We can reach beyond our grasp. To achieve objectives which are readily available does not require great effort. To be valiant we can take risk and go beyond the comfortable and convenient. When we require more of ourselves than anyone else, we begin to create our desired destiny.
Robert Browning wrote: “A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?”
When we reach for the stars, at least we won’t end up with a fist full of dirt. The challenge in life is not to exist from day to day, rather to create, forge and determine our direction and our destiny.
History has shown those who reach great heights are not those who have been given everything on a silver platter, rather it is those who take what they have been given and make the best of it. While it is quite easy to wallow in self pity each time a difficult situation arises, our challenge is to confront conflict and institute a plan of action to achieve a solution.
Instead of enduring, suffering, or simply tolerating times of trouble, we can rise to the occasion and become better as a result. When we stretch beyond comfort and convenience, we establish a foundation which allows our imagination and creativity to soar with the eagles rather than slither with the snakes.
More of the same always produces more of the same. Reaching for the stars will produce a different effect which, while not always desirable, will at least allow us to evaluate and adjust to a new reality which may lead to a new beginning.
It is not circumstance, rather our reaction to it, which creates our reality. When we reach Beyond our Grasp, we establish a powerful process to create our fate and fortune.
It’s the Bounce that Counts!
∞ Rob McBride ∞
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