Are You Willing to Pay the Cost?

One of the shows I love watching on HGTV is "The Property Brothers". On this show twin brothers, Drew and Jonathan Scott, try to help future homeowners find the home of their dreams. They first find a home that has everything the buyer wants on their list. They take the buyers to the property, walk them around it , and "wows" them. Everything they want is wrappped up in one pretty little or big package. Then the brothers hit them with the bottom line, the cost. This is where the buyers get the gut check, and all of them, after hearing the price, look as though they were sucker punched, blindsided, hoodwinked... you get my drift. Then the brothers go on to explain that they can help the buyers get exactly what they want if they look at taking another approach to getting it. Next, the two brothers do their thing in finding properties that can be restored and turned into their buyer's dream home. At the end of the show you have happy buyers thanking the brothers for a job well done and a home that exceeded their expectations. Isn't that just like life?

We know what we want out of our lives. The jobs we want, body we want, or even relationships we want. We know exaclty what we want and we want it right now, this instant, but we aren't willing to pay the price to get it. Totally forgetting that there is a process we need to go through that helps to acquire that wanted outcome. It's through this process that we begin to acquire the skills, mentality, and attitudes that help us to obtain and maintain the final outcome. It's just like the fixer-uppers that the Scott brothers restore, that were not equipped with the buyers' wanted features until somebody rolled up their sleeves and put in the work. We too have to roll up our sleeves in our lives and be willing to put in the work to fix up the season we are in to obtain our dreams, our goals, the life we want to live.

So the big question is, have you identified your vision, dreams, or goals? This is the first step. You have to see what you want in your mind before you see it as your reality. Next, before you get started, you have to count your cost. Is the process worthy of the outcome? Are you willing to roll up your sleeves and hang in there, even when unforseen issues arise? Are you willing to go the whole nine yards tenaciously to achieve your goals? Or do you believe someone is going to bring your dream to you wrapped up in a pretty little package with everything you desired? If you believe that the latter will occur, remember, there's even a price to pay for that. Don't get blindsided!

If you are you willing to pay the cost to have the life you dream of having, get ready to experience life with a whole new outlook. Not looking at what others will bring to you, but instead what you can bring to others. Like what the Scott brothers do when they restore homes, let's do the same thing with our lives. Let's look beyond what's in front of us and instead at what will be the final outcome. A life we enjoy living, giving thanks for having, and worthy of sharing. So, are you willing to pay the cost?

 

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