Are You On Thin Ice?

 

ARE YOU ON THIN ICE?  YES dude, for the longest time, I was ON THIN ICE, more often NOT because I chose to be in that situation.  And NOT because it was my fault.  And at times, NOT because it was the consequence of a judgment call I made. And at times, NOT because of a decision I made.  Sometimes, things are beyond our control.  In a nutshell, we CAN'T be always faulted for being ON THIN ICE.  And the recurring message we're getting from these lifelong experiences is that, life is NOT about your shortfalls, your mistakes, your missteps.  At times, those are the circumstances staring right in front of your face and those are the moments WHEN you're ON THIN ICE because you just CAN'T either ignore OR even run away with it because you've got to deal with it dude👌👌👌

Let's take as an example the deteriorating global climate WHERE we would witness endless natural phenomena overwhelming us.  Those tragic landslides like the one which killed 1,600+ and with 6,000+ still missing in Nepal.  Knock on wood, we pray that there should be less tragic situations like that BUT WHEN it does hit us, let's face it, the situation pushes us right ON THIN ICE.  Those are situations WHEN there's NO turning around, NO way out, NO exit option BUT instead, you've got to deal with it, right in your face!!!

LIKE when flooded roads are right there stopping us.  Your take?  Obviously, wait till the flood level becomes tolerable with 'low risk' to the car's engine.  Lesson there?  DON'T force upon yourself situations WHICH are way beyond your control anyways.  NOW, WHAT happens if we have much bigger goals and YET it's next to impossible for you to achieve and attain it?  LIKE you have your aspirations to tuck under your belt an academic degree coming from one of the Ivy League universities BUT WHAT IF today, the financial pre-requisites are way beyond your reach?  What's your FIX then?  Do you just cancel and throw away that Ivy League dream?  NO sirrrrrs, instead you will buy time and bide your time until it becomes the 'near-perfect' timing for you to take the plunge.  Word of caution:  DON'T take the plunge out of sheer pressure❎❎❎

In those situations WHERE you temporarily shelve your much bigger goals, WHAT will keep you busy?  OR do you just want to enjoy your idle time till it's ripe for you to 'Cross the Rubicon'?  NO sirrrrrs.  NEVER waste your time idle.  SO HOW?  Figure out those much smaller and more modest goals WHICH you can pursue and likely achieve as early as now.  True, BIG wins and BIG goals are the best things in life but successes in life are NOT and will NEVER be confined to the BIGness of goals and successes.  Even SMALL WINs matter too and if those SMALL WINs will pile up over it, it aggregates approximately to those BIG WINs and BIG successes.  WHAT is crucial here is NEVER to waste that element of time.  Even when you're ON THIN ICE, that does NOT shield you from the obvious need to grind, grind and grind.  Keep grinding dude, WHATEVER it takes because one day, you will eke out even one small win after another small win until it aggregates to a BIG WIN💥💥💥

Our takeaway:  The consistent message we're imparting here is MOMENTUM.  That is very key.  DON'T lose MOMENTUM as much as you can because from an 'effort perspective', in Physics, physicist will vouch that you would need mass + velocity as you need to apply a 'net external force', to borrow the Physics jargon.  Our dilemma is, at times, there are 'lost opportunities' during those times we're caught ON THIN ICE.  BTW, time that slips is time lost and there's no other way we can recoup LOST time and LOST opportunities even WHEN we're ON THIN ICE😡😡😡