Dedication, Passion, Dreams, and Progress. :)

DEDICAITON
~ I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday. -Unknown Author. Dedication isn't thinking about how good you are, it's about picking out different things that you aren't good at and working on them. If you aren't doing the best you think you can, you aren't there yet. But you are better than you were yesterday. The dictionary says that dedication is the quality of being dedicated or committed to a task or purpose. You have to be dedicated to something to succeed at it. Dedication leads to reaching your goal in whatever you are doing. When you are dedicated to a sport or whatever your are doing, you don't just go into it saying, “Oh, I don't care about this. I'm good at it. So it doesn't matter,” you go into it saying, “I can do this. I care about this.” You go above and beyond what you were assigned to get even better. You work as hard as you possibly can on it. Dedication is being committed to something you care about, you have a push to do good, and you have a passion for it.

PASSION
~ Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it. -Carl W. Buechner. Passion is having a love for whatever you're doing. It's also like living for something that you love so much, that it's your life. The dictionary states that passion is a strong and barely controllable emotion; an intense desire or enthusiasm for something. Some people don't think of it as an emotion, they think of it as a thought. Yes, it is a thought but it's more of an emotion because it's something that you feel that is right to you, something that you feel that you know you love. Passion is having a desire to love what you're doing, to feel what is right, and to be dedicated.

DREAMS
~Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. -Gail Devers. Dreams are what you really wish to do. Sometimes your dreams can come true. The dictionary says that dreams are a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep; a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal. Dreams aren't just went you sleep, but also your real life wishes. They are something you really strive for, something you really want to happen. Sometimes things don't always turn out right in them, but that shouldn't stop you from achieving them. Sometimes dreams can act like a goal, too. Having dreams is something you want to achieve, something you want to happen in your life, and something you can look forward to.

PROGRESS
~Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. -Hebbel. Progress is something that takes steps to do. Sometimes it takes a long period of time. It's like practice. You have to practice something to earn progress. The dictionary states that forward or onward movement toward a destination; advance or development toward a better, more complete, or more modern condition. When I hear the word progress I think of running, like running a marathon all the way through. You train before you run a marathon so you can run well. Over a certain amount of time, you make progress so by the time the marathon comes, you are ready to run it all the way through. Progress contains practice, gives you strength, and at the end of your progress, you end up reaching your goal.


Dedication is being committed to something you care about, you have a push to do good, and you have a passion for it.

Dedication is having a passion, following your dreams, and gaining progress. You have to have a passion for what you are doing, because passion is a love for whatever you are doing. When you love something so much it becomes a passion. You can dream about what you want to do in life. Follow your dreams and you might be able to do what you want. Having a dream is like having a goal you want to reach. Gaining progress takes sometimes a long time, and makes you better. It's like practice. It ends up giving you strength with whatever you are working on. You should have all these qualities when you want to do something, like a sport, or an extra curricular activity. Dedication, passion, dreams, and progress are good to have for your whole life.