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Stop and Go Home.
How many of us are in our
present circumstances based on things
we were taught as
children? Some of those things might
have been
ingrained into our mind for
a reason, such as safety. But, now that
we're adults, are any of
the old rules subconsciously holding us back?
I know a woman who had a
little girl named Heather, a blonde
haired, blue eyed exuberant
child who pushed her limits. Now, a
mother's job is to protect
her daughter from injury and danger.
Boundaries were set, as
they should be. When Heather turned
five,
she wanted to ride her bike
out of the driveway. They lived in a
small
subdivision with no
sidewalks, and mom wanted to be able to see her
at all times. She told her she could go as far as the stop
sign, which
was two houses away. The rule was when Heather saw the stop sign,
she would "Stop and Go
Home".
The rule worked great;
Heather always turned around at the stop
Sign and came back
home. About a year later, they were
headed on a
trip – packed the
suitcases, buckled the kids in, and took off.
An hour into
their travels, they stopped
at an intersection. As they were
waiting
for their turn to go,
Heather said, "Oh no! Now we gotta go home".
She'd seen the stop sign,
and it had been ingrained into her head
that it really meant
"STOP and go home"!
Now, the word Stop means do
not go progress - do not move
forward - immediately
discontinue the action at hand. When we
were
children, "stops"
were given to us for our safety and well being. But,
now that we're grown up, how
many of us still use "stops" as a safety
net? What devices that were used to keep us
safely within our boundaries
are we hanging on to that
prevents us from advancing?
How often do people begin
to get close to realizing their
dreams, to changing their
lives, and they hit a "stop sign"?
Maybe they
"stop" because
there isn't enough money to take the next step, or they are
afraid to leave the certain
safety and security of their current job to change
careers – the fear of the
unknown. What will happen when you
cross the
boundaries that have been
ingrained into your thinking?
When you hit a stop, you
have two choices: One: Stop, do not move
forward, do not pass
go. Stay with the familiar and remain
at
status quo. Two: Find that little nudge, that hand in the
small of your
back, which gently pushes
you to take the first step beyond your present
boundaries, for with each
step you take, you are that much closer to achieving
your goals and the
realizing your dreams.
Try to look at all the stop
signs, and obstacles in your life as positives.
They are opportunities to
push your limits, and find a way to move forward.
They are momentary pauses
on the path to success!
Keep movin', and keep
smilin'..
-30-
Gregory Scott Reid, #1 best
selling author The Millionaire
Mentor, Positive Impact,
and co-author Wake up…Live the life you
Love http://www.motivational-speaker-gregory-scott-reid.com