  What are we all missing and why do most of us never see our resolutions through?

Achieving your goals is more about being who you need to be on the inside, than piecing around your surroundings to fit the puzzle that you think is your dreams and goals.  It’s not where you are, it’s WHO you are that needs some evaluating.  It’s mostly an inside thing and very minimally an outside thing, but most of us don’t see the need for change within us, as much as we do for change AROUND us. 

Vow to achieve goals you set for yourself every day, and then those things turn to habits, which turn into your character, which results in permanent, hopefully positive change.  You’ll never grow when the goals you set will take a lifetime to achieve or when they seem completely out of reach.  Whatever it is you want for yourself, break it up into a daily challenge or goal (i.e. Today, I will.. or Today, I will make sure I don’t..), work at it every day, and you will get there before you know it.  Kind of AA-ish, but it works!

Needless to say, if you don’t have any goals and you aren’t working toward SOMETHING, you won’t ever be or do anything different than you are at the present time, and that was my wake-up call this week.  Being someone who is content with doing the same thing every day and assuming things will work out how they need to, when they’re supposed to, I’ve never been one for setting goals for myself; plus, I normally don’t see a need for change within myself which has been a downfall of mine since I can remember.  It’s a sad reminder that I could be and do a lot more if I let this old habit go.  And that’s my New Year’s resolution:  Instead of achieving a certain goal, my goal is to start setting goals for myself.

Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18