Let the Natural Law Work for You (Part 2)

Dear Loving people,

Continuation from part 1…

Perhaps in your quest for success, you would like to change some habits.  Make something part of your schedule for one month and it will become second nature for you to do for the rest of your life. You might want to build a house, open a new business, get a new certificate or write a best-seller novel.  Those are all worthwhile, but most of us get frustrated trying to accomplish such abstract goals.  We just can’t imagine the reality of being a successful businessman, a house owner or an award winning novelist.   

These goals are long-term goals and so they will only succeed if we manage to change our lives to support them.  This is best accomplished gradually and permanently, so we actually reach our goal instead of hoping that Newton’s apple will float against its very natural urge to fall. Do not be afraid to dream big.  You can accomplish big things without ever doing anything heroic or remarkable.

You need to begin small and take small determined steps towards your goal.  To become a successful novelist, start by writing ten pages each and every week, or read a few pages in a helpful book regularly, not a lot one week and none the next.  Make regular progress to your ultimate destination a habit.  If you fail one day, get right back on track.  You won’t go far in one day, but you will cover a lot of ground over time.

Consider writing a novel.  Suppose that you do ten pages every week and you continued to do that for ten years.  That is not a large amount to write; however over ten years you would have written 5,200 pages.  It really does not take a big shift in your lifestyle to move you from dreaming of writing to being a writer. 

Now you might be saying you would have a tough time writing ten pages a week.  Could you write half a page a day?  That is three and a half pages per week.  In just one year you would have written 182 pages. That is the length of some best-selling novels!  Again a small change in direction can make a large difference.

If we do not work towards our goal, we will never get there.  If we work against what is natural, getting to our destination will be, if not impossible, at least infinitely more difficult.

Taking small steps that are easy to measure and attain on a regular basis is a sure way to achieve your goals.  When a pattern has become habit, such as: writing ten good pages a week, reading a chapter in a helpful book, then it is time to take stock of what you have done.  If you are able to accomplish more without jeopardising what you already have, then it is time to take another small step towards your goal - success.

Take the first step and then the second small step towards your goal.  Take stock of your achievements on a quarterly or semi-annual basis.  When your destination seems far off, sit back and think of what you have accomplished and remember that every man started out as a baby, the turtle beat the Rabbit and that you are busy pursuing your dreams ... and succeeding!

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