The Moth That Fell In Love With The Star

The Moth That Fell In Love With The Star There once was a moth that fell in love with a star. All his friends and relatives mocked him, told him he was being unrealistic, and urged him to focus his efforts on some local, possible, attainable goal: a streetlamp, a porchlight, a candle or a lantern. Even a chandelier, if he must. But our Moth was in love with His Star, and he would not give up. So while all his pals, his parents, his sisters and brothers and cousins and aunts, soon burned themselves out around the local, ready-made luminaries, and wound up as charred bits of ash on the sidewalks, the porches, the floors and tables of the town, our Moth enjoyed a long and happy and healthy life in endless pursuit of his limitless Star. My Message These days, I imagine "ambitious" to have undertones of "you can't do that, can you". But there's no sane reason why it should be so. Many things are difficult, but millions of people have done them. Look back into the past, and you will see that we are doing what was once impossible millions of times every day. What's ambitious to one person is trivial to the next, and impossible to another. So don't judge other people's goals. You know your own limits, and what's safe and what's stretching you, and what's overstretching you (at the moment). You also know your own dreams, and if you have the courage to believe in even one little grain of sand out of your dream, then I think you're on the way to something good! I've written on this theme before but I think it's important to get practical with it! Can you think right now of one ambitious goal you would love to be doing... write it down. Now, think of the very first step to obtaining it... also right that down... The rest should follow! As I have been writing these emails for over a year now, I want to try something a little different. I have created a "Monday inspiration" page on Facebook. A place where you can share your ambitions and goals - click here. Maybe we can all identify ways to help our friends through this, after all we in this world together, so let's work in unity to make our lives awesome. I wish you all a week full of success! Darren Zwiers The Quote: The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. - William Shakespeare