Total Ellipse From The Start

There’s comfort to be drawn from understanding that whatever it is that we experience is both a whole and a part. It’s not the total.

In the moment the event, the occurrence, the encounter is everything. It can not only demand our complete attention but it can drain our resources both psychological and physical.

But it’s not the single experience that defines us. The person we are today is the sum total of each and every one of the experiences we have had. Each, as a part, contributes to the whole.

We are ultimately responsible for the whole that we are. We control it by the growth we allow.

We have the option to opt out; to stall our own development; to shelve our potential.

We are ultimately defined by what we do with what we have and how we choose to react to what happens to and around us.

The choices we made determined our past. The choices we make shape our future. That means today and the person we are today is of paramount importance.

Every today is a link between then and when; between history and destiny. Every today is an opportunity to review and reshape the story that is uniquely our own.

There is no time like the present and it’s true that once the moment has passed it’s gone forever. The good news is that each moment leads to the next  and each moment brings with it fresh promise and opportunity.

It’s only by making the conscious effort to be aware of what is happening to us but, more importantly, what is happening through us that we can then make the effort necessary to continue to grow, develop and realise our potential.

And, despite what some people would have us believe, it’s never too late to start.