Words of Wisdom from Jesse Owens

"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."

-- Jesse Owens, Olympic Athlete

I have a belief that it is healthy and good to have dreams of what we would like to do with our lives, and how we would like our lives to be. It's also good to have those goals on paper so we can review them on a regular basis, and tweak them when necessary. But what we have to remember is that we must spend time on our goals everyday. I love this quote today from Jesse Owens...these 4 things are attributes we should incorporate into our everyday lives. Sometimes we need to rededicate ourselves to our goals, and commit to not stopping until they have been achieved. Sometimes we need to remember that its going to take a tremendous amount of effort to make our dreams a reality and we possibly are gonna need to make some sacrifices. Maybe we are in a stage where we need to develop some newer, positive habits and we need to work on our self-discipline.

Our dreams are not gonna just magically happen. Nor are they gonna happen when we are sitting on our asses. Today, while we reflect on our goals and dreams, let's remember/work on these four attributes: determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.