We are slowly closing 2019 and excitedly waiting to enter a new year and a decade of the twenties. It is that time of the year when we reflect on our gains and pains. What are the reasons for your pain ? Is missed opportunity one of those reasons? Did you miss an opportunity and regretted it? At the beginning of each year we have beautiful intentions and set goals. We say I want to raise my income, I want to lose weight, I want to travel the world, etc.… Goal setting is easy but goal achieving is another story.
NOW is a time flanked by what was and what could be. Every NOW has a potential to be a punctuating moment in time. A kinetic explosion of what could be only comes when we take actions in the NOW. It is good that we make decisions but decision is just step zero. There is a difference between deciding and doing, things only shift and change when we take action.
We delay our NOW in the name of good timing or convenience. Fear makes us say ‘I don’t think I can, I am not good enough‘. What follows after this, we stall and make excuses like ‘I will do it later, I will be ready next month.’ Yet we only get one NOW, which we sacrifice for later. The Law of diminishing intent says “The longer you wait to do something you should do now, the greater the odds that you will never actually do it.”
Over the years I learned about two Ancient Greek words that describe time. The Greeks identified time as Chronos, which is chronological time. The word chronos points to how one hour comes before the next and today comes before tomorrow and so on.
The other word is Kairos. This unique understanding of time can be described as, ‘The Appointed Time’. Some have described it as ‘the divinely appointed time’. The English acronym is NOW, No Opportunity Waits.
There will come times where the appointed time, or opportunity arises. We must be ready for opportunity and prepare to act in the NOW. Fear, doubt, self-limiting beliefs, and finances may stand between you and your seizing the NOW moment… or, perhaps, it’s just the perception that these things stand in the way that keeps you from your NOW… either way, your NOW will be faced with a challenger that suggests you reconsider. It is on each of us to be cognisant of the fact that NOW is coming and will not linger.
Act NOW don’t pause your dreams waiting for the right conditions. Success meets you where you step not where you stand. Take that first step NOW and lead your life. Leap into your NOW because No Opportunity Waits.
Be fruitful & Multiply