aus·pi·cious [aw-spish-uhs]
adjective
1. promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
2. favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate
What do you do when absolutely everything is stacked against you and nothing about your situation is auspicious? Well, if it is something you really want and if it's something you're motivated to make happen, then you dig deep down inside yourself and you persevere.
The first step toward making anything happen for yourself, is to make the the decision to do so and following close behind as the second step, is to believe that anything is possible.
If you haven't noticed, I've failed at maintaining my self-imposed editorial calendar for this blog. The only feature I've been able to keep up with, consistently, is "Word Wednesday" and even that takes more effort than I could even begin to explain. In short, nothing about my schedule is conducive to making this blog fly. It would be so easy to give up. If I decided to give up, my "one" reader, Shelly, would pat me on the back, tell me I gave it a nice shot and we'd get on with life. (If you're not Shelly and you're reading this, thank you for taking the time out of your day and spending your valuable time here. If you are Shelly, I know you wouldn't really let me off the hook this easily. I know you'd bust out the pompoms and cheer on anyone who needed encouragement.) Anyway, I could give up. But, I'm not.
Have I ever told you about my marathon training buddies? When I decided to do my first marathon, two other friends made the commitment with me. We probably weighed 700 pounds between the three of us. Yes, you just read that right. Three big girls, a combined weight of 700 lbs., and we decided to do a marathon. Day one of training wasn't pretty but when we woke up on the day of the marathon, 10 months later, it was indeed an auspicious occasion. There was no doubt about it - we were going to finish that marathon because we had put in the training to make it happen. The conditions were not in our favor when we started but the one thing we had working for us was our complete dedication to crossing that finish line. I think we even, jokingly, strategized on what to do in the event that one of us should go down and how the other two could drag the the 3rd person across the finish line. We made the decision to finish a marathon and we believed, completely, in our ability to make it a reality. Our circumstances didn't start out in our favor, but with determination and proper training, we were able to cross the start line auspiciouslly, and crossing the finish line was a certainty.
If you're struggling with something, like I am, keep on going and persevere through the rough patches. Struggling with something can sometimes be a much needed part of the process and the process is as important as the outcome.
If we make up our minds to do something, if we're truly motivated to make it happen, and if we truly believe in the possibility of success - a person is capable of accomplishing just about anything they envision. It doesn't matter if it seems like it is a impossible task, if you believe in the possibility of success and if you have confidence, you will change the impossible, into the auspicious.