Crystal Clear Goals by Sally Huss

"Make your goals crystal clear and clearly they will become crystallized -- provided life doesn't have something better in mind."

 

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Ummm!  This is a very good thing to know – to “make your goals crystal clear and clearly they will become crystallized.”  But the second part of this is equally important – “provided life doesn’t have something better in mind.”  It’s best to remember that life is always looking out for us.  And, although we want what we want, we may not get exactly what we want.  It might just be better.

 

At one point in my life I was very fixated on this “getting exactly what you want idea” as many people are today. At the same time I was preparing a thought-a-day calendar for American Greetings in which I included this thought – without the second part. After the calendar was published I showed it to a friend of mine who is a very wise woman.  She turned the pages slowly, absorbing the thoughts and commented on the art.  She smiles.  She chuckled.  Then she stopped.  “This is not right,” she said pointing to exactly this statement.  “You are dealing with truth here and you must be exact.”  Then she proceeded to put me right.  “Yes, make your goals crystal clear, but life has a say in things and it may not be for your best interest or others’ best interest that your goal be manifested as you design it.”

 

That’s when I created the second part of this saying, “providing life doesn’t have something better in mind.”

 

A dear friend of mind just went through a common exercise in job hunting.  She found an opportunity that seemed just right for her, she thought.  The job would involve many of the things she likes to do – event planning, working with all kinds of people, traveling.  She prayed for this job.  She drooled over this job.  She imagined her life wrapped around it.  She wanted it more than she had wanted anything.  But, alas, someone else was chosen because that person had more job experience in the needed areas.  What we talked about after she recovered from her disappointment was that she needed to get some experience in those areas herself by not starting at the top but working her way up. 

 

Getting a particular job or a particular man or anything else involves many elements, wants and goals all around.  What I have found is that what eventually happens, happens for the best.  With a little time, looking back at a previous disappointment may look like the greatest break we could have had.  There we are, back again needing to trust life.

 

Smiles,

Sally

“Life is wonderful! Don’t forget it.”

 

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c 2008 Sally Huss

Comments

[WD Favour]

I think that your post recognizes the very important fact that there is a sovereign force over life's affairs who knows more about us and our future, plans better for us than we could ever do for ourselves, and ultimately overwrites our goals no matter how clear - TO GIVE US A BETTER LIFE!!!
Thanks for your insight.

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[Sally Huss]

So true. Thanks for shedding more light on this subject.