Do You Have Your Arrows Ready?

"Life can be like shooting an arrow. Sometimes you have to pull back 

hard so you can launch it forward." 

~Me

I've started to have a new appreciation for preparation lately.

I have a tendency to run head long into a project or passion. I get so excited about the vision that I believe the details of getting it accomplished will just fall into place. This philosophy still can actually work for many missions we set out on in life. Our intentions can be altered and fluid as we get to where we are going, and eventually, it all works out. But today, I was considered the more pointed and sharp targets we set for ourselves, and perhaps others. These can only be achieved via calculated actions, and they take a lot more spirited strength than the random goal.

You might say they are like an arrow shot from a bow toward a target.

Sometimes life provides us with an opportunity to aim a little higher or farther than we had originally thought we might. In these times, we have to take some time to consider our target how we might hit it. If we go right out and pick up that bow with Herculean enthusiasm and shoot, not only could we completely miss, but also fall flatly well before the target. All that effort wasted. What a shame. Or worse, we could find ourselves piercing an innocent bystander (Sorry about that arrow in the leg...).

No, like it or not, even a repeated pull and put down, pull and put down might be better. At least until we sense we see the target and have measured all the obstacles.

So let's be sure we have our arrows ready and the strength to pull back really hard.

And then maybe wait. 

Narrow your focus.

Take steady aim before you let it fly.

Cheers.