Take Off To Your Dreams: Do You Want Your Goals to Get Lift-Off? Here’s How - By Terri Marie

When you are building momentum you need a HUGE amount of energy to take off. You can get that increased energy through:

1. Friends that are positive, encouraging and supportive
2. Eating properly
3. Good, adequate sleep
4. High thinking. Thinking that will lift you out of the ordinary into the atmosphere of extraordinary

People who accomplish great things build great energy. Speaker and author, Les Brown had to believe in himself with a capital “B” to really take off. He had to have a huge belief - an unstoppable belief. A “nothing-can-keep-me-on-the-ground” belief.

He had to detach himself from those who couldn’t see him flying up high, Les had to take their gravity (i.e.- graveness) and say, “No. I’m not going to be held by that anymore. Let me break free so I can go wherever I want at high speed.” Can you imagine the momentum needed to get his dream off the ground? Les said that the hardest thing he had to do to become a millionaire was to believe that he could. But he did it.

Let’s Talk About Your Dream...
How will you defy the gravity that’s holding your dreams down? How will you rev up the engines?

Many people get into the cockpit and plan their destination. Then they notice a bunch of extra lights flashing on the panel as their engines are revving up. If you have fear - those lights say, “Check engine, oil pressure etc.” If you have faith, those lights say, “All systems go! Take off!”

You cut your own engines. Maybe you can hear them. You can see them turning, but you don’t have faith in your ability to fly. Fear puts a different look on that light panel. Fear says, “No, I can’t go higher. This needs to be done first. No. I must wait for this light to stop flashing, then for another and another.”

Faith looks at the light panel and sees:
- Engine checked
- Fuel OK
- Pressure OK
- All that’s needed is for ME to make the decision to take off
- Let’s take off!

Okay, now sometimes you sit on the runway for awhile. There’s a good reason for that due to:
1. Weather aka timing
2. Other dreams taking off because they got there first
3. One of the critical take off lights giving a warning signal

Once in awhile you do have to go back and fix something with your dream that could cause a serious problem after the point where you could do something about it, That’s not fear – that’s smart.

Fear sees only warning lights. Faith sees both the true warning signals and the fake warning signals. How do you tell them apart?

True Warning Lights...
1. The “engine” or the core of your goal is not working.
After a few test tries, it sputters. The engine should have immense power and it should show that power at the start. Test your engine. If it revs, great. Trust it. The way to test a goal is to check your passion. If your passion is there, the engine of your goal is working. We were put here to be aware of the needs of others as well.

A true passion will find a way to express itself successfully in the world. We just need to trust and fly. If your passion is not there, find out what would give it passion. Then set it to flight.

2. Low or No Fuel sign
Do you have enough fuel to get you where you want to go? Do you have enough energy, money, and people to help you fly? Can you stay up there long enough if need be? Many people run out of fuel because they only planned enough for the take-off. But hopefully that plane will be in the air a long time. Passion provides great fuel and often is the driving resource for getting more “fuels,” such as assistance from others.

Fake Warning Lights...
1. Doubt
Doubt pretends to be concerned about your goal, but it really is just another excuse that can be used to stall a dream in midair. Doubt is a belief that can be changed by another stronger belief, “FAITH.”

2. Fear.
Do you think “What if?” or “Why not?” Fear feeds on the former. Take the fuel away from fear and put it towards your goal. It will get you a lot further.

The Take Off Feeling...
You have to put the flight in God’s hands. Decide to do it. You may be scared, but trust and let go. The “Take Off” feeling will be a decision on your part to take a scary action. You will feel strange while you are in the “take off” phase. You will feel out of control. Maybe you won’t be able to breathe easily for awhile. Go through it and you will become airborne. The ride will smooth out. Soon you will be above all those lower problems.

Many people feel some fear even for a goal that they deeply desire. But they keep the “fear” in check. If the passion (engine) for their goal is strong, they put wings on their goal and fly with it. Stop saying, “What if?” and start saying, “What if I don’t?” How much smaller will your life be without that goal? The world needs courageous people, willing to risk going higher and lifting one passionate goal after another, to flight.

Fly high and well!

Terri Marie

© 2007 White Wing Entertainment
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Terri Marie is an award winning author and producer who believes we all have a hero within. She writes a column called, “Heroes Among Us.” Get a FREE inspirational message at SpiritualArena.com.
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