Staying Focused and Determined!! (Day #8 January 16 & 17, 2013)

It's very easy to let things distract you and get in the way of your primary or even secondary goals. We all must remember to stay Focused and Determined towards and with our goals in life. One could argue that you could role with the events that happen in everyday life, but then where is the inner motive or distinction of purpose within ones self? Where would our drive towards anything come from or establish itself? I believe we set goals and future plans so that we can strive toward something bigger and better. Meaning, we want to accomplish things in life whether it is getting a new pair of shoes, a new cd, dvd, table, phone, or whatever... We construct these goals so we can become a better person. So we can make something of the life we have been given. And so we have some sense of given purpose here on earth while we are alive. Who's to say we don't? 

I am supported in my goals and objectives in life by my truly amazing and perfect girlfriend. She gives me that feeling of purpose and need of fulfillment. She is my rock! She is my soul! She is my EVERYTHING!! Without her, the biggest of big things, to the smallest of small things would not be the same or complete without her. Thanks babe :)

My goals and objectives of the new year are always to become a better person. A better person by helping to make the world a better place while I am here and a part of it. To make others happy however and whenever I can. To make people feel good about themselves and what they have accomplished in life, or are accomplishing. I am going to read more books, gain more knowledge/intelligence, train Muay Thai, Wrestling and Jiu Jitsu harder than I ever have in my 7 years of on going practice, get at least 2 A's out of the 4 classes I will be taking in the fall (not this spring because...long story for a different time). Save money to be able to buy my girlfriend the ring she wants for when we get engaged soon. Take my dogs on more walks. Eat healthier food (when I can). Watch how I spend my money and not spend it if I don't have to or need to. Show myself as well as others more respect, in more ways than one, even if they are complete assholes. Letting their words of hate and anger slip past my ear and shoulder, as though I was slipping a jab or cross and comfort them with words of peaceful intention and joy. 

These are some of the things I am Focused and Determined to do this year and for the remainder of my life and I refuse to let ANYONE take this away from me. I am my own person and I am the only one that can make the change I hope to see or achieve. As I said in another writing, it is a fight! Life is a fight and you must fight for the things you have been ideologically constructed to believe to be right in life. What other motives, purposes, or objectives could you want to strive for? Self intentions for producing self success starts with helping others while all at the same helping yourself. Some only strive for themselves and making the money that mass produces the materialistic items we so desperately strive for in life. For these things of materialistic texture are momentary and last but a short while. The help towards others in need and devotion towards making the world a better place is ever lasting. As the Greeks believed, these types of deeds and markings left on and in the world, are the things that make a man or woman immortal. Immortality starts with yourself and the improvement YOU choose to make with your life and others. 

"The Soul of Man is Immortal and Imperishable." - Plato