You’ve heard it all before –
“Give until it hurts.”
“Ya gotta give 110%.”
“Give it all you got.”
“Give until you can give no more.”
“All you need to do is to try harder.”
But, how do you know when you’ve reached “that point”? You know, the point where you have given or tried “everything” imaginable under the sun and you’re still not quite “there”, where you want or need to be? You may feel that you’re even further from being “there” than when you began.
You start wondering and doubting if you’ll ever make it “there” or if all the effort has just been a big waste of time and resources. Heck, you may even begin to wonder why or maybe you have forgotten why you even wanted to get “there” in the first place.
Maybe what’s keeping you from getting “there” isn’t motivation or drive or desire. Maybe it’s a person, an attitude, or a lack of knowledge.
Yup, I think the answer to what’s keeping you from making it “there” can be found by looking in the mirror – it’s you!
“But how can that be?”, you may ask. I’ve tried literally everything I can think of and I’m still not “there”.
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe you’ve been working towards the wrong “there”?
Visualize a children’s dot-to-dot -> a plain old sheet of paper with numbered dots.
What happens if you hand the same page to two children – one that knows numbers and one that doesn’t?
Come on, we’ve all seen it. The child that knows numbers ends up with a picture of a tree or animal; whereas the other child simply connects the dots randomly and ends up with who knows what.
Where is your “life dot-to-dot” taking you? What type of picture are you hoping it makes? Is it “neat & orderly” or “messy & scattered” or a combination of both?
The important thing to remember is that it’s YOUR LIFE! You determine when and where to draw the next line. Whether the outcome is expected or a complete surprise, at some point you’ll get to where you want to be, “there”.
The “picture” you create will be even more beautiful than you can imagine.
So, you’ve got some work to do!
Go now! Take out your pen, pencil or crayon and discover your life’s “dot-to-dot”.
Dan’s View 
Thanks Dan!!! For giving my inner child permission to get out the coloring books. Not Kidding. I love coloring books and I’m going to get mine out for the holidays…
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Hey Lennox – I love it! Color away! Oh, and never stop! Continue feeding your inner child.
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Wow Dan, this was one of your best blogs. Sometimes it seems to make more logical sense to go from dot 23 to dot 28 and then back to 24. However, when the picture is done it seems to be missing something. I believe that sometimes we have to ignore logic and simply follow the numbers.
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Thanks Jack. Sometimes we’re too busy trying to get where or what we want and “forget” that God has a plan. We are “selfish” when we need not be; as God has plenty of gifts and will never in out!
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