Your Mission is Too Important...

My last post was about your personal mission in life. Whether or not you've actually written one down and whether or not you've even thought about it, you do have a mission. It encompasses all you strive to do and be. It is your implicit purpose. It carries your values, dreams, and goals. It is what you are here for. You are your mission. Sometimes, though, you find yourself falling short of living your mission. Things get in the way of you being all that you can be. You know what you want to do and what you should do in life, but certain obstacles stand in your way and prevent you from living up to your full potential. It's one thing to have mission; it's another to live it. Living your mission is hard.

But guess what? That is no excuse. Yes, life is difficult and circumstances will slow you down. But you're mission is too important for you to let the roadblocks hinder you. Your success is more important than anything that could deter you from it. Once you realize this fact, nothing else will matter. You will be unstoppable. If you want something bad enough, you will do whatever it takes to get it. How bad do you want to be successful in your mission? How important is your mission to you? That is what you must ask yourself. Is your mission too important for.....

• Fear? Do you want to be successful more than you want to be safe and secure? Writer and musician Ambrose Redmoon once said, "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." Fear is your psychological default. When are you scared to make a decision, engage in a conversation, start a project, or whatever it may be, your natural reaction is to not do that thing. But guess what? More than likely, your mission is to get it done. The question is, "Which will triumph, your fear of life or your passion for it?" Is your mission too important for you to be held back by fear?




• Laziness? Are you willing to work hard enough to accomplish your mission? If you have set your goals high enough, they will not be easy too attain. It will take a lot of sweath, a lot of mental anguish. You have to be willing to persist. You cannot get sluggish or apathetic. Your mission will not fulfill itself? Are you willing to put the work into it? Are you willing to work long hours and have difficult conversations to be the person you want to be you? Are you up for the relentless striving it takes to be successful? Is your mission important enough to work up a sweat?




• Discouragement? Is your mission too important for you to give up when you fail? And you will fail. You will falter. You will be the person you don't want to be, say the things you don't want to say, and live the way that you don't want to live. You will let yourself down. You will break your own promises to yourself. But, is your mission more important than self-pity? Is it too important for you to wallow in shame and regret? Is it important enough for you to get back up and try again as if you are numb to the pain of failure? Persevering through failure is often the only road to success. Are you will to fail? Are you willing to try again? Is your mission to important for surrender?




• Complacency? Is your mission too important for you to stand still? If you ever reach the point at which you can say, "I've succeeded enough," you are abandoning your mission. Life is a journey. Being true to your mission isn't reaching the destination; it's making the journey. It's crossing the bridges, climbing the rocks, and wading through the rivers. If you stop and settle down on the hillside, you have failed. Are you willing to keep improving? Are you willing to strive constantly for the eternal better? People who live faithfully to their missions do not retire. They are always living, always growing, always getting better. Is your mission too important for you to settle down?
  

Your mission is too important. Do not think otherwise. When you ask yourself, "Why am I here?" Can you really be content with answers such as, "to stay safe and get by without incident" or "to avoid work and do as little as possible." Certainly, there are people who live this way. But they are wasting their lives. Fear, laziness, discouragement, complacency. This is not an exhaustive list. The obstacles are numerous that prevent us from living up to what we are capable of. The question really boils down to this: "Will we use the obstacles as an excuse as to why we can't accomplish our mission or will we use our mission as an excuse as to why we cannot let those obstacles hold us back?" How important is your mission to you?