SzustaRano [#035] CEL

SzustakA.M.

EPISODE 35
GOAL

Good morning, good morning!

Whether you are superexcited
or can’t be bothered at all

or maybe something in-between
or in yet another mood I can’t name,

there is nothing stopping you
from yelling in the morning:

Dears, I welcome you warmly on
another day of the week, Wednesday.

We are exactly mid-week and that means

we have already done
half of the fantastic things

and can still do another half.

Isn’t that just great?
For me, it totally is.

Dears, I’m very happy to be meeting you
again in the morning of another day.

As always, for a start a short
film-booster-poker-hammer to the head,

meaning something to wake you up.

This film will be about an obstacle

because it happens that we face some
we really don’t know what to do about:

She is simply a world champion!

I have absolutely no idea what to do,
how to walk, which way to take

to just get hanged like that
on the furniture.

I'm at a complete loss, I’m very skillful
at failing and making a fool of myself

but something like that
I haven’t done yet.

Why this film?

Obviously, because today’s sentence will
be exactly about something like that.

But first, of course, let me quote it:

OBSTACLES ARE THOSE
FRIGHTFUL THINGS YOU SEE

WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR EYES
OFF YOUR GOAL

So this sentence, really a masterful one,
was uttered by one Henry Ford,

the founding father of motorization
in the USA.

This is a true masterpiece and it's
theological through and through.

I don’t think it needs a lot of explaining
but of course I will do some.

Dears, the obstacles, like I said to you
on Monday, I think,

the problems that we face in life,
will always be there. Always.

You will always be facing some.

They become frightening when,
among other things,

this is not the only reason, of course,

when you focus on them
and are not looking ahead,

to what is behind them,
what they are blocking.

Dears, I think that we all, each of us,

have a tendency to focus on this hurdle
that is right in front of us.

The bigger, the harder, the more
embarrassing or destructive it is,

the easier it gets to actually focus
on how huge, frightening and scary it is

and how we will never move past it.

Dears, it's not about deluding ourselves
that there is no obstacle

but we have to learn to look beyond.

We have to learn what is behind it.

If you will not live with a view of
what it is you want to accomplish,

where you are going, what reward
awaits you at the end,

then you can really get scared by
the things happening along the way.

Only when you see the magnificence
of what is waiting at the end

then even scary things will be
just another stair to climb.

Of course, if the goal you are trying
to reach is not fantastic or wonderful,

then it's really hard to find the strength
to overcome even the smallest obstacles

because there is nothing to strive for.

Dears, like I said, this is a very
theological quote

because the entire theology
is built on it,

meaning God is the final goal we're trying
to reach and all things on the way

are only a certain stage,
the road to this final goal.

aS God is the most magnificent goal,
our motivation is pretty good

since we stand to gain something
truly amazing.

Dears, what I would like to
invite you to today?

Try looking not at the obstacles,
difficulties or barriers in front of you

but think what is beyond them,
what are you trying to reach,

what is right behind the barricade.

Only when you are looking at
what is there,

will you be able to jump right at
the hurdle with passion,

because you will be drawn to your goal
and then you'll overcome the barrier.

So today, don't look at the problems
or obstacles but look beyond,

to the goal you are trying to reach.

When you do that, you will be able to
overcome the biggest impediments.

OBSTACLES ARE THOSE
FRIGHTFUL THINGS YOU SEE

WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR EYES
OFF YOUR GOAL.

Dears, I'm recording almost at night,
it's almost getting dark,

I had such a day that I didn't have time
to record anything,

so I'm telling you it's morning
but it's actually dark,

a bit hypocritical, isn't it?

But maybe not or at least I hope so.

Anyway, it was nice meeting you,
I wish you all the best,

till next time somewhere,
meaning tomorrow at 6 a.m.

Bye!