Thoughts to Build On

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aiming at just ONE main goal? Think how confused and
ineffective your personal guidance system would be if it
tried to guide you to a number of goals in different direc-
tionsl That's why the one-goal person reaches his goal
quickly and effectively, while the person who tries to ac-
complish too many things simultaneously (instead of one
at a time) zigzags his way futilely through life.
Do you keep moving forward toward your goal?
Your personal guidance system cannot correct the direction
in which you are moving-if you are not moving. So keep
moving. Don't stop. Don't hesitate for fear of making an


error. You can correct your error while you are moving
forward. Life is like riding a bicycle. You can easily correct
your direction while you are moving, but if you stop, you
lose your balance, become shaky and fall.
You must expect to make errors and therefore
constantly watch for them so you can correct them prompt-
ly. The more promptly you correct an error, the less you
will have strayed off course and the more quickly you can
get back on target.
Since you will accept errors as at natural part
of life, you will not be ashamed of them, but simply accept
them as something to be corrected on your way to your
goal.
Your natural acceptance of errors, your not
being embarrassed or ashamed of them, will free you for-
ever from a "sense of guilt" and its accompanying mental
and emotional anguish.
Of course, when you accept errors as a part of
life, you must at the same time accept the fact that you

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