Happy New Year!
Tuesday was the last day of 2019. It’s human nature to think back about the last year and our goals for it. Did you achieve some of them? All of them? I don’t know about you, but there are some goals I don’t want to ever fully achieve. In fact, the awesome truth about your long-term goals is that you won’t be as happy if you achieve all of them.
One of my aspirations is to continually improve my writing skills. I don’t expect to ever “arrive” at this goal, nor do I truly want to do so. There is joy in the challenge of always seeking to improve. Once we arrive, we have no incentive to keep growing, no challenge, and no more goals. I don’t know about you, but having goals keeps life exciting for me.
Below are four goals we can never achieve even though each has a purpose. Instead of letting them derail you, move past them to the things you love and can achieve!
You can never:
- Defy Death
- Be Always Happy
- Never Offend Anyone
- Stop Aging
What you can do is set your awesome long-term goals that will engage you for life. Though we choose different passions to pursue, the fun is in the challenge. Since It feels so good when we reach a goal, we usually set another!
These quotes gave me inspiration. I hope you enjoy them, too.
Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.
http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/strive-quotes/
W. E. B. Du Bois
Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. George Whitefield https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/george_whitefield_206590
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. Ronald E. Osborn https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/unknown_121506
Keep your dreams alive! Happy 2020.
Karen Cogan