I received this in an email the other day. As I read it I became more and more impressed with the message. Unfortunately this inspirational message was just a hook to get me to consider investing in a partially complete resort in Costa Rica! Well I am not asking you to buy any partially developed swamp land in Central America but I do like Joe's message. What follows is copied from that email, absent the seedy investment op., edited for clarity...enjoy :-)
From Joseph L Flores, published 1991 in American Treasures Magazine
Winning should be a long term goal, not just a temporary want. A wise man once declared that “winning is an all time thing-not just a temporary want”. You see, winners win by habit even when they appear to be the losers. Winners focus on their goals, and refuse to let false urgency distract them from their path. St Paul wrote “be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good”. Clearly, evil comes in many disguises, yet should never be allowed to distract us from our dream. Instead, we should overcome circumstances through dedication to our dream, accurate strategies, mastermind associations, and most of all a fervent life with God. Winners understand that “by the inch it’s a cinch - but by the yard it get’s hard”, yet most people grossly violate the inch by inch law and defeat themselves before commencing, because they look at their dream as though they should fulfill it all right now. This misconception discourages potentially great people from committing to attainable dreams that could benefit themselves and others. I know from experience that you can make your ideas a reality even though you “seem” to have nothing to begin with. Don't “see” your temporary circumstances as though your temporary is conclusive! Remember, eyes that truly see, always see achievable potential. Look both to your dreams and God as the source of strength and courage to conquer painful circumstances along your path to ultimate victory! Allow me to reinterpret St Paul “you have the power to, and ability to, overcome any hindrance with appropriate efforts”. You see, the way to be great in all your tomorrows… is to be great right NOW in all your today’s, one inch at a time. “He who walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools destroys himself,” King Solomon said. No one becomes great immediately or without growth pains, but rather greatness and destiny already reside within you and eagerly await your instructions! Please accept your own invitation and hunger to experience the rewards of accomplishment. The benefits are too many and too intense to be described, it’s greatness unveiling layer by layer exploding mere life into LIFE! Giving you LIFE’S absolute best right NOW in this moment, while truly experiencing, tasting and relishing all that LIFE offers in the right here and now. “Losers find a problem in every answer – winners find answers in every problem, losers let things happen – while winners make things happen”. Destiny within you is urging you to accept LIFE'S challenge to excel! Isn’t it time to reconnect to God and unleash your true potential? Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger nor faster man, but sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can…Excel by habit, and I’ll see you at the top….. Joseph L Flores
