You might sometimes wonder whether your dedication and sacrifice will pay off as your intended goals. There isn’t a person on earth who wants to invest their time, effort, and money into something that eventually will result in a disappointment.

It’s vital to become aware of extent to which you follow this trend of thinking. Often times you may not have had sufficient exposure and development of your goals for positive results to be born. Thus a lack of experience has equated into a lack of results. During such times you might be afraid to face disappointment to degree of avoiding taking even initial action required towards achieving your goals.

Courage is acting despite of fear.

It’s important to act and follow through with your planned actions despite fears and desires to avoid pain and disappointments.

Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever. – Lance Armstrong

At end its how much victory you have achieved, rather than how much pain you have avoided.

The only way to know is to do.

It seems to me that “break cycle” has to do with some type of horrific traumatizing event that may have been re-occurring for many years (abuse of a spouse or child) or a one time unexpected event (a mugging or rape that leaves a life long scar).

What if there is another cycle that is not so “in your face” apparent, but rather a silent cycle that is not recognized anymore as it is a universal disease that no one really notices anymore. What if dying an uncelebrated life is a cycle all of its own?

As I have been trying to break my own cycle of work, home, sleep, work, home, sleep after countless years, which can lead to nothing but contempt, bitterness and anger, I am trying to break cycle of teaching this very learned behavior to my son.

I have thoughts lately (seems to be all time now) that life is not forever. It could actually be gone tomorrow. Did I waste today? I may not have found cure for Aids or cancer or war, but did I make someone smile today? Did I have some type of positive influence on someone’s life, even if it was just my own? Did I enjoy sunrise?

My son came bounding down stairs other day looking for a battery. He recently received a metal detector for his birthday. Seeing as he is so in love with money at this stage of his life he could not wait to get that baby warmed up. He told tales of finding wild amounts of hidden treasures as only a young child could possibly imagine and what he would do with his massive new bounty.

“I would give 500 hundred to Gramps; I would put 500 hundred in bank; I would keep 200 hundred for myself; I would give 200 hundred to house and I would give all rest to poor people.”

My heart filled with joy with fact that “I would buy best video game systems and all video games I want for rest of my life”, (which is what we used to dream about) didn’t come out of his mouth. Houston, we may be making progress here.