Don't Be a Drifter...Take Charge Today

Over a long period of time, I have realized how many people out there are comfortable with just drifting along in life. Sadly, they have turned into certified drifters and have lost their zest for life. How do I define drifters? Those who have a blank look in their eyes and on their face, who don't have creative ideas about their work or their life, who let life and career and people simply happen to them than carve their own path and their own relationships, and who don't have very significant life events that define them or help them grow.

While wisdom tells us to go with the flow of life, this often becomes the excuse of drifters. I am going with the flow of life, they say. That is not what going with the flow means though- it means we have goals and aspirations, put in the hard work and diligence, use our intelligence and experience to get ahead in life, and then let life take its course rather than fight life every single day. Drifters are doing quite the opposite. Not doing anything significant and waiting for great things to happen is like not planting the seed, but hoping for the fruit to drop in our laps someday. Thankfully, life does not work like that.

It is important to wake up to our own greatness. Yes we all have it, every single one of us. God didn't create us in vain. We need not be a Celebrity or a Yogi or a Millionaire to feel the greatness within us. If you can be a great spouse, or parent, or colleague or leader then you are witness to your own greatness on a daily basis, and so are others. Greatness lies in realizing our deepest fears and doing something about them, greateness is discovering our highest aspirations and reaching out to them through a planned and patient approach, and being a good person so that we never look back in regret and guilt. That is discovering our greatness and being great.

Drifters are too scared, lazy, unaware and unconcerned to do much about their life and therefore they drift on with the uncertain currents of life never reaching a definite goal or trying to change course of their ineffective lives. They often don't realize that they are not living their lives on their own terms, but others are making their decisions for them. If we wait long enough, for sure others will make our choices and steer our lives for us. It could be our family who does that or our friends or colleagues or the organization we work for. Either ways, it is a waste of our own life and initiative if we can't steer our lives on our own.

What can you do to get out of this rut? Well, begin by doing something on your own initiative that makes a tangible difference to you. Take a walk every day to make a change to your lazy and unhealthy routine, eat consciously, so you nourish your body, write an email to someone asking for help or advice, read up an article that shows you a path to your chosen goals....I could keep going on and on. Hope you get the idea.

So wake up today....take charge.....do one small thing to shape your life...just one tiny deed of self-initiation and get your power back in life.

Always to your success!