The quest to succeed in life is a call for action. Success is a game of actions. So you must be responsible for every action you take in life. Interestingly, the sum total of all these actions determines whether you will have conquest, and succeed in life or not. In fact, you must understand that until you take action towards your challenges no one will take it for you. No one but you will be responsible for your failure or conquest in life. You must also understand that you cannot climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pocket if you don’t want to crash land.
It is only action, not inaction that can guarantee your success and fulfillment in life. This call to action is to urge you to take action. As one of the requirements of success is to be proactive. Do something about your situation.
Action
Action, according to Dictionary.com is an act that one consciously wills and that may be characterized by physical or mental activity. Thus, action includes all the conscientious efforts you make to salvage your situation in times of adversity, whether spiritual, physical, or mental effort. However, for your efforts to have any effect on your challenging situations they must be driven by determination.
It might interest you to know that the average human being in the face of challenges does not like to take responsibility. The truth of the matter is that such an individual does not want anyone to hold them responsible for failure in life. Either he feels the time is not ripe for such action, or he is afraid of the unknown. He is afraid of what lies ahead of him, the consequences of his actions.
Action Without Sentiment
It is important to note that in taking action you don’t allow sentiments, emotions, or feelings to becloud your sense of judgment. You must rise above your sentiments to take bold and decisive actions. We must understand that where we are today is a function of the responsibilities and actions we have taken in time past. And that where we will be in the future is a function of the responsibilities or actions we will take now.
Life itself is a function of the sum total of all the responsibilities and actions we have taken, even those yet to be taken. These actions determine whether we break through or breakdown in life. And until we understand that the best time to take that life-transforming actions is now we cannot make any headway in life. There is no better time to heed this call to action and take that right decision than now. Stop that procrastination right away.
In the words of Arnold Glasgow, ‘find an aim in life before you run out of ammunition. You must learn to take responsibility in time when you still have the necessary wherewithal intact. At the time when you still have the ammunition of life, you must find an aim and take action towards success. Taking action entails rising above self-pity. You cannot add any value to your life by indulging in self-pity.
Don’t feel sorry for yourself. Nothing good can come out of feeling sorry for yourself.
Henry Bane.
I do not know the realities of your challenges; neither do I know what you are passing through in life. Maybe you have lost a job, or you are having a career crisis. Maybe your business is winding up, or your marriage is heading for the rocks. It could be you are under the scourge of a terminal illness. Whatever might be the circumstance surrounding your life, understand that an attitude of self-pity cannot bring any good to your situation. It is your self-confidence to take constructive action that matters and that is what can guarantee your conquest in life. It is high time you stopped that self-pity. Stop feeling sorry for yourself in your adversity. You must pick up your gauntlets and take the action that will enforce your success. Taking action also implies you are strong.
Call to Action requires Strength
Be strong therefore and let not your hands be weak: for your works shall be rewarded, (2 Chronicles 15:7).
Indeed taking action is not for the weak it is for the strong. You must be very strong to take action. And the actions you take are your work towards success in life which shall receive great reward of success. So, you must be strong, you must work hard. You must take that responsibility to ascertain your conquest in adversity. Remember, adversity is not for the weak it is for the strong. And that whenever you pull through adversity you become stronger.
Finally, if you take action today you have taken a step towards your conquest in life. But if you hesitate to take any action today, you have ended up prolonging your times of adversity. And hence delayed your success in life.