Richelle E. Goodrich

Knowing the path through the forest doesn't make the trip any less daunting. Knowing the steps to your dreams doesn't make the climb any less of a challenge.

They say it's impossible.I refuse to believe it. The journey may be difficult and the desired end unlikely. My patience and commitment may be tested by something that won't happen overnight. It may be that I veer off the path or quit before reaching my goal, but that doesn't mean it is impossible.

If I must start somewhere, right here and now is the best place imaginable.

Doing nothing accomplishes nothing, gains nothing, changes nothing, and wins nothing. You have to make a move.

A little here and a little there will always accumulate, so why be surprised when steady, small steps take you to great places?

Today is a BRAND NEW day__ perfectly good reason to get up and start over. Never give up.

Your problem is in thinking the sky's the limit. Why set limits?

The denial of assistance is sometimes the greatest assistance. The trick is recognizing when this is the case.

Trying to change old habits is like fighting a war in your head__ draining and exhausting skirmish that makes you wonder at your chance of survival.

The key to success is having no qualms about failure.

Don't give up.I know you've made a thousand attempts to reach your goal, but look at it this way: after repeatedly banging your head against the wall, you ought to be numb enough break through this time.

Very often, what is meant to be a stepping stone turns out to be a slab of wet cement that will harden around your foot if you do not take the next step soon enough.

The key to success__eep swimming. Even when they tap you on the shoulder to say the pool has been drained, just keep swimming.

You will find there are times you must grasp your life with both hands and forcefully steer it in a new direction and then strain to hold your course until the storms of fear, weakness, and doubt abate.

My goals may seem impossibly far-fetched when really they're not. _Break them down into steps and see how I accomplish great things. _I can easily reach from A to B. _I can manage from B to C. I can then make it from C to D. _And so eventually, I will find my way from A to Z.

You'll be hard-pressed to reach your goals if you don't map out where you're going. Take time to navigate your life.

Raging fires grow from the tiniest spark; it is the same principle at work in_life. As long as there's a spark, tend to your fire. Never give up._

Having this, we want that.Owning some, we want more.Standing here, we wish to be there.If it's impossible, we struggle to make it happen.Why are we like this? Why not be content with some, here, and now? Why is enough not enough? Because humans are ambitious creatures not meant to be idle or fruitless. We strive to learn, to grow, to achieve, to amass; therefore, we will never be content.