Creating a Sense of Mission

An object will remain in its rest until a force acts on it

The above quote is culled from Isaac Newton's law of motion and this makes a whole lot of sense even in other fields of human endeavour. If there is nothing to motivate you (that is the "force" in the context of the law of motion), you may remain in your state of inactivity or dormancy. What gives you the required motivation to act is the sense of mission you attach to your goals or your dreams. It is this sense of mission that will create the required motion to pursue after your dreams. No wonder it has been popularly said that "if you do not have something to stand up for, you may not see reasons to stand in the first place, and you may likely fall for anything."

The reason why people wake up in the morning and go about their hustles for the day is because of the sense of mission that is attached to that particular hustle and the idea that it will bring them profits. Without having a need to wake up, continuous sleeping will become inevitable. It is the sense of mission that creates the required energy and the zeal to pursue after a particular goal. It does not stop at dreaming nor at creating goals but it must be backed up by zeal, enthusiasm and mission, otherwise it will still remain as just a dream.

The truth is that it is the action that backs up your dream that make it achievable. It does not matter the size of your dream or the type of idea that you have, what gives it credence is not the size but the complementary action towards it. There are people that have dreamt bigger than you and have even created a finer idea than yours but are nowhere to be found today because they did not back their ideas with action. There was no sense of mission to create the required motion towards the idea.

It is the value that you place on your dream that also contributes towards your zeal to create a sense of mission around it. If you dream because everyone else dreams, then the value that should be attached to the dream will be nonexistent and actions may not be forthcoming. When you create an idea or goal, you have to understand that they cannot fulfil themselves. Their fulfilment is entirely dependent on the amount of action that you put towards it. When you see someone that have a sense of mission, they won't let go of their dream until it is achieved. Even in the midst of failed attempts, they will still be pressing on and giving it their best shot. This is because they have already concluded the dream as achievable and it has given them the oomph to pursue it with the best they have.

When you want to travel for example and you already have the destination at heart, and have set out for the journey, you are already seeing yourself at your desired destination. Even if traffic congestion happens, it will not discourage you, rather you will keep at it or even find a better route to get to the destination. The reason is that the need to arrive at the destination has created a sense of mission for you and you are already putting in motion towards it. Similarly, in life, when you set your mind on what you want to achieve, it will create the enthusiasm within you to give it all it requires to achieve it.

There is a reason why, when civil engineers are about to start construction work, they will first engage an architect to give them a structural representation of the building on paper. It is by looking at these drawings that the builder will know what to do and it will guide their actions through the building process. That is, their actions will be based on the idea that has already been put down. You will be correct to say that the architectural drawing is likened to the mission to be accomplished, while the building process is the action taken to accomplish the mission.

It is worthy to note that you are the one to spur yourself towards actions. Yes, you are your own greatest motivator. This is because you are the one that has created the idea and the dream, and you have the clearest and most detailed picture of it. So each time you wake up in the morning, look at the ideas and tell yourself that you are well able to fulfil them, this will unleash the energy within you to take actions towards them. Take the actions and do them rightly and timely, and you will be be surprised how attainable the idea will be.

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