11.5.12

How to Form a Doer's Character


Thoughts are powerful, they are seeds that take fruit to form words, words when properly applied prompt actions, actions solidify into habit and habit weaves character. Character said D. L. Moody is what you are in the dark. A doer is marked by his ability to focus and work out his but when he comes up to situations that he would otherwise not feel like performing. I believe it was Martin Luther King Jr. who said if you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” Movement creates room for progress. It’s that sort of attitude that credence to the character in a doer. Integrity is a virtue upon which character can be developed. Fundamentally, integrity is your ability (morally, intellectually, physically, etcetera) to actually match your actions with your words. A doer doesn’t derive satisfaction in seeking or making excuses not to live up to responsibility, though situations may warrant.

It’s in the character of a winner to win as it’s in the character of a child to make himself known by his acts. The Biblical saying is true, folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. Winning is by no means automatic, it involves the process that forms the character. The best time to plant a tree was fifty years ago, the next best time is now. Now is the best time to start becoming, practicing and achieving. Success that endures is not usually expressed as a big bang if you watch closely. You never say oh I've missed my opportunity, they come in their cycles - opportunity. Opportunity always come to the one who prepares himself and shows determination.

A train of thought believes that one may never become what one aspires because of missed opportunity or because people who eventually achieve or become such are older or younger. That’s another lie people buy from polls and survey results. You may end up achieving nothing if you keep looking at people and polls. It’s not unlikely that the reason why many who would have loved to respond and be doers do nothing is not only because they consider their effort insignificant compared to the magnitude of the problem  but it’s also because they look too much at external factors and then put a big tape measure on themselves, ruling themselves down and out. You may not know what you are capable of until you set out and give it your best. We often forget to remind ourselves that what lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Let this mind be in you which is in every doer, you can achieve anything you set your mind to achieve, going about it in the right manner.

2 comments:

  1. On one hand I do think that some people have missed the boat, so to speak, because of the many missed opportunities (for whatever reason) they didn't take up at the time. Now it is merely too late. They will not be able to achieve that original goal and need to move on in a different area.

    Saying that, there are situations where polls and surveys may suggest you are unable to achieve something when this is clearly not the case, and you automatically rule yourself out without giving it a go.

    It makes me wonder at times why some fight each day to get to where they want to go but they never seem to make it, and that's not through a lack of not trying. Whilst others have doors of opportunity opening every minute without a struggle. Such is life. Hope this makes sense.
    Interesting post.

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  2. Thanks Rum... you highlighted some good points there. I'm glad you enjoyed the blog.

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