I was blessed to receive a very powerful message today, and it was one that I really needed to hear. It revved up my engines again, and revived my hope for my future as a writer and a published author, and I am sharing with you.You see, for the past couple of weeks, I was feeling undecided about my future in the literary world. I was disappointed that my book sales have been very slow, and perhaps I didn't have what it takes to make it as an author. Maybe the public didn't think my work was as great as I thought it was, and they simply didn't like my books.
Well, I continued to keep my blogs updated, but I have not written anything else on the new book I am currently working on in several weeks. I allowed a negative view of my future to hold me back, and if I had let my thought processes go unattended for any length of time, my current project would soon have become a thing of the past, and I would have never finished it.
The message I heard today was one of hope for the dream; yours and mine. About how we can unlock our potential and how we can succeed in the pursuit of our dreams. First of all, these dreams must be visionary in that they are blessed by God, and that we see ourselves focused and committed to the pursuit and eventual fulfillment of the dream. We cannot afford to permit disappointments, setbacks, doubts, fear or criticisms detour us from the path. That means we cannot allow the opinions and thoughts and words of others affect us negatively. They must not intrude on the genius that we have nurtured and cared for inside of us go to waste.
Our dreams and visions for our future must be tested and tried to validate the authenticity of them; the staying power of them. When this happens, we must knuckle down harder and ride it out rather than give up. Winners never quit and quitters never win! Our dreams should be the driving force behind everything that we do. They are fed from and grow from our innermost thoughts and our passions. If we have dared to dream, and if we have begun to take the necessary steps to realize that dream, then it must be cared for and promoted in positive and reinforcing ways.
Dare to dream out loud, and dare to dream with gusto and with zeal! But always remember that you must keep focused and stay determined. Nobody else can do it for you, but everybody can keep you from it.
All my best!
Well, I continued to keep my blogs updated, but I have not written anything else on the new book I am currently working on in several weeks. I allowed a negative view of my future to hold me back, and if I had let my thought processes go unattended for any length of time, my current project would soon have become a thing of the past, and I would have never finished it.
The message I heard today was one of hope for the dream; yours and mine. About how we can unlock our potential and how we can succeed in the pursuit of our dreams. First of all, these dreams must be visionary in that they are blessed by God, and that we see ourselves focused and committed to the pursuit and eventual fulfillment of the dream. We cannot afford to permit disappointments, setbacks, doubts, fear or criticisms detour us from the path. That means we cannot allow the opinions and thoughts and words of others affect us negatively. They must not intrude on the genius that we have nurtured and cared for inside of us go to waste.
Our dreams and visions for our future must be tested and tried to validate the authenticity of them; the staying power of them. When this happens, we must knuckle down harder and ride it out rather than give up. Winners never quit and quitters never win! Our dreams should be the driving force behind everything that we do. They are fed from and grow from our innermost thoughts and our passions. If we have dared to dream, and if we have begun to take the necessary steps to realize that dream, then it must be cared for and promoted in positive and reinforcing ways.
Dare to dream out loud, and dare to dream with gusto and with zeal! But always remember that you must keep focused and stay determined. Nobody else can do it for you, but everybody can keep you from it.
All my best!
