Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination. Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal. Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that’s worthwhile. People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. A year from now you may wish you had started today. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. You must do the things you think you cannot do. Goals are dreams with deadlines. The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man’s foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. I don’t care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don’t harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there, you’re never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants. Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks. Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. People often say I have so much energy, that I never stop; but that’s what it takes to accomplish your goals. If a goal is worth having, it’s worth blocking out the time in your day-to-day life necessary to achieve it. You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will. You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things — to compete. You can be just an ordinary person, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals. If you’re bored with life — you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things — you don’t have enough goals. Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. You can’t hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can’t catch a fish unless you put your line in the water. You can’t reach your goals if you don’t try. Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you. Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try. Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. Prepare yourself in every way you can by increasing your knowledge and adding to your experience, so that you can make the most of opportunity when it occurs. You can conquer almost any fear if you will make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands — your own. Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it. Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal. A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.
You have a lot to give to the World: your faith, your courage , your determination , your boldness :- the World needs them all!!
Bishop Duke Akamisoko
