A Burning Desire for Success

 “To reach a port we must set sail –
Sail, not tie at anchor
Sail, not drift.”
-- FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

             Every June 24, at our citytown , we hold a feast in honor of St John the Baptist.  On this day, near the wharf,  is held a fluvial parade where boats are decorated and arrayed as the imagination of the boat owner takes them. 

These little boats seem so helpless in the vast blue sea.   Without an able boatsman, they will be taken by the angry waves, to be smashed against the merciless shores.  An able helmsman, however, can maneuver these boats to wherever destination he decides to go to.

The same goes with our life journey to success. The  beginning of all success is a burning desire for a certain picture of the success that you want, your destination. A burning desire for the   possession of the thing that you long for, or the achievement of a position that you want, or the person that you intent to become.  For to know where your destination is, is the assurance that you  will achieve it.

Our mentor, Mr Napoleon Hill, suggests an activity by which to clarify this destination.  He advises us to procure “a neat little notebook” (in his day, that meant the paper kind).

He goes further to instruct:

1.  Write down a clear description of what you desire in life (your own idea of success, the only limitation is  that which you set upon yourself or permit others to set upon  you).

2.  Precisely what do you intend to give in order to achieve what you desire (and start giving then and there),

3.  Memorize and repeat a dozen times each day (both statements)

Thus, at this point, it should be very clear, that The power to control and to direct your mind to whatever end you desire,  just like an able boatsman and his boat, is the first step in achieving success.

A CENTURY OLD PRAYER: 

 I  ASK NOT FROM  DIVINE PROVIDENCE. NOT FOR MORE RICHES BUT MORE WISDOM WITH WHICH TO ACCEPT AND USE WISELY THE RICHES I RECEIVED AT BIRTH IN THE FORM OF POWER TO CONTROL AND DIRECT MY MIND TO WHATEVER ENDS I DESIRE...