Yes, my friends, there is actually a pie in the sky.
It was made especially for you. It is your favorite
flavor, your favorite crust, your favorite temperature.
It is your pie, you can eat as much of it as you want
and not get fat. It is all yours and you don't have to
share it with anyone.
Now, all you have to do to get your pie in the sky
is build a set of stairs, climb your stairs, and when
you are within arm's reach, reach out your hand
and take it.
First thing is first, you must figure out what the
design of your stairs will be. If you don't know
the first thing about stairs, you might want to do
a little research on that. Find a mentor who has
managed to build a set of stairs to reach his pie,
and find out what needs to be done.
Next, you will need to finance your stairs. You
need to buy the wood, the screws, the joints, the
tools, etc. You will need to account for any miscalculations or damaged goods. You might
need to buy more wood, or even a few extra tools.
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You might need to patch or replace some broken
tools. You might need to re-asses your budget, so
that you can have the finances you need to build
your stairs to your pie. Ask yourself, What do you
want more? Car payments for the next 10 years,
or would you rather drive a used car and use the
finance payments to instead build a set of stairs
to reach your pie?
Next, and this I believe is the hardest step for most,
you need to put in the hours. The actual work required
to construct the stairs. You may find that you've
worked really hard for days, weeks or even months,
and you pull out your protractor and your compass,
your GPS, and find that your stairs are not even
going to line up with your pie. So you need to make
sure that you still have the financing to deconstruct,
buy new materials, and rebuild your stairs in the right
direction. You need to have backup plans, backup
means to continue to build your stairs, backup
sustenance to keep you going until you reach your pie.
You may need to carefully balance your time,
carefully ration your efforts so that you have enough
for the present, and also to finance your pie acquiring project.
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Building your stairs to reach your pie takes daily effort. Daily effort, and bi-weekly reassessment. It means you must know what you are working for,
and keep working at it every day, not just every day
for a month, but every day for years! Time
management on the pie acquiring project must be
carefully planned. You want to make sure that
you can work on this project for the long term.
You want to make sure that you don't run, buy
all of your materials, build for a month and then
give up. You want to make sure you have balance
of your current life, your time to rest, and your plans
for the future. With proper planning, and careful
pacing, you can and you will be able to reach your pie.
Your pie is right there, right above you, right up there
in the sky. All you need to do is get to it. There are
many people in the world who would say, "You mean
I can have that pie... I can have that 1 million dollar
house, I can have that $50K car, I can have that
boat, and all I have to do is WORK for it?"
"I'm all over that!"
-Rebekah Faith
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