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**Ann** · 03-20-2006, 05:10 AM

Is what you're doing now getting you where you want to be? If not, then it's time for some changes.

Yes, change can be frightening and difficult. Yet it is immensely more desirable than continuing to put your effort into going where you don't want to go.

Most likely, some things you're now doing are working and some things are not. It will pay you enormously to figure out which are which.

Achievement is a moving target, and conditions are constantly changing. So regularly adjusting your approach is necessary to a successful life.

Even the most skillful captain must make adjustments in the ship's course along the way. An important part of reaching your destination is recognizing when you've strayed off the path and then finding a way to get back on it.

So take a good look at where you're headed, honestly, objectively, and with the intention of making whatever adjustments are necessary. Keep yourself pointed toward the goal, and your actions will surely take you there.

-- Ralph Marston

equus · 03-20-2006, 05:20 AM

This is onefor coming back to!! It's so true but it's also so easy to get caught up in a plan that isn't working.

SaTiT · 03-20-2006, 05:45 AM

Oh, now you tell me...after I set sail already.
Stuff like that can drive a person Nutz.lol
Honestly I'm not exactly where I like to be or want to be,
but at the same time I'm not where I used to be...
That would have been the death of me.

Yeap some of it is working and some of it ain't.
it's weird thou....I put a suggestion into a GOD CAN
over a year ago. I just happened to opened it recently.
You know what....God answered my prayer.
I have to work at it too thou.
But I can do those things now. Maybe that's why through
whatever that's been going on with other stuff,
I'm at peace. I'm not really at aw that...I just think it's a trip.

**Ann** · 03-20-2006, 05:55 AM

This reading reminds me of when I am driving someplace unfamiliar, and somewhere along the way, I just get a "feeling" that I am on the wrong road heading the wrong way.

Before I can figure out how to get back on the right road, I have to look at the map and figure out where I am, get my bearings again, and then find a good path to get back on the right road again.

Life is like that for me, I can cruise along enjoying the scenery, but somewhere along the way I might lose sight of my destination, and I have to adjust my priorities, get myself grounded again, and then find my way back to the good path of peace.

Hugs,

03-20-2006, 05:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	Adjusting Your Approach Is what you're doing now getting you where you want to be? If not, then it's time for some changes. Yes, change can be frightening and difficult. Yet it is immensely more desirable than continuing to put your effort into going where you don't want to go. Most likely, some things you're now doing are working and some things are not. It will pay you enormously to figure out which are which. Achievement is a moving target, and conditions are constantly changing. So regularly adjusting your approach is necessary to a successful life. Even the most skillful captain must make adjustments in the ship's course along the way. An important part of reaching your destination is recognizing when you've strayed off the path and then finding a way to get back on it. So take a good look at where you're headed, honestly, objectively, and with the intention of making whatever adjustments are necessary. Keep yourself pointed toward the goal, and your actions will surely take you there. -- Ralph Marston __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

03-20-2006, 05:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	This reading reminds me of when I am driving someplace unfamiliar, and somewhere along the way, I just get a "feeling" that I am on the wrong road heading the wrong way. Before I can figure out how to get back on the right road, I have to look at the map and figure out where I am, get my bearings again, and then find a good path to get back on the right road again. Life is like that for me, I can cruise along enjoying the scenery, but somewhere along the way I might lose sight of my destination, and I have to adjust my priorities, get myself grounded again, and then find my way back to the good path of peace. Hugs, __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

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03-20-2006, 05:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
equus Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: uk Posts: 3,056	This is onefor coming back to!! It's so true but it's also so easy to get caught up in a plan that isn't working.

03-20-2006, 05:45 AM	#3 (permalink)
SaTiT Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: anomaly Posts: 2,196	Oh, now you tell me...after I set sail already. Stuff like that can drive a person Nutz.lol Honestly I'm not exactly where I like to be or want to be, but at the same time I'm not where I used to be... That would have been the death of me. Yeap some of it is working and some of it ain't. it's weird thou....I put a suggestion into a GOD CAN over a year ago. I just happened to opened it recently. You know what....God answered my prayer. I have to work at it too thou. But I can do those things now. Maybe that's why through whatever that's been going on with other stuff, I'm at peace. I'm not really at aw that...I just think it's a trip.

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