Thoughtful Thursday // One Thing You Hope To Accomplish In Life

How do you want to be remembered? Accomplishments come in many shapes and sizes but what we do with our lives is often tied to how we are remembered. We often don't think about this until much later in life, when it can be too late to change things.

I don't think it's morbid to discuss this because in thinking about it, we can make decisions and changes to our lives right now. If we want to accomplish something and our current course won't help with that goal, now we know we need to make some changes.

"What is one thing you hope to accomplish in life?"

In the movie The Ultimate Gift, Jason is tasked with coming up with a dream and then acting on it. He goes back to Hamilton and says, "I don't know if I have my own dream. But I know I can help other people achieve theirs." I love that quote. I love that attitude. And it has been part of what has informed my own goal for my life.

The other main influence in my goal for what I want to accomplish in life is Barnabas in the Bible. Barnabas encouraged Saul. stood up for him when others weren't sure if Saul was for real, and was a mentor of sorts to Saul. Millions of people know about Saul, better known as Paul, but many don't know of Barnabas. The thing is, without Barnabas, would we know Paul?

People need to be believed in. They need encouragement and support. They need to feel seen and known and valued. The dreamers need people to believe in their dream. The inventors need people to encourage them when they fail. The overlooked need someone to say "I see you and what you have to offer is valuable to me." It can change a life.

To put it in a sentence, one thing I want to accomplish with my life is to be a person people know will be in their corner. If I can become that person, I will consider that to be a great accomplishment.


I would love to know what one thing is that you want to accomplish! I'm sure there is wide range of things in the different minds of the people reading. Would you mind sharing? Let's cheer one another on in our dreams and goals!!!