Looking Ahead

Be part of your community. Don’t live life in a social vacuum or in front of a computer screen. Don’t limit yourself and be limited by people who are content with mediocrity. Expand your circle of contacts by becoming involved with your community. Be kind and caring. Contribute and be actively involved. Experience life with all your senses.

Be open to learning. Make learning a life-long endeavour. Change and growth cannot occur if you do not open yourself to new experiences and learning. Be receptive to new things. A rule about personal growth and development is if something makes you uncomfortable or anxious then it is an area for you to work on and strengthen. Think about the things that cause you to pull away and then commit yourself to facing those fears. Be proactive. Seek out resources and support to help you meet those fears. The most difficult challenges within ourselves are worth overcoming.

Be grateful. Realize than more is not necessarily better or that it will make you happy. Make balance in your life a priority. Happiness does not come from others or material wealth. Happiness has to come from within the one person that matters: You. Be grateful for your health, the people who care about you and the people you love, and life itself.

Be passionate. Don’t ignore your true passion/calling in life. Realize your potential. Find a way to do what you truly love. Where there is a will, there is a way. If you don’t love what you’re doing, then why waste any more time doing it?

Find the love you’ve been looking for. Begin with the above, and he or she will emerge.