When any of us are dropped in a situation that exceeds our comfort level, we generally take flight to safety.
Yet, when the piles of debt slowly grow, the workload creeps up on us, or we say yes to one more person, we find ourselves in a boiling battle.
A frog will not stay in a boiling pot. However, if you place that frog in cool water and slowly turn up the heat, the frog will cook.
None of us say that we want the problems we find ourselves in - the truth is, we chose to be there. We choose that gray area one day at a time, and just like compounding interest, our interests cloud our judgement.
It is a slow fade to the things in life that bind us. We are not tempted to buy that device until our friend has it. Our weight does not seem like it is out of control until we have a means to measure our choices.
Our daily choices determine our destiny.
Success is no secret, and neither is temptation. It is one inch at a time. It is not the one inch off the path that kills us - it is the second and third inch from where we wanted to go.
Every one of us will stray from our dream - that is not our problem. The path to problems in our lives is when we don't redirect and refocus when we fall. When we feel that water heating up, it is our comfort that keeps us cooking.
The only solution is keeping our dreams in front of us. Write about them, talk about them, and post pictures about them. Keep people around you that are further along than you are and make time to be with them. The difference is life changing.