Tuesday To Do or Not To Do!

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

1884-1962

In the late night hours the thoughts come. I can't do this. I can't do that. Motivation slips into the muscles of the mind which are tired by the energies of the day. In the evening even the most powerful when left alone by courtiers and kings and it is no longer necessary to be the cheerleader of the world, one wonders is it possible? Why have I started on the path. Can I really make a difference.

Then come morning and the mind begins to stretch like a cat awakening from a soft, warm nap and in the distance floating over the steam of coffee belief begins to awaken. What seemed like a worm last night becomes a dragon with wings and brightly painted scales. Life seems possible again.

The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.

James Whitcomb Riley

I don't like to think that I am human. I want to think that I always have the optimism, the energy and the persistence to work toward a goal. Yet, there are times when I feel tired and I wonder if I have the energy to carry on in manifesting my dreams. I have heard all my life "just do the work and you will win." However, there is nothing said about when you are tired you just need to rest. I am afraid when I rest the dream will have floated away on the winds of time and I will be faced with the recognition that I was too tired, too lazy, too unmotivated to do what I dream I am to do.

At night I question myself what am I to do and what am I not to do. In the morning, I get up and make another "to do" list. Motivation is a daily task to maintain focus and to realize that yes I can do what I want. I must learn not to listen to the demons at night who just want to drag me into sleep but torture me first with doubts about my ability. At night I forget my totem is a Pit Bull and I feel like a cowering pup facing the master who is angry. But come morning, I have grabbed hold again of that bone which drives me ever forward.

There are two times in the day not to talk to me: At night when I am taking off my day dreams to go to sleep and in the morning when I am widening my visions to awaken to new possibilities. Truth changes in eight hours. What is true when I am tired or afraid, becomes a different truth when I am awakened in the morning ready for more passion and to be a fearless dragon again.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

Sun Tzu(ca. 500 BC)

I discovered this morning that I do not have to be persistent every evening but every morning I have to realize that I will have victory over the fears that tormented me at night. Night terrors disappear in the light of day. And I go about my day deciding what to do and what not to do. My morning muse empowers me from a space deep inside and keeps me coming back to the path to dance my way into the future. I can learn at night to put my dreams into a loving scarlet satin pouch of safety in my heart until the morning comes and then I take them out and let them fly free till night comes and it is time to put them in a safe place again.

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