Uncertain Goals

Goals are such a tricky thing to understand. Sometimes they are confused with needs, sometimes they are confused with wants and desires, and then there are also layers.

How do you quantify your goals? Can it be as simple as a necessity? Do people in dangerous places and in dangerous situations set up a goal of just living through it? Is success for them then opening their eyes the next morning? Is it feeding the family or themselves the next day? Being able to have a roof over your head and a warm/cool place to sleep?

Is it mental health? Being able to feel good about yourself or others for what you have accomplished or helped others accomplish? Are there some goals that should be more important? Shouldn’t feeding my family/myself stack higher than insuring a large corporation continues to build profits? What about a smaller business, if I work for them should my goals be to help them move their profit balance to black?

Or can goals be something simple? Enjoying a sunset without thinking about whatever looming catastrophe is up next? Saving a specific amount of your paycheck for the proverbial rainy day? Or allowing yourself to indulge in a frivolous without worrying about tomorrow?

A hurricane has hit one part of the country and I’m sitting in a light rain in another wondering how life works and if I’m settling myself up for success and happiness while others aren’t sure if they will have a home, business or food tomorrow. Perhaps a goal can be giving myself grace and the room to grow. Which may be a harder goal to achieve than most of the other goals.