Greater Than or Less Than

If you had to sum up your life in three words would you say that you have lived your life greater than expected or less than expected? You need to be very honest with yourself answering this question. If you’re confused by the question read on so I can crystallize my question for you?

Less than expected living is going through life performing at an all time low-below your natural ability to perform duties. There is no greater disservice to you, humanity, or God for living life less than expected. People who follow this trend complain more about their lives than actually trying to change what is happening in their lives. The sad thing is that many people will deny they are living life at this level.

I can hear the echoing words of Nelson Mandela reverberating in my eardrum “There is no passion to be found playing small—in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

A life spent in mediocrity is a life that ends in heart wrenching misery.

Greater than expected living is living life above the expectations of yourself, your peers, and the world. These individuals usually excel in the endeavors that they pursue in life. Not because they have any super powers or anything. They have 3 powerful traits inside of them. These are faith, focus and determination. They will not let anything stop them from achieving their dreams.

I can’t help but ponder the immortal words of boxing great Sugar Ray Robinson “In order to be a champ you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.” Those who are living life greater than expected are sparkling examples of how we are all supposed to live our lives.

Now back to answering that question I posed to you at the start. Whether you answered it with greater than expected living or less than expected living there is no better time than now to live life on a greater plain.

Never live life below your ability to perform.

If Helen Keller didn’t allow her disabilities to stop her from greater than expected living, what’s your excuse?If Anna Czerwinska didn’t let anything stop her from becoming the oldest woman to climb Mt. Everest at the age of 50 http://www.everestnews.com/anna.htm, what’s your excuse?

If Yuichiro Miura didn’t let age or anything else stop him from climbing Mt. Everest at the tender age of 70 http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=44789&Reg=1, what’s your excuse?

If dropping out of college to pursue his dreams of becoming a big movie director didn’t stop Steven Spielberg from becoming one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film & one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world, what’s your excuse?

These electrifying lessons shock us to believe.

No disability is too big for the power of your combined focus, vision, and determination to achieve your dreams.You may not see all the intrinsic details of how your objective will get accomplished but start with the end in mind and everything else will fall into place.

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” St. Francis AssisiAge or frailty is no factor in pursuing your dreams. Leave all those faulty excuses of yours behind and pursue your mountains no matter how big they seem. No matter how many before you failed to reach their mountain peaks. Their journey is not yours. You can do the impossible.

Failure is not an option, but a choice.

I encourage you to live life as though you couldn’t fail when pursuing goals, dreams, and climbing your mountains. I will leave you with these powerful words to live by.

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.” Johann Goethe