Are You Ready To Meet Your Civic Destiny?

If you objectify other people – see them as a means to an end, rather than an end in themselves, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you do not understand you are a role model, at the very least, to the immediate people in your personal and professional life - your family, your relatives, and the people you work with - then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you are prepared to allow only so much time, and no more, for your vision to be realized, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you care only about your image, your needs, your survival, and your victories, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If your dominant thought is – “every man, woman and child for themselves”, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If fairness, justice, and dignity do not mean anything to you, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you have double standards about what you will accept, and what you expect others to accept, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you turn a blind eye to exploitation, or abuse, by the strong of the weak, and the rich of the poor, and the knowledgeable of the innocent, and the able of the disabled, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you are prepared to pursue justice or truth, only if it is convenient, and expedient, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If wealth, fame, glory, and power are what drive your actions, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you are afraid to say and do what you believe is right, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you don’t have a servant heart, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If inclusiveness is not part of your agenda, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you are not self-reflective and humble about your mistakes or weaknesses, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you only care about ends, and not means to ends, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you are not willing to stay the course, month after month, year after year, decade after decade, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you care only about the legal, and not the moral underpinnings of your actions, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you are easily intimidated, discouraged, or disenchanted, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you are cynical, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny. 

If you are focused on externals, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny. 

If you are an organization man (or woman) first, and a community man (or woman) second, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you cannot respond with grace, when you are hit in one of your vulnerable spots, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

If you are not prepared to accept responsibility, and face the consequences, for everything you have said and done, then you are not ready to meet your civic destiny.

Prepare yourself to meet your civic destiny.

Don’t let nationality, caste, creed, race, gender, age, or anything else stop you.

Answer the call to create a better world.

Need pluck?

Look to the civic-minded greats who have walked before you.

Let how they spoke, talked, acted, and how they made their decisions, be your guide.

You need look no further for courage, guidance, or inspiration.

As always, thanks for sharing my Journey to Wisdom, Meaning and a Better Life, and have a great day and week….M ……a Pearl Seeker like you.  Thanks to Ajay and David for their compliments on my last post, and thanks to the rest of you for your likes, pins, shares, tweets and votes…..much appreciated.

Links to:

Committing to Living and Thinking Differently

Not Letting Your Ego Keep You Locked On A Fruitless Course

Shaping Your Tomorrows

Adding Purpose to Your Goals

Becoming a Mentathlete

Are You Ready To Meet Your Fitness Destiny?

If you give up too easily, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you are willing to do only what’s easy and convenient, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you can’t be bothered to monitor your progress, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you don’t make time for regular weigh-ins and check-ups, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you are careless about what you eat, and how much you eat, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you ignore warnings about substances that are harmful to your health, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you think all answers to good health come out of pill bottles, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you sweep health events under the carpet, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you ignore the physical shape you are in, and are not prepared to do the hard work, and make the sacrifices, to get into better physical shape, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you think health is something you “buy” rather than “work towards”, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you believe it’s too late to turn back the clock, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you are cynical about health advice, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you’d rather make a joke about your health, than take steps to change any of your health conditions, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you secretly enjoy health dramas, for the attention you get, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you are not willing to address the root cause of your health issues, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If a setback or an interruption throws you off your routine, and you are too lazy to begin again, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you think being a mother or father of a young child, lets you off the hook, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you expect progress to come fast, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you let self-consciousness get in the way, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you are quick to come up with examples of good lifestyles with bad outcomes, or bad lifestyles with good outcomes, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you think you are too young or too old to be bothered with fitness, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you think fitness is only for those who have sports careers, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you use the “too” word in connection with exercise, as in I’m “too anemic”, “too exhausted”, “too weak”, “too busy”, “too time-pressed”, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you think you’ve tried it all, and there’s no hope, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you are focused on what you don’t have going for you, rather than what you do have going for you, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

If you are unable to consider - and pursue - the idea of getting back into the shape you were in 5, or 10 years ago, then you are not ready to meet your fitness destiny.

Prepare yourself to meet your fitness destiny.

Don’t let pointless thoughts, busy work, and excuses hold you back.

Start today and never look back.

It's never too early - and as I can personally attest - it's never too late.

As always, thanks for sharing my Journey to Wisdom, Meaning and a Better Life, and have a great day and week….M ……a Pearl Seeker like you.  Thanks to Ajay and Rosie for their compliments on my last post, and thanks to the rest of you for your likes, pins, shares, tweets and votes…..much appreciated.

Here are some links to help you:

Eat Healthier
Exercise Smarter
Inspire You To Turn Back the Clock
& if you have an intractable health condition, to...
Inspire You To Lead Your Best Life In Spite Of Challenging Health Conditions or Limitations