Better late than never

We can never afford to let someone else make us believe it is too late for us to accomplish a goal.

As long as we have breath and can see a new day, it is better late than never to start something we never started, or finish something we never finished.

If given the chance, pessimists, cynics, and critics might negate us all the way to the Land of the Defeated because of their linear view of the individual strength we possess to do great things and to do those things well.

At times even people who generally support us and would never wish us any harm may misrepresent the timeline we are supposed to follow to reach certain marks along our journey.

These folks may think they are advising us with our best interest in their minds, but in reality, they may be unintentionally standing in the way of completion.

Any way you slice it, “Timeline Sabotage” is a tough obstacle we will sometimes encounter in life.

Knowing that to be the case, WE CAN, WE SHOULD, AND WE WILL finish whatever we need and want to finish.

The question to ask ourselves is “Do WE really need and want to finish whatever it is?”

If it is not something we truly need or want, “better NEVER than late” may be the correct route for us to take so we can avoid having to clean up one big unnecessary mess later on.

Sharon M. Biggs, M.A., is a wife, mother, and 21st Century educational leader & school district administrator who serves as Co-Chair & President of Lifeline Foundation, Inc.  This 25-year educator, who is currently working on her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, is also Founder, Editor, and Chief Writer of LifelineExtensions.blog.  View other published works at http://www.examiner.com/.  Contact Sharon directly for more information: smbiggs@mylifelinefoundation.org.

"Children are the globe's most precious commodity." (Terence H. Biggs, Jr. ~ 2009)