There are those that are absolutely determined to reach their goals that they have set before themselves, and many of those people, either eventually achieve those goals, or else achieve something else of significance, which they thus take suitable satisfaction from. It would seem that there isn’t anything much better than outlining a plan in life, and then succeeding in executing that very same plan. However, in truth, not all those that succeed in their goals, actually find a lasting satisfaction, from such; for perhaps, when they compare themselves to other people, and look closely at their accomplishments, they aren’t then so impressed with their own personal results. Even worse, are those that having achieved their goals, recognize, that in the end, the goals that they had set before them, that they thought were so important, actually served no great purpose, except perhaps to satisfy their own vanity.
It is good to have determination, for it is that drive that helps us to get things done – but, it is even better to have the right determination, in which, what we are so trying to accomplish, will not only bring us personal satisfaction, but also will help to serve our society, as well as our God. That is to say, for all those that have examined their life, they then know for a certainty that life has a true purpose to it – and hence our determination should be, first and foremost, to do those proper things that will make our lives to be purposeful and therefore of meaningful merit for the greater good.
There are plenty of people that are determined to chase after their dreams, good or perhaps not so good, and spend little or no time, then, chasing after their Creator. These then, that care not for God, or fail to express thankfulness for the beneficence that God has in God’s wisdom, bestowed upon each one of us, as our unalienable rights in this world, have taken for granted that which should not be taken for granted. This then is why so many, despite material success, despite high educational achievements, despite the appreciation and respect of their peers, and despite good friends and family, find themselves, in those moments of absolute honesty and candor, to feel that they have not done what they could and should have done, despite having within their makeup, the right stuff.
Perhaps, for some of us, we weren’t trained right as a child, as, for instance, where the best use of our talents should have been directed -- or perhaps we had mentors that though meaning well, directed us in a way and manner that ultimately took us, off course. That said, there does come that time when we are fully responsible for who and what we really are, of which, that thus gives us the opportunity to change our direction, to reset, and to re-evaluate where we are and who we have become, of which, those that have the right determination will make adjustments, as needed, that will thus take them then to where they really ought to be, and those without that right determination will stay the present course that they have set, for better or for worse.