| Article Title: Stop Tap Dancing in the Wrong | | | | you come from?" |
| Ballroom | | | | "Oh...now I get it. This is one of your feet off the |
| Author Name: Doug C. Grant | | | | ground head in the sky discussions. Sorry...I'm not |
| Contact Email Address: doug Word Count: 678 | | | | feeling very high-minded today." |
| Category: Motivational/Humor | | | | "Well, pardon me! I didn't mean to overload your |
| © Doug C. Grant, 2002 | | | | thinking circuits. But what we are discussing here |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | is basic hard-core reality so listen carefully. YOU |
| Publishing Guidelines: Thank you for publishing | | | | WILL NEVER SUCCEED BEYOND THE PURPOSE |
| thisarticle in its entirety including the resource box. | | | | TO WHICH YOU HAVE DEDICATED YOUR LIFE." |
| When possible, pleasenotify me of publication by | | | | "Oh...wow. That's really deep. Excuse me while I |
| sending either a website link or a copyof your | | | | go stick my head in a book of wise sayings or |
| ezine upon publication via email to STOP TAP | | | | something." |
| DANCING IN THE WRONG BALLROOM | | | | "Stick your head wherever you like. Sand if you |
| (another chapter from the i-mail saga)by Doug C. | | | | prefer. But when you re-enter the reality zone, |
| Grant | | | | truth will still be truth." |
| "Been setting a lot of goals for us, have you?" | | | | "Okay. I'm in an accommodating mood so let's |
| I had just finished a session of goal setting and | | | | say there is a difference between a goal and a |
| was feeling rather good about where I was going | | | | purpose. I know about goals. How do I determine |
| and what I intended to accomplish. Then came | | | | a purpose?" |
| the i-mail from Other-Self. An i-mail is like an | | | | "To begin with, it's not ‛A' purpose. It's |
| e-mail except it arrives internally, can't be ignored | | | | ‛THE' purpose. And you begin by asking |
| and doesn't have a delete button. | | | | yourself what are your best talents and abilities? |
| I looked at my goal sheet again and smiled. "Yes...I | | | | In other words, what do you do extremely well? |
| think even you will have to agree that these | | | | What do you enjoy doing?" |
| represent a worthwhile plan for my future." | | | | "And what do I do with ‛THE' answer?" |
| "I would if I could see some overall purpose | | | | "Decide the best way for you to serve God, |
| behind them." | | | | others and yourself by using these talents." |
| "Purpose! What do you mean, PURPOSE? They're | | | | "Ahhhh. I knew there was a catch to all this. |
| covered with purpose." | | | | You're suggesting sainthood." |
| "Such as?" | | | | "Not at all. I doubt if you'd even qualify for |
| "Success! Financial prosperity! Fulfillment! Get with | | | | consideration. I'm merely pointing out that you |
| the program. It's the stuff of life." | | | | were put here on earth for a purpose. Your |
| "I couldn't agree less." | | | | talents and abilities will point you in that direction if |
| This really unplugged my wires. Sometimes | | | | you stop long enough to really look at them. |
| Other-Self can be so completely no-where that I | | | | Despite appearances, you are not a cosmic |
| question if he's part of me. "All right...let's take this | | | | accident. You do have a mission. And until you |
| slow and easy. Are you telling me that you don't | | | | discover and align yourself with that purpose you |
| think success, money, fulfillment and all that good | | | | can set all the goals you want but you'll still be tap |
| stuff amounts to anything?" | | | | dancing in the wrong ballroom." |
| "I don't recall having said that at all. I was simply | | | | "Give me a for instance." |
| observing that the ‛good stuff', as you call | | | | "You've got writing skills. You enjoy writing. So |
| it, doesn't amount to a whistle in the wind without | | | | maybe your real purpose in life is to use your |
| a purpose behind it." | | | | writing to help others walk taller. Someone else |
| "I think I left you behind somewhere. Success IS | | | | might be a gifted sales person. Their mission could |
| a purpose. Money IS a purpose." | | | | be to help people live better or more successfully |
| "Wrong as usual. They may be goals but they are | | | | through valuable services or products. Get the |
| not a purpose." | | | | idea?" |
| "Sounds to me like we're having an argument | | | | "Maybe. I will admit the idea is worth thinking |
| over words." | | | | about. But just out of curiosity, what is your |
| "Not at all. Let me ask you a few questions. Why | | | | dedicated purpose in life?" |
| did you choose the goals that you did? What else | | | | "Saving you from your Dumb-Self. It's a full-time |
| should or could you be doing with your life? | | | | commitment. |
| Where are you going? For that matter, where did | | | | |