With no destined port, the man above will sail aimlessly through the seas. This quote is attributed to Seneca the Younger, a Roman philosopher.
In our lives, we can sometimes feel unfulfilled and aimless like the man at sea. Seneca seems to show that even good fortune that blows our way will be useless if we do not have a focused course or goal.
To prevent ourselves from drifting in our lives, small goals and big goals should be laid out. While our lives need necessary spontaneity, goals help us map out our lives and give us what we all need: purpose and meaning.
Goals help provide us with targets to keep moving forward and to show us how far we have come from year to year. For example, New Year’s resolutions can help us enjoy fruitful futures if we stick to them.
But it is important to set specific goals in life.
Many set ambiguous goals, which makes it difficult to know when they are achieved.
Simply saying “I will be a nicer person” does not have the specifics needed for a successful goal.
A more suitable goal would be to say “I plan to volunteer for Salvation Army three times this year.” It is a quantifiable goal, and it would give you the achievement of being a nicer person.
Goal-setting is necessary. Something to strive for makes life sweet and dynamic. Specific, quantifiable goals are the ones that should be attained.
Personally, I had a goal of reading the Bible in a year. So I planned on reading two to four pages a day.
It took the small goals of reading the Bible every day to achieve the overarching goal of reading the entire Bible in a year.
The small goals helped, and I was successful.
Essentially, for us to have fresh and happy lives, we must have milestones to reach. Goals to attain.
You could have a goal of volunteering five hours a month with a local nonprofit, or you could have a goal of raising money for a new car.
Goals keep us moving, and goals keep us growing.
In these hectic times, we are in the midst of a crisis of purpose.
Many times, when people do not have productive and healthy goals to attain, they spend their time doing activities that hurt themselves and their communities, rather than help them.
Find a goal that helps yourself and, maybe, everyone.
Your goals do not have to end world hunger, but they can feed one more person.
Your goals do not have to bring about world peace, but they can help bring peace to your neighborhood.
Go out now and find your port. I assure you that a favorable wind will help you on your way.
• James Durdan works on the family farm in Grand Ridge and enjoys writing about history’s philosophers and how their enigmatic quotations relate to today’s world. He can be reached at tsloup@shawmedia.com.
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