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Setting
Goals
Goal 1
Goal 2
Goal 3
Goal 4
Goal 5
There are many good reasons for setting goals.
We can often look so intently at what is happening today, that we lose sight of where
we want to go.
Goals are like the steps you take that get you from the bottom of a mountain to the top.
If you find yourself at the bottom of a mountain, and the sides
are very steep, you might think there’s no way you’re ever going
to make it to the top.
I wonder how we’ll ever make
it to the top?
Setting goals provides you with “steps” that help
you to climb the mountain. The goals are the notches where you can place your feet and hands. They give
you something to grip, something to take your
next step on.
You don’t have to do it all at once. All you have to look at is the next step
ahead of you.
You just have to have the perseverance to make it
to your next goal.
That next step isn’t too high,
is it?
The next goal is within your reach, though sometimes you have to stretch a little to reach it.
Setting a small, reachable goal is one way you can
methodically get past challenges you face. It’s also a way to learn new skills a little
bit at a time, by putting the next challenge you face on a level
you can reach.
If you’re having a hard time seeing how you’re
going to climb some “mountain” in your life, then set yourself some goals that will help you make your way up the
“mountain.”
This is too hard! It’s
impossible!
No! You just have to set
smaller goals.
Don’t worry about reaching the top all in one jump. That’s impossible to do. Instead take it one step at a time, and before long you will have triumphed!
Mommy, can we buy a fish
tank?
It will cost a lot, but you can save up and buy one part at a time.
Fish tank goalsaquarium
pump
plants
fish
Would you like me to help you
memorize this poem for school?
But it’s so long, Daddy!
We can work on one stanza at a
time, and soon you’ll have the whole poem
memorized.
I’m reading a chapter a day, so I can do a book
report on it at the end of the
month.
And here we are!
Wow! The view is great up here!
We made it!
With each step you take, and each goal you reach, you come that much
closer to your final goal! All those steps add up, and before you know it,
you’ve climbed quite a ways!
Nice! Your perseverance
paid off. It helped to
have goals of what I needed
to work on.
“…Today by the sea.”1
Well done, Son! I’m
proud of you!
Thanks for helping me,
Daddy!
It’s done!
BOOK REPORT
1 “The Rock and the Bubble,” by Louisa May Alcott
Goals also keep you from getting lazy and resting
on your last achievement, because there’s always
more to come! That’s why you should never let your
life run out of goals. Always have goals to reach for,
more steps to take up the mountain of life.
Do you want to make the best use of your time, to progress and
prepare as best you can? Then set some goals to help yourself!
What’s your next major “mountain” challenge in life?
Break up the climb into little steps that are
easier to reach.
S&S link: Character building: Personal Responsibility: Perseverance-1c Contributed by Christi S. Lynch, adapted from the writings of Peter Amsterdam. Illustrations by Didier Martin. Design by Christia Copeland.
Published by My Wonder Studio. Copyright © 2011 by The Family International
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