Attitude Momentum

My apologies folks but due to technical issues I've been unable to properly post my blog. I try to write daily and provide something new and different. It is odd when one doesn't know really who is reading the words. But I get a great satisfaction in knowing that it is being read. And if it is helping only a few, then great. So on to something less self serving shall we?
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I like to quote Dean Sweetman from time to time as he has a knack for presenting ideas to me in ways I certainly would not have envisioned. He is Australian by birth but became a U.S. citizen a couple of years back as did his wife Jill. They've embraced what is good about our country yet bring another piece to the great mixture we call the 'American melting pot'.

Dean speaks about keeping your momentum going in this new year. Certainly all of us had huge enthusiasm on January 1st. Earlier in the month of January I had written of the need to get off to a start by doing something, at least anything to make a change. Doing something that will impact your entire year and improve your life.

Dean describes it using a surfing analogy from his youth on the Pacific shores near Sydney. The waves breaking near the shore are the goals and visions you've set for yourself. And you've written them down, correct? In surfing though, points are not given simply for getting up on the wave. Many can get up on the wave or state a resolution. No, you need to ride that wave into the shore to achieve the points. Falling off or discarding your goal without trying earns you much less.

You also need the wave breaking near the shore in order to make that final ride into success. The wave or final push to achievement begins way out in the Pacific Ocean. A whale jumps and creates a splash. Or a gust of wind caresses the water forming a swell. Both begin movement towards the shores, towards your dreams.

Someone out there has created movement that will eventually make its way towards you. To intersect with your dreams and goals...creating a wave of final pursuit. You may have started it yourself by simply making a decision to change. Yet it ultimately climaxes in the opportunity to ride a wave into the shore. Are you preparing yourself to take advantage of it? Are you willing to risk the ride?

Dreams, visions or goals begin as a small swell in the ocean and culminate in the perfect wave when meeting the shore. Take the steps to successfully ride them into shore. The first one will be hard, but the next ones become easier. Don't let February become your down month...let the swells continue to carry you further along. It will become a wave of opportunity.

"Take advantage of momentum, ride it all of the way to the shore and fulfill your dreams." -Dean Sweetman