Only you can take yourself where you want to go

Only you can take yourself where you want to go                                          230510

One of the complaints that people make in life is that they were never given everything that they need to get to the place that they want to go. The problem with this outcry is that the only person who knows about where you want to go is you and even if everyone else wanted to help they may have given you tools to go where they wanted you to go and not necessarily where you wanted to.  What this means is that the only person who can take you to the place where you want to go is you. There are three reasons why you must do your best to take yourself there instead of expecting someone else to do it for you.

The first reason is that you are the only one who knows where you want to go. If someone had the prerogative to take you somewhere in life, then you could take them to task if they fail to do so. Now that your life belongs to you, and that you are responsible for the direction you have to take, it is you who must take yourself there. It is not right to ask someone who does not know the destination to lead the way. I believe you have seen the place where you want to be in your mind’s eye. Since you have seen it, you have a better idea as to what you want. It is better, for that reason, for you to be the one leading the way. At least you know when you have arrived.

There are many people who wish you well and they often give you advice as to where they think you must be. Sometimes that advice looks so sensible you want to abandon everything and follow it. In as much as all they have to say is good, it is you who should be chatting the way to your great destination. Do not leave it to anyone else.

The second reason why you must be moving in the direction you want to go is that you would not have the desire to go there if there was no potential in you to get there. God puts in you a desire to accomplish only the things that you are capable of achieving. To all the others, the things that you want to achieve may be looking too big or too small, but to you it is your destiny. Most of us shudder when we are faced with the sea. The day old turtles; fresh from their egg shells, have a way of being attracted by this big monstrous body of water. Somehow they are wired in such away that they will seek out the sea despite the obvious dangers. If they do not get a chance to go out to seas they feel shortchanged. There are many dangerous animals out at sea that would feast on the defenseless day old turtle, but it goes out there despite them. It has greater chances of survival out at sea than it has on land because it is a sea animal. What gives it the desire to go out to sea is that it has the potential to survive in the wild sea. If turtles had to listen to some grown up friends like some of us have to, they would have every reason to stay on the beach, a place where there is more danger than out at sea. Or they would whine all day about the fact that no one gave them an armored boat to fight off enemies as they took the perilous journey out to sea.

You have the potential to go where you want to go and it does not matter that you do not have the resources that you need to get there. The greatest resource you have is your brain and it is enough to take you where you want to get.

The third reason is that you are the only one who has a genuine interest in your own affairs. Many people love you and they are eager to help you where necessary, but there are many who like you only for the things that they can get from you. You are the only person who has a genuine interest in your own success. At least you can check your motives. Others will try to take you where they want to go. You do not have a choice but to rely primarily on yourself as far as your general direction of travel is concerned. If others will support you it is very well.

Wherever you want to go, you can go provided you do not expect someone to take you there. Do not doubt your ability to get there because the desire to get there is testimony of your potential to get there. Since you know where you want to go, make it your duty to take the first step in that direction.