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Hello, How bad do you want to achieve your goals? The key word is sacrifice! "In the race to determine, who will own the 21st century,   I will place my bets on the givers, not the takers…"                                                                        Lee Iacocca (Where Have all the leaders gone?)   No one likes to sacrifice; man generally prefers to be at the receiving end! How bad, though, do you want to achieve your goals? No true lasting and note worthy achievements came by without someone letting go of something precious to them. Good education, health, success, love and most of the things we take for granted in life, come at a price called sacrifice! When you put your hands (and your heart) on the plough of goals, you'll possibly loose some friends, make new ones. Some uncompleted projects will suffer. You may even experience rejection and at times become lonely. These are withdrawal syndromes from a life that has no meaning! Psychologists have sought to label us as sanguine, choleric etc...but how bad do you want to achieve your goals? You need to make the extra effort to move beyond psychological strata you've been boxed in and reach with renewed energy (Isaiah 40:31) to achieve your goals. St Paul put's it as follows, "…To the Greek, I became a Greek, and to the Roman I became a Roman…"! OK, Facebook, is a massive phenomenon, keeping friends 'connected'?!  Huh?! What was life like before Facebook (or even cell phones)? Were we an unconnected people? There's a lot of good to be said about FB however when you become FB addicted (you have the constantly need/urge to check back to see what Q's posted on their status) you're in trouble! May be, its high time you not only sign-off but 'kill' your profile and focus on real life- that is where goals are achieved! I heard recently 'peer reviews' are a major source of stifling progress in the medical field. Do not let 'peer review', peer pressure, or the desire to conform and please others, kill your goals as you loose sight of the real issues. Yes the risks of making sacrifices are many and for a while you may feel real pain but when the results start coming in, you won't remember the pains. The Ultimate Sacrifice is recorded in the pages of the book of life, The Bible. "God so loved the world that He gave…God sacrificed His son (as a ransom), for man's sin. Millions today, live with a hope and peace. It all began when Jesus died and rose again. Look at the trends in movies, music, arts etc and it becomes clear that, there's a battle going on. A battle for souls! God's desire is that men should receive His son (basically, sign up spirit, body and soul to the 'redemption bill'), hence power ("…as many as received Him, He gave them power, to become SONS of GOD." John 1:12 ) to live victoriously.. with a promise of eternal life. If you're feeling angry right now, then you probably need to make some overdue changes! How bad do you want to achieve your goals? It all starts with accepting the ultimate sacrifice, who will give you the power to sacrifice! Inno  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.associate.com/groups/practical for messages on being Practical. Do you know Jesus as your Lord and Saviour? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------