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All kinds of things needed

Saab 900 Turbo

Wow, it seems I put myself some tasks. And yes, I still believe virtually anything can be done and you (and I) can make virtually any dream come true. But at the moment everything just seems work, work, work. And somehow I know this is just how it works, this is how to get there, step by step, one thing at the time, no matter how slow it seems to go. Although that reminds me that many things in my life also just ‘came to me’. Many things I wanted or wished for or had somewhere in my mind were suddenly just there, without me even realized that i ever really wanted it or something.

One sample is a car I once had. It was even quite some time after I acquired it that I realized that during childhood i had kind of dreamed of this kind of car. When I was a child I was completely crazy about cars, like reading car magazines and books and i was also subscribed to a weekly magazine. One weekly item in the magazine was a weekly car test report and one week the report was about a Saab 900 Turbo (or at least a Saab Turbo). The car was way beyond I could ever imagine for my dad to have, let alone me. Anyhow, years and years later I realized I drove in one, and that I owned it. So indeed, even your wildest dreams can come true, although there was one issue with the car. It was not the shiny brand new car from the test report, but a ten year old car that was at the end of its lifetime. So be careful what you wish for, but don’t forget that I really enjoyed the car and that I was amazed that I not only drove one, but even owned it.

And this is not the only thing that happened to me, that kind of ‘came to me’. Many of the things I had in mind when I was a boy or teenager I did and got in my life, also many things that appeared completely impossible.

So yes, I guess this post even inspires me now as I know that nature or the Universe or Infinite Intelligence or God or whatever name you have for the ‘higher power’ often, or maybe even always, just gives you what you want,although sometimes not in exactly the way you had imagined it.

So whenever you are tired or down or whatever, just know that despite of all the principles of success it is not only those principles, that to me often sound like hard work, but that often things also just ‘come to you’, without direct effort or action.

Or as I started with this post like feeling of needing all kinds of things, that those things might just be there already or on the way.

Small steps

Wow, was just thinking I did not write a post for this site yet and I have been working a few hours on this site already. Also thought about something like ‘small steps’. Sometimes I forget how much effort is involved in even the simplest things we see others do, or the simplest results others achieved.

Like now, you may see some little things change in this site, e.g. I wanted to add some kind of color to the site, some logo of some kind. So I did search on ‘inspiration and motivation and success’ and saw a nice image, the one you now (April 14, 2014) see on the right top, or below:

Road to Success

So even for this little post I had to do some things to get the right image in the page as I want the ‘original’ image in this page, even if the image in the header changes. So I had to copy the image, give it another name and upload it to the server.

So yes, this post is about me, as of course I want some appreciation for what I do with this site and of course you all underestimate how much time and effort are involved in creating a site like this.

And yes, while writing this i also realize how many small steps others do, you do, for things that appear so easy to me. And that I could express my appreciation for things others do so much more.

So let’s appreciate ourselves and each other more, tell ourselves and each other more that all those little steps are important, that each little step often takes more effort than we realize, but also that all those small steps lead to big things if we just keep walking.

Tunnel too long?

I feel like I’m still in a bit a weird situation that somehow I create myself:

  • I know what I want, but it will take (quite) some time and effort to get there.
  • I found a way to do small things every day and finish them.
  • I noticed that I am able to finish all the small tasks I put to myself.

The main issue I’m dealing with right now is that I cannot see a direct connection between the small steps I’m making and the main goal I want to achieve.

What I also notice is that I often cannot find a proper ‘reward’ when I have finished a small step. I also notice that I’m sometimes satisfied after finishing a small task, but often also not.

So I’m very successful at finishing small tasks, where most of these tasks I think are in the direction of my goal, but I don’t feel satisfied.

I guess the answer lies in ‘planning’, but I found I’m not very good at that yet.

Maybe the main issue is that I did not found a way to deal with things that are beyond my control. Things that I feel may make all the small steps ‘useless’.

Another thing is there is an awful pile of ‘unfinished business’ to deal with. I decided to put it aside for now which I think is a good decision, however, it’s still there and somehow it’s still bothering me. Some progress also there though, as it’s not really growing anymore and I am working on a decision to try to make it smaller in very small steps.

And still, I believe virtually anything can be achieved.

So what’s the real issue here?

Thinking further, issues seem to be ‘too much to deal with as of the moment’ and ‘finding a way to relax while on the way, at the beginning of the road, with a lot of unfinished business from the past’.