I so love your prayer too!

“About the law of attraction…I certainly believe it can be motivating if it gets us moving and working, but I just can’t believe we’ll always get what we want even though we play our part well. Think of Randy Pausch…I can’t imagine anyone doing more to live to see his children raised. He did wonderful things in the process, but he still passed away and missed watching them grow up. And a friend of mine worked extremely hard for about thirty years writing science fiction, supporting herself with jobs like being a waitress while she focused on her writing. She was convinced that she would eventually succeed in writing. She finally gave it up in her late sixties when her health started failing. She wound up extremely bitter for having wasted her life. A psychologist told her at least she had spent her life doing what she loved, and she was so angry she wanted to throw him out the window…she didn’t want to write for the joy of it, she wanted to be a paid writer.

I also know plenty of people who worked hard because they felt they had to in order to survive. They wound up successful even though had never dreamed it. It seems to me that the law of attraction works when it gets people to focus and work hard. That certainly increases their chances of being successful. But It’s not the only way that successful people motivate themselves. What do you think?

Thanks for the food for thought.”

So, I’ll ask you what I asked the author of the post, what do you think about these other examples?

I, for one, am committed to continually honing my skills. It’s a small price to pay for living life as an adventure.

I’ve been doing that for years. I’ve always had a lot of drive, even though I’ve never been ambitious in the worldly sense. I do notice that a lot of personal development blogs are trying to encourage people to make commitments and take action. Are those things you personally are wrestling with? When is commitment easy for you? When is it difficult? For me the power of blogging is looking deeply into our own lives and sharing our experiences. Thank you both for coming by.

And really thank you so much for the following quote:
“Prayer isn’t asking for what we want. It’s asking to be changed in ways we can’t imagine.”

I can’t agree more.
Robert

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