Setting Goals like a Child

This will be a short post and hopefully, some food for thought.

In my post earlier this evening, I got to thinking about setting goals. Like many things, we can learn a lot from children. Those of you with children will especially understand.

Have you ever watched the determination of a child to achieve their goals? No obstacle can't be overcome.. well except someone 10 times your size grabbing you under the arms and taking you away. Ever taken something from a 1 or 2 year old and set it within their sight? They will move toys, chairs, pillows, whatever it takes into place to achieve their goals.

I've found my 3 year old reaching ON TOP OF THE REFRIDGERATOR!! It took a stool balanced on top of a chair to get on top of a cabinet and bread box to reach, but she wanted the candy up there. She knew exactly what she wanted and she made it happen!

Where do we lose that in life? What makes us lose the determination we once had as a child?

Side Note: While elephants are small, their trainers attach GIANT links of chains around their necks and stake the chain deep into the ground. The young elephant tugs and pulls at the chain until finally, it realizes that it cannot get loose. As adults, they can tie a rope to a little wooden stake in the ground and the elephant doesn't attempt to break free of the chains that bind it.

Something to ponder: What conditions us to not try anymore? What makes us stop stacking chairs, pillows, stools, books, etc. to get to what we want? (I'm truly looking for input here. I don't know).

Perhaps, we should look at the proverbial rope that's keeping us from being free. Maybe it is just a tiny little rope holding us back that once we pull up the tiny little stake in the ground, and take it off our neck, we can be free to beat the world!