Giving Up the Good "Now" for a Better "Later"

There are five birds on a telephone wire.......

One might decide to fly south. 

How many were left?

No, it's not four; it's five. 

Deciding to fly south and actually flying south are two different things...... 

The life lesson is that you'll never get where you want to go until you point yourself in the right direction, jump off the wire, and start flapping your wings.....

Every single day I have to point myself in the direction I want to go and jump off that wire.

In the end, it's not my goals that determine the quality of my life; it's my actions. 

When there's a conflict between what I want now and what I want for the future, the word "later" seems so much more attractive than "now"—but it's not a good life strategy.

I love 'biltong', but I've never had some that was so good that the pleasure lasted for more than a few moments....

The key to a happy and healthy life is to resist urges and impulses for momentary pleasures that sabotage long-term goals. 

Lots of things that feel good aren't good for us, and lots of things that are fun won't make us happy.

Giving up the good "now" for the better "later" shouldn't be seen as a sacrifice; it's an investment.

In Summary: "Don't sacrifice your future on the altar of the immediate." 

Shalom