FIGHTING TO BE GREAT

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."
- Albert Einstein
(1879-1955) Physicist

At one time, America was known as the land of opportunity.  People would come here from all over the world to make their fortunes and build their dreams in freedom and safety.  Today, although people still come from all over the world to be here, it is not as common for them to build a dream from the ground up.  Today people look for the free stuff and to have people – mainly our government – take care of them.  Even those who have been born and raised in this great land are told daily that your dreams are unreal, impossible and against the rules.

                It is a strange thing that as we look through history of this nation, the days when we had no welfare, no government programs and fewer rules we were bursting with innovation, new discoveries and businesses that last to this day.  The more “help” we got for the government the less productive we became as a people.  What was disguised as a helping hand turned out to be restraining us from our own success.

                This time of restriction, regulations, and oppression can be frustrating and discouraging, but for the success-minded person it is nothing more than a hindrance; never a road block.  Success-minded people are those who have a dream and they will allow nothing, not the naysayers, not the government, not the negative forces of this world to stop them.  They may not always know the way, but they do know there is a way and they will find it.

                A people who have lost their dreams and have become discouraged are a people who are easy to control.  Never think that just because you live in America (still the greatest nation in history) you will not find oppression and tyrants.  They are here and they do not want people to be successful or to be free from their control. 

                There have always been and always will be those who fight against the success of others.  There has always been and always will be those who will succeed in spite of those efforts.  Never allow anyone, no matter how powerful they may seem to rob you of your dream.  Freedom and liberty are the property of the success-minded.  A people who have a dream and a passion to be all they can be will never be stopped.  May that be you my friends.

To discover how you can achieve the dream you have believed was impossible for too long, read On The Journey To Achievement by John Patrick Hickey.  You can get a signed copy for yourself and get one for a friend, by going to http://www.johnpatrickhickey.com/it-is-good-to-set-goals-better-to-achieve-then/.  Now available on Kindle, Oops! Did I Really Post That? Online Etiquette in the Digital Age by John Patrick Hickey.


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