Early in my flying career, I had my first night
flight.
Looking down into the darkness, I asked my instructor
what we would do if the engine failed.
"Get the plane gliding in a controlled descent,"
he
said, "then attempt to restart the engine and make a
'Mayday' call. The only difference between day and
night flying is that the terrain below will not be clearly
visible, so you should point the aircraft toward whatever
looks like a clear area and it should be pointing into the
wind."
"Then what?" I asked.
"Conserve your battery, so don't turn on your
landing
lights until you're close to the ground. If you like what
you see, land."
"Okay, but what if I don't like what I see?"
My instructor gave me a compassionate look inside
that dim cockpit, then said softly,
"Turn off the landing lights."
Sounds scary doesn't it? Yet there are times in life when
all you can do is sit back, relax, and let things happen.
Over the years it has come to my attention we
should
do that more often than when we are forced to.
When a farmer works his land, plants his crop and
ensures
the insects aren't eating it up, there are many days when
he does nothing but watch it. He realizes that not only is
there a time for planting and a time for harvesting, but there
is also a time for waiting.
The point is that when you do your planning
right, when you
have done all the work, when you know there is not much
more you can do - - - you can wait.
It can be a unique situation, often is. I have a
web site I put
up simply because truth must be told. I do very little, almost
nothing, to promote it, yet it regularly gets attention by those
who are interested.
That is the way your business can go, too. Work
hard at it,
yet realize there are times when you can only sit back and
let things happen.
There is a saying, amongst Christians, that says
"Let go
and let God." Many times that is far more appropriate than
we like to think.
One of the difficulties with the way we live life
today is we
give no attention to the real spiritual side of nature and
ourselves. Yes we go to church, but that does not deal with
our spiritual side, That deals with church stuff.
When you take the time to go inside yourself and
meet
your Maker, then you are dealing with the real spiritual
side. There you can learn to be comfortable with letting
go.
There, too, you can learn to relax on a regular
basis,
knowing that all will be well, that you cannot build Rome,
or your business, in a day, that there is a real need for
time for things to "grow" so to speak.
Your enthusiasm, your eagerness to make things
happen
will take over you and make you think that if something
isn't happening then you must make things happen. Bear
in mind it takes time for people to learn of what you offer,
it takes time for them to come to trust you, it takes time for
them to make a decision.
Let not your eagerness get in the way of real
progress.
Learn to sit back and wait. Learn to go through the period
of blending, mellowing, growing, maturing. Learn to - - -
Accept The Inevitable!
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