“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” – The Cheshire Cat, Alice in Wonderland
I have recently been reminded of the fragility of life due to the death of one of my uncles. An uncle I didn’t know well but it still gave me a little jolt. See, barely 6 weeks before he passed away, he was diagnosed with cancer. Pretty bad cancer that had deposited itself in several locations of his body – 3 tumors in his brain, 1 wrapped around his lower spinal cord, another in his liver and another in a shoulder.
And as little jolts like this often go, I wound up thinking about my own path in life. Where I’m going and why.
Because the Cheshire Cat is right, you know.
If you don’t know where you’re going, if you don’t really care where you’re headed, then any road will get you somewhere.
And I’ll tell you what – if you have no plan and you get somewhere you don’t like, well, guess what? It’s nobody’s fault but your own and being angry about it isn’t going to help you.
Now, if you’ve been reading this blog long, you may know that I’m not one for making goals. I think goals only hinder you and keep you from the REAL mission. Instead, I call them Targets or Intentions. The reason for this is mostly psychological – we’re taught from early age that if you don’t have goals, you’ll never get anywhere in life. And I think this can be a hinderance to actually DOING them. I know it is for me. 
Cause I’m a rebel like that.
So, let’s call them intentions. That’s what I call them most of the time, because, actually – Targets are slightly different – they’re the Big Picture. The Intentions, then, are the steps required to get to the Target. Does that make sense? Good!
Off we go . . .
First, you need a Target – this is your Destination. For example, let’s say you’re going to San Antonio, Texas. It’s your Destination, your Target. And so your Intentions, then, are the steps you’ll take to get there, in chronological order. What do you need to do to get to San Antonio?
Well, you need to decide how you’re going to travel – car, train, airplane. That’s your first step, your first intention. Let’s say you Intend to drive your car. So, now you’ve got that step and you’re ready for step two and so on until you’ve mapped out everything you need to do before you go, your route, your travel time and the dates you intend to go.
And so, life is like that, too. Where do you want to go? What’s your Target?
My Target for this blog is to help people, especially women, empower themselves to be Badass Trailblazers, living lives that kick-ass and do wicked good epic stuff.
So everything I do here is working towards that Target. Each post is an Intention to draw those people closer and help them live life to the fullest – spiritually, entrepreneurially, physically. Everything leads to my Target.
If you can’t do anything else right now, at least figure out the Big Picture, the Target you’re striving for. That Destination, where you want to end up when it’s said and done.
Otherwise, you’ll get somewhere else. And chances are, you won’t like that place very much.
Over the next week or two, I’m going to write some posts about getting crystal clear on your Big Target. That’s the one that when you look back on your life, you’ll feel proud of and know that you’ve succeeded in your mission. The one that all else stems from. Typically, it’s called your life purpose. That big, epic dream.
Let’s identify that.
And then, we’re going to talk about how to stop being a doormat and learn how to be assertive without coming off as a total bitch so that we can seek out that Big Epic Target.
Are you ready?
Until next time . . . keep blazin’!
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