Human memory is very short. A clear example of this is seen in the true statement made by someone who said, “Examination is a few days of high density knowledge followed by a life time of ignorance.”
If you have ever passed through any kind of formal school where you had to write tests and exams, you’d see the truth in this statement. When preparing for the test or exams, you have so much in your head that it seems as though it would remain there forever.
But after writing the test or exams, it is pretty difficult to recall all the stuff put in your head just the previous day. When your test or examination scripts come and you look at what you wrote down, you’d wonder if it was really you who wrote all those things down.
An advantage of the shortness of the human memory, though, is seen when people’s memories of past hurts are not as painful as when it first occurred – the pain is usually not the same as when the incident first happened and with time, one tends to forget the pain but not necessarily the incident.
As the world marks the fifth anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center, those who lost their loved ones may not feel the same kind of pain they felt then when it first occurred five year ago. Such is the case with the human memory.
A disadvantage of the shortness of human memory is where one could lose focus on what they want to achieve in life. As you read this piece over the internet, its possible you may have tried to do other things before settling down to this. Have you ever noticed how difficult it could be at times to stay focused on one website on the internet?
You could find yourself jumping from website to website and after almost an hour, you wonder how you spent the time and if you really achieved anything. The same could be the case with trying to keep focused on achieving our heart’s desire in life.
It is possible one has read so many self development, motivational and inspirational materials and even listened to similar audio and video tapes – but then comes a small or several challenges and one immediately forgets all the inspirational materials, the goals they want to achieve and then focus instead on the problems.
This has a paralysing effect that could kill ambition altogether if left unchecked. One could feel the goal is not achievable given the number of obstacles to surmount. There would now be a fight between keeping your mind focused on your goals and keeping your mind focused on the obstacles.
In his letter to the Romans Chapter 7 verse 15, St. Paul makes a similar reference concerning human behaviour when he says, “I do not understand what I do; for I don’t do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate.”
Drawing an analogy from St. Paul’s comments, what you would like to do is focus on your goals, but you find yourself focusing on what you would hate - the problems keeping you from reaching your goal.
So how does one overcome this challenge of trying to stay focused on our goals in the face of seeming obstacles? It would do you good to remember that it is thoughts we put in our minds that are responsible for the way we feel at any given time.
The first thing to do then is changing the way we think. How? There are times when you just feel that achieving your ambitious goal may be beyond your reach and you want to give up. Anthony Robbins in his book, “Awaken the Giant Within” advocates breaking the limiting thoughts on one’s mind by radical acts of excitement like jumping up and shouting whenever one feels weary over a situation.
Of course not many people would have the courage to do such things, but as long as you remember that it is you that should change first then your situation, you’d be willing to try things to get you out of a bad mood.
Focusing on the challenges would only wear you down further. But focusing on your goals would keep you in perspective on what you really want in life. Unless you’ve never been told before, there is absolutely no situation in life that cannot be remedied.
As Henry David Thoreau said, “Things do not change; we change.” Rene Descartes said, “It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.” So next time you find yourself getting worked up over a challenge in the way of your life’s ambition, do something immediately to get the thoughts out as fast as possible from your mind.
Go look in a mirror and talk to yourself. Keep telling yourself CONTINUOUSLY “God will make a way.” It is a statement of faith and it would surely calm you down. Always remember as stated in Matthew’s gospel Chapter 7 verse 7, “Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.”
"For with God, ALL things are possible" – Matthew 19:26.
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