Never Have a Zero Day!
We all have dreams and aspirations. Whatever form they take, our highest desires will always take time and effort to reach. This should not be seen as intimidating, but rather as a challenge that gives life greater meaning. If we could just push a button and receive happiness, we would be miserable with that. It would feel superficial, and we would not appreciate it. For instance, when we cook a nice meal for ourselves, we feel greater satisfaction than we would just receiving it. The act of overcoming and manifesting what we want gives us a deeper feeling of purpose and fulfillment.
But, how do we achieve our highest desires if they require so much effort to accomplish? Doubt may infect our minds if we simply start churning away at it. The biggest goals we can set for ourselves are not doable with concentrated effort. To really see major results, we need to master maintaining long-term patterns of behavior. This means we must make taking action towards our goal a routine: something we incorporate in our every day lives.
Thus, the most important thing to consider when considering how we are going to accomplish our goal is not how much we are going to do at any given time, but how consistent we are with putting effort into making it happen. In making a habit of walking in one direction, it is inevitable that we will get closer and closer to our destination.
Even when we have a bad day, we must be mindful to at least make an honest attempt to do something meaningful for our higher purpose. Incremental progress is still progress. Chipping away at a major task may not seem like it is getting done, but the effort adds up, in more ways than one. By being dedicated to making a routine out of our efforts conditions us to automatically think and work towards our goal. Given enough time of being consistent, doing the minimum will seem like nothing, and we will feel compelled to do more, because we have an abundance of energy to dedicate to the project.
On a long enough timeline, anything is possible! Free will is a skill, and if we choose to grow ours through regular effort, then we open so many doors of possibility. Not even the sky is the limit to a person who lives a life dedicated to making their dreams a reality!