Action Is The Foundational Key To All Success
Without Action, Little Will Happen
They say a pipe dream is an imagination without action, whereas a real goal will always include action. The fact is that action is the foundational key to all success.
You may have heard the fable about an older couple who were trapped on the roof of their house during an extraordinary flood that was lapping around their feet. The older man said to his wife, ‘Do not worry, I have faith in God to save us.’ So first of all, the rescue team sent out a boat, and the old man said, “Go use the boat for someone else, as God is looking after us”. Then they sent a helicopter. Again, the old man waved them away, resolute in his faith in God. A few hours later, their roof collapsed, and the couple drowned. Up in heaven, the old man, still with his wife, said to God. Why did you not save us? God replied, I sent a boat and a helicopter, and you waved them away.
This is a somewhat obvious but illustrative example of when action was required to achieve success. Wishful thinking on its own will do nothing, and when nothing happens, we realise action is the foundational key to getting what we want.
Vision And Action
Sometimes it’s not just wishful thinking; we bury our heads in the sand. At one point in my life, I faced some severe financial difficulties. I thought I trusted that somehow my higher self would create success. However, I was still not clear that my lack of action was not so much about trust, but rather about denial. When I lost everything, much like the older couple stuck on the roof, I asked myself, “Where were you?” Why did you not help me?”.
The answer came in a dream that night. I was quoted a page and line in a book. I woke with a start and immediately looked at the book my dream had guided me to. The answer, in essence, told me that faith without action is ineffective. The book? The Bible, which I had never read. The verse I was guided to, James Chapter 2 – Verse 17, says: “Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone”.
