Forgotten Pieces

Dream Big- Who are you and who do you want to be??? I’m sure we have all asked ourselves, what do I want to be when I grow up? This thought pattern can be pretty scary when asked in high school, especially when you’re trying to figure out what sports or clubs you may want to join that year. Setting Smart goals is a success strategy children can learn at an early age. Creating a plan and identifying skills students need to improve could have a significant impact on a student’s academic growth. Evaluating, daily, weekly and yearly goals can help you break down the overwhelming stress of overseeing your life. The next time somebody tells you that setting goals is really a lot of hype, tell him/her this. "If life is a journey, how will you get there if you don’t have an itinerary? Goals tell you where you are going, how you are going to get there, and what you will do when you get there". Decide what you want. Goal setting is the opposite of floating through life letting things happen to you. If you don't know what you want to achieve, be and succeed at in life, then you risk being open to doing whatever others suggest. Setting goals requires you to make a decision about what you actually want. Striving for those goals lets you achieve your known desires. And goal setting requires setting a deadline, so that you don't waste precious time. Now, finding and following your divine purpose is different from setting your goals. A goal is a tangible desire with an end result, but your divine purpose is really a way of living. For example, a goal might be to learn to paint with watercolors, but your divine purpose might be to bring joy to peoples’ lives through your art. Another goal might be to get a PhD, but the divine purpose would be to live in the world of the intellect, the world of ideas. Your goals have definite deadlines, but your divine purpose is something that you will be working with and growing with for the rest of your life.