Compassion and Vows
How can goals become concrete enough for us to believe in and pursue?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
A goal should move you forward while connecting with current conditions. If normal raises are about ten percent but you demand an immediate doubling you yourself find impossible, sincere effort toward it becomes difficult. This concerns expectations in that situation, not a permanent ten-percent income limit or denial that changing jobs and growing are possible.
Having already appeared on television, I later hoped to join Yu Mei-ren’s program and did so twice. I no longer recall the interval or claim to have visualized every detail beforehand. That goal rested on experience rather than expecting certainty from no prior contact. The experience also cannot guarantee every wish succeeds.
Another practitioner suggested dividing goals into short, medium, and long term to reduce pressure and clarify the next step. Try interests from what is achievable and gradually proceed. My Facebook, blog, and event participation also involved actual work giving people opportunities to know me, not merely writing goals and waiting.
Miao Nian’s singing-bowl learning likewise accumulated through classes, practice, and supervised experience, with participant feedback. That feedback was shared experience then, not established medical effectiveness or guaranteed income after study.
YOYO described planning life in a journal, enjoying the notebook and paper and recording small tasks to help daily action. Goals need not start large. Once you know the direction, turning it into something possible today creates opportunities to approach it gradually.