The Two Choices We Face

Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we
will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to
be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To
have less. To read less and think less. To try less and
discipline ourselves less.

These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are
the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant
apprehension instead of a life of wondrous anticipation.

And the second choice? To do it all! To become all that we
can possibly be. To read every book that we possibly can. To
earn as much as we possibly can. To give and share as much
as we possibly can. To strive and produce and accomplish as
much as we possibly can. All of us have the choice.

To do or not to do. To be or not to be. To be all or to be
less or to be nothing at all.

Like the tree, it would be a worthy challenge for us all to
stretch upward and outward to the full measure of our
capabilities. Why not do all that we can, every moment that
we can, the best that we can, for as long as we can?

Our ultimate life objective should be to create as much as
our talent and ability and desire will permit. To settle for
doing less than we could do is to fail in this worthiest of
undertakings.

Results are the best measurement of human progress. Not
conversation. Not explanation. Not justification. Results!
And if our results are less than our potential suggests that
they should be, then we must strive to become more today
than we were the day before.

The greatest rewards are always reserved for those who bring
great value to themselves and the world around them as a
result of whom and what they have become. (Column By Jim Rohn)