Favorite Inspirational Quotes

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

Jim Rohn

What I get from this quote is a warning and some good news.  First, the warning.

If I have been headed toward a certain destination for a long time, I’ve built up speed and momentum toward that destination that won’t be easily overcome.  If I have been eating junk food and not exercising, then I have probably put on weight, maybe even a lot of it.  I have the habit of eating bad food and the habit of doing anything but keeping myself fit through exercise.  I am not going to stop being fat overnight.  I am not going to repair my health overnight.

However, the good news is I can decide right now to head in a different direction.  I can eat healthy foods and begin exercise now, today.  I can keep doing this till I pick up speed and inertia in that new direction that will eventually get me to a new destination.

I am going to have to work at it.  I’m going to have to focus on my new direction instead of scurrying off to many other directions.  I need to focus on that new direction till it brings me to my new destination.  And I have to persevere in taking right action till I get there no matter how tired I get or how much my muscles ache or how different the new food tastes.

Whatever my destintaion, whatever the goal I want to reach, if I am not there now or headed there now, I can change my direction now.  With focus, perseverance and right action, I can reach that new destination.

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