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Finding Your Place

Guest post by: Jim Stovall

Article Overview: If you don't know what you're doing in the world, how will you ever know what in the world you are doing? We all meet people every day who are like the arrow in search of the elusive target. As the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland taught us all, if you don't know where you're going, it really doesn't matter which path you take. I believe that each of us has a life's work or a destiny that is unique.

Finding Your Place

If you don't know what you're doing in the world, how will you ever know what in the world you are doing? We all meet people every day who are like the arrow in search of the elusive target. As the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland taught us all, if you don't know where you're going, it really doesn't matter which path you take. I believe that each of us has a life's work or a destiny that is unique.

It is fun to observe people who are pursuing their passion. They have a joy and an energy that is infectious. On the other hand, we all have encountered people who are obviously not passionate about their daily tasks. Their attitudes can also be infectious, but it is certainly not positive.

Your passion and destiny may lie in a totally different direction from that which you are pursuing. On the other hand, you may be very close to the right path, and a bit of a fine-tuning will get you there. When you find that destiny, it's like putting your foot into your shoe-it simply fits.

In the over-priced, over-publicized, over-indulged world of sports, it is refreshing-if rare-to observe someone who simply loves to play the game. Several years ago, I read Lee Trevino's biography titled Super Mex. In this book, Lee Trevino describes the grueling pace of the professional golf tour. He explains that after being out on the road playing tournament after tournament for several months, there's nothing he enjoys more than getting home and simply resting-at least for a day. But as Lee Trevino recounts, "By the next morning, you will find me somewhere near my home on a golf course. I just love to play this game."

I would encourage you to pursue your passion. If you don't know what that is, you need to pursue discovering your passion. In one of his most famous songs, John Denver wrote, "Going home to a place you've never been before." This is the experience you will have when you find your destiny. Everything in your life will seem to fit, and the whole world will slide into focus.

More people fail because they are pursuing the wrong goal than those who simply fail to achieve the things they really desire. Find your destiny.

Today's the day!

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Article Tags: destiny, Jim Stovall, Lee Trevino, Motivation



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