Successful Completions

John Morton, D.S.S.

I see success as choosing to be satisfied with what’s already complete. In other words, you can choose to be happy that what you’ve done is done and complete. Then you can move on to greater success, unhindered by negative concerns and judgments about what’s already done.  
 
What if there is something that you want that’s not yet done?  You can focus on your next steps in the process of getting things done.  Most importantly, identify your next step even if it appears that a number of choices could work.  As something else occurs that’s part of getting what you want, you can experience the success for that completion and for the next one and so on and so on.
 
Do successful completions have to be complex and difficult to experience?  Do we need to set goals that are extremely rare or challenging in order to be successful?  Of course not.  Some goals may be achieved through a long and trying process. But the more we make completion a process that is simple and immediate, the easier it is for us to realize our success and move onto even greater success.
 
I distinguish between goals and intentions.  A goal is a specific and fixed result. It’s quantifiable and can be measured for completion.  Intention is a series of choices that become a complete experience. Intentions are directional and show what’s called upon next in order to experience another level of completion. Success then becomes a process of ever greater and progressive completions.  
 
With a goal, success is not complete until a specified result has occurred.  With an intention, success is determined as each choice is considered satisfactory and, therefore, complete.  When we measure success based on our intentions, the experience of completion is self-determined, more reliable and enduring.  When completion is determined by external factors or goals which we do not control, then we are at the mercy of whether those factors and goals go the way we want or expect. When completion is self-determined based upon our own experience and choices coming from our own directives, then the means of success are available for us regardless of external factors.
 
Look to see if you’re the one that’s blocking or restricting yourself from your success.  If so, don’t try to get around yourself.  Instead, get “into” yourself. That’s what we do in a very direct way in the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness(MSIA). In MSIA, we practice knowing our true selves and our divine nature. It’s ironic that we would have fears, hesitations or patterns of avoidance toward our self, as if there is something to be afraid of by looking at ourselves. Who we truly are is happy and successful always.
 
For learning more about getting things done, I like David Allen’s work.  In particular, his book, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.  David is considered an expert on completing things and how to master your choices so that the things you’re doing are things that are on purpose. And if they’re not on purpose, David’s work shows you how you can move them on or clear them away from your life.
 
Remember, when we’re happy with ourselves, it doesn’t matter if we’re getting things done or not.  Even if you’re hungry, you can still be happy and at peace with yourself. But if you’re disconnected from your divine nature, there’s nothing you can be fed that will ever satisfy you.  So go for the happiness.  Go for your well-being. And look for the successful completions in each and every moment as you breathe into and with your divine nature.

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John Morton, D.S.S., is the author of the inspiring books, The Blessings Already Are and You Are the Blessings: Meditations and Reflections on Life, God and Us.  Learn more about John and his works at www.johnmortonministries.org.  Contact John at goto@johnmortonministries.org.