Taking Aim

You have something you are working to achieve, perhaps a life-long dream or vision.? You've spent time clarifying what that desire is and maybe have actually put a strategy into action.? And yet, it may not seem that you are really accomplishing much.? I have certainly have that experience!

My new favorite phrase is from Carl Sagan, "the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."? I sat with this idea for a while and realized that although I had taken the time to really clarify my goal and was acting each day to move toward it, I had gotten caught up in the fact that the "Big Goal" was not yet in my experience.? This can be really disheartening.

My first inclination was to try to just go on faith that if I worked diligently, that my "Big Goal" would come to fruition.? There is definitely wisdom there.? What I realized was that I had NOT been noticing the daily small evidence that traction was happening.? Little things that, by themselves, do not seem significant but that taken as a part of a series of events meant something important was coming together.?

This recognition was what my mind needed for validation. It also helped me continue to "keep my eye on the prize", as the saying goes, making keeping the faith a whole lot easier.

My new practice?? Finding delight in the unfolding of the process of the "Big Goal" coming into my life.?

What about you?? What have you taken aim for?? How could you use this idea to keep moving forward with more ease?