Your Greatest Reward…

Please imagine a few possible scenarios for yourself….

You desire to write a bestselling book.  You take writing courses, attend workshops, and work on honing your craft.  You write every day for months and months.  Finally, you start your book and after months of hard effort complete it.  It gets accepted by a publisher and it debuts on the New York Times bestseller list! That isn’t your greatest reward…

You know you need to lose 15 or 20 pounds.  You’ve known it for a long time.  Finally, you’re fed up.  (Literally and figuratively.)  You make a plan.  Hire a trainer, start shopping mindfully, eat and drink healthy, exercise every day, and you reach your goal.  You’re in the best shape of your life.  That isn’t your greatest reward…

In your 40s or 50s you decide you want to learn a second language.  But it’s tough at that age.  You wish you would have done it when you were younger.  But you persevere anyway.  You download the Duolingo app or hire a tutor and practice your new language every day.  Join a language study group.  And about a year later, you’re actually fluent in your new language.  It opens you up to a new world of people, culture and experiences. That isn’t your greatest reward…

The rewards you get from success are great.  The rewards you get from setting a difficult goal for yourself and then achieving it are even greater.  But the greatest reward is…

Who you become.

- RG