I HOPE YOU DANCE

I think I read somewhere the following: there are two overwhelming principles of success, and all others hinge in this: ‘goforitiveness’ and ‘sticktoitveness’. Microsoft word is looking at me as a cow on a new gate when I type those two.

My main point for this post is the second part of success: ‘sticktoitiveness’. Visions are always bigger than the visionary that is why they are called visionaries. The distinguishing characteristic of all visionaries is that they believe in something bigger than themselves, something that all their current resources put together will not pull of the vision. The only masterful resource at their disposal is faith, belief. Faith that the vision will happen, and belief that the vision is worth waiting on. ‘StickToItiveness’!

Sometimes a visionary gets so caught up in the impracticability of the fruition of his vision. Sometimes a visionary suffers lack…lack of money, lack of motivation…sometimes his/her vision is diverted by the current pressures of basic needs: food, shelter and clothing. The distinguishing factor of visionaries is the ability to believe in their dream even when obscured by the current pressures of the world.

The best we can do is just gaze at the vision…yes, we might be totally incapacitated…at the moment, but now is not the time to give up altogether. Sticktoitiveness. One great scientist said that the reason he is more successful than others is because he stays with problems longer than others…and I am sure he sticks to his vision in the face of his problem…and ‘outsticks’ the problem.

At this moment in time, the above perfectly describes yours truly. One of the best quotes I have heard is by Mary Manin Morrisey “Absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence”. Again, I heard someone else say “What lies before me and what lies behind me are nothing compared to what lies within me”! Enough said.

The following song has been playing in my heart for quite a while, helping me to stickitout.