At one time or another, we all make long-term goals--to lose weight, get in shape, go back to school, switch careers, learn a new skill or hobby. And if you&apos;re like most people, you struggle to keep those goals. While you might stick to it for a few days or even a few weeks, eventually, old habits die hard, and you&apos;re back doing the same old things you always did. In the end, you&apos;re left tired and disheartened, believing you&apos;re a failure for not being able to finish what you started.
Well, don&apos;t worry, you&apos;re not a failure. You&apos;re also not alone. According to U.S. News & World Report, the failure rate for New Year's resolutions is said to be about 80 percent, and most lose their resolve by mid-February. Bottom line, we don&apos;t do well with goals! And, of course, you could do a Google search on how to better achieve your goals. There are thousands of experts who will happily give you their advice. Or you could skip the search and take a much easier approach. You could give up your goals entirely.
The truth is, you don&apos;t need goals to live the life you were destined to live. In fact, goals are a roadblock. In the words of the Zen master, Osho, "No enlightened person has ever been goal-oriented; he cannot be. Goal-orientation is the way of the mind."
The problem with goals is that they all live in the future, which means you can&apos;t have goals without living in the mind. And, outside of living in the past, there is nothing the mind loves more than dwelling on what will happen tomorrow--how rich you&apos;ll be, the career you&apos;ll have, the relationship that&apos;s waiting for you. And while it can be addictive dreaming about the future, the more time you spend there, the more likely it is that the mind will start to create all kinds of problems--anxiety, anguish, and fear. The future (your goals) keeps you in a constant state of becoming, striving and reaching.
The enlightened person lives in the state of no--mind. In this state, there is no past or future, which means there are no goals and nothing to be achieved. No reaching. No becoming. There is only the present moment, which is the source of our true power and the only compass we&apos;ll ever need to get where we want to go.
I don&apos;t know about you, but this is the only place where I want to live.
I hope you&apos;ll join me and see for yourself how beautiful it can be.
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