How vain is it to sit down to write when you havent stood up to live. -Henery David Thoearu
Today I learned a valuable lesson about myself. I came to realize two things: FIRST that I have big dreams followed by no action, and SECOND that my actions made my dreams seem out of reach. Though for years I had been giving advice on what you should do in order to get to where you wanted to go, and how to believe in yourself enough to do so. I must say that I wasn't following my own advice and my actions proved that I didn't believe in myself as much as I tried to convice those around me that I did. So today while I was reading like I do everyday for FUN :). I came across a list of quotes I had written down when I was a freshman in high school. Thw list was entitled, "what drives me", now at this moment I can't think of why I titled this list this way but I am guessing I knew that I would need it later on. I had quotes from the writting greats like Robert Frost, Langhston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Emmerson, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allen Poe, Alfred Tennyson, Dorothy Parker, and a few others that escape my mind. At the very bottom of this list was a quote by Henery David Throeau that said, "How vain is it to sit down to write when you haven't stood up to live". That quote did the same thing to me that it did when I first found it freshman year it made me THINK. Now thats not saying that I didn't more or less when I read it the first time it's just now I understand it better and I am more willing to turn the nouns into verbs, while I still have the chance. Right now I have an idea of what I want to do and how I want to go about doing it. But in order for it to happen I have to have my plan in writing. Seeing it makes all the difference, when I see it I know that it is possible. ONE LUV
Today I learned a valuable lesson about myself. I came to realize two things: FIRST that I have big dreams followed by no action, and SECOND that my actions made my dreams seem out of reach. Though for years I had been giving advice on what you should do in order to get to where you wanted to go, and how to believe in yourself enough to do so. I must say that I wasn't following my own advice and my actions proved that I didn't believe in myself as much as I tried to convice those around me that I did. So today while I was reading like I do everyday for FUN :). I came across a list of quotes I had written down when I was a freshman in high school. Thw list was entitled, "what drives me", now at this moment I can't think of why I titled this list this way but I am guessing I knew that I would need it later on. I had quotes from the writting greats like Robert Frost, Langhston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Emmerson, Walt Whitman, Edgar Allen Poe, Alfred Tennyson, Dorothy Parker, and a few others that escape my mind. At the very bottom of this list was a quote by Henery David Throeau that said, "How vain is it to sit down to write when you haven't stood up to live". That quote did the same thing to me that it did when I first found it freshman year it made me THINK. Now thats not saying that I didn't more or less when I read it the first time it's just now I understand it better and I am more willing to turn the nouns into verbs, while I still have the chance. Right now I have an idea of what I want to do and how I want to go about doing it. But in order for it to happen I have to have my plan in writing. Seeing it makes all the difference, when I see it I know that it is possible. ONE LUV
2 comments:
That is so true. And I love planning! ^_^ But seriously, it is a constant battle to keep your goals in mind and not lose focus; there are so many other things to easily distract you. However, having a long-term AND short-term game plan will help keep you focused. What sort of goals do you want to reach this semester? What activities do you want to be a part of? In your personal life what do you want to accomplish? And for everyone's sake get procrastination out of your mind NOW! I've discovered your mind will lead you wherever you LET it lead you so no matter what you've done in the past don't let your mind tell you it's going to be another procrastinating semester! Let's print those papers out early and know what your assignments are going to be and get started as soon as you can. Let's make this semester a good one! And life even better! ^_^ What's our motto for this year? FOCUS! FOCUS! FOCUS!!!! Yeahhhhh!!!!!!! *....cough, cough...* I think I'm calm now... ;}
Disclaimer: Previous comments were a reflection of my own disgraceful behavior last semester, not yours. Although they are just as applicable to ANYONE's situation as we human beings just tend to love procrastination :D
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