A Common Path

I know a young couple who are just starting out. The guy is near thirty and the girl is twenty. The both work at a fast food place and both are overweight. Their vision for life is to live in the trailer park where his family lives for the rest of their lives. She will work and he will stay home and raise any children that might come along.

Now there is nothing wrong with any of those things, on the surface. Being overweight is bad for your health, of course, but there are lots of people who are over weight. There is nothing wrong with working in a fast food place, but not as your life’s career. There’s nothing wrong with living in a trailer park, and the family is nice, as far as I know, but most young couples look forward to owning their own home.

My point to all of this is that it breaks my heart when I see people like this, especially young people, who have no dreams, no goals. They want to just maintain what they have, put out as little effort as possible, and try for nothing better. They told me themselves that they have no dreams and no goals.

We are created to be reflections of the Infinite Source. We have the potential to do so much, to be great, and yet so many refuse to dream. How our world suffers because of this!

I have heard some people say that if everyone grew to their full potential that there would not be enough room for all of us to do such great things. The sad part is, I doubt we will ever have to worry about it. So many like this young couple have no desire and do not care to find out.

What about you? Do you have the desire to be better than you are? Do you have the desire to be all you can be?

Steve

Tags: better life, Goal setting, positive attitude

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