DON'T LET THINGS. . .JUST HAPPEN!

Did that title grab your attention? Here we are traveling through space and time just becoming victims of the unlived life. What did we miss out on yesterday because we just let things happen all around us? We never took the initiative to make things happen. If we continue at that everyday, we are in for a very dull existence.

Make things happen! Let’s see, who do we blame for non-achievement? Our parents (family background)? Our friends? Our environment? Our circumstances? God? Those constitute the Big 5. Grow up! Accept personal responsibility! Get on with your life! You are a big boy (girl) now! Get a life!

Was that too many question marks and exclamation points? Genius without education is like silver in the mine –Benjamin Franklin. Before you finish this letter you will receive a mini-education.

Make things happen! I can’t do it for you. No one else can make them happen either. I can help but you must Make things happen! Sophie Tucker, when asked on her eightieth birthday about the secret of achieving a long life, answered, Keep breathing! We can’t spend our time fretting about our age—we can’t change that.

There are other excuses people use. Perhaps one of the best is: I’m just too exhausted to make things happen! Let me share a little known secret someone sent me:
The antidote to exhaustion may not be rest. It may
be wholeheartedness. You are so exhausted because all
the things you are doing are just busyness. There’s a
central core of wholeheartedness totally missing from
what you are doing.
--David Steindl-Rast quoted
in I Will Not Die an Unlived Life
-Dawna Markova.
I would suggest that, in at least one area of your life, be intense. Here’s something to practice: The next time you feel like you need a nap, instead do something you are really excited about.

Remember, don’t let things just happen! Make things happen!