The above
image illustrates the fact that every useful relationship and occurrence must
be constructed and nurtured step by step. “Rome wasn’t built in a day”, as the
saying goes. The same can be said of
victories. Successes don’t usually
happen overnight. They are often achieved through years of focused
determination.
There are no
shortcuts to victory. Diligence is necessary because creating anything useful
takes time. There is a minimum formula for success:
- Education
- Research
- Practice/experimentation/development
- Performance/construction of the building/sale of the product
Once we’ve
accomplished the previous steps, we may find that we need to revise our product or service. Revision
is also an integral part of the creation process.
Publishing
There are no
shortcuts to success in this industry, either. I have noticed that many authors
think they will triumph without proper education, research, and testing. These
individuals delve into the huge cyber world of self-publishing unaware of quite
a few things.They may
have little knowledge of what readers want.
Some of them are also oblivious to
how complicated the journey to publishing is. Authors who try to skip the education,
research, and development stages of the process usually produce a sloppy
product. It’s no different from any other industry or endeavor.
My Healing
I have tried
for years to shorten the progression of my healing—unsuccessfully. I spent
plenty of money and time on procedures, tests, medical office visits, and
medications. Hello! My body has its own timetable and way of coming around.
The healing
is annoying, life-limiting, and traumatic. However, it cannot be changed. It
must be endured. I must go through it to get to victory. In the end, the journey
will be worthwhile. I will have attained a level of health I’ve never known.
Diamonds
The creation
of some products and services may also involve deconstruction. A gemcutter must
cut and polish a raw diamond such as the one pictured above before it is ready
to mount in a ring. This is a form of deconstruction.
What seems
like destruction is really construction. The diamond will not become a ring
unless it goes through the entire painstaking process of becoming a marketable
gemstone. There is no alternative.
My Conclusion
Would you
rather be a raw diamond or a $2,000 ring?
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