Life happens to those that deal it with a slack hand, but those that are diligent makes life happen. I notice that when I am not conscious and therefore not accountable for my actions, my reality barely matches my desires. When I have no sense of obligation - or not as much of it - in whatsoever I am interested in: be it relationship; work; family; it causes me to get an undesired result.
Diligence starts with a definite, precise knowledge of what I want. The more precise I am, the more effective I can become. Observing the ants, I noticed that they are always on the go, and it took nothing for me to recognize that they are not just wondering. A whole colony is always working towards achieving a set of goals. It is because they have a common mission that they are purposeful, each ant knowing its specific task for the day. When I am very precise, I can be accountable and I can know when I am deviating from my mission.
Now I know what I want, I must decide to bring it to pass employing every resource at my disposal. Also, I must have a very insightful understanding of how my actions correlate with the final outcome. If I rest from my unfinished work today, then tomorrow, and the day after; if I overlook a mistake here and there; I won’t be known in my field as excellent, even though I desire it.
I create the life I want for myself, or let life happen to me based on my actions or inactions. The accumulation of all the responsibility I accept to take and all the compromises I allow becomes the judge who decides my fate. To live a life thinking things will just fall in place for me without lifting a finger is my doom. To think of it, even the most infinitesimal outcomes are as a result of action. If I wanted a favour and I don’t open my mouth to speak, it would never be in existence that I wanted it. If I am pressed and don’t use the bathroom, I’ll remain that way, or even worse, even though I can change the situation, eeeven if I have planned it all out. Without action, it is impossible for a change to occur. Action is the only guarantee for a difference to occur. Every beautiful plan in my head is not in existence no matter how long it took me to craft it and how successful it can be, until a force is introduced to bring it to reality. It is a pity if the only thing that causes me to take action are external forces, and so much so if they are inevitable natural circumstances such as hunger and inconvenience. They do work but it is so much better that I have a higher reason to put forth my energy.
Diligence is naturally enforced when I wilfully desire to see reality give me exactly the thoughts of my mind. The moment I lose accountability should be the moment I forget about bringing my dreams to reality until I retrace my steps. If I lose that sense of responsibility to be meticulous, it is only wise for me to expect a deviation or even failure. The more meticulous I choose to be, the more feasible excellence is to me.
There’s a story told by author Brian Tracy about a construction worker who, on his lunch break, complains loudly and incessantly about having to eat sardine sandwiches for lunch everyday and how he detest it. His profuse complaints were obnoxious to his colleagues and they became really annoyed about it. The next day, after his religious venting, a colleague suggests that he asks his wife to prepare something else for lunch next time. He replied, “Oh, I am not married, I make my own lunches!”
Funny how the story sounds, yet that’s similar to complaining about not wanting to be a school dropout, but yet not studying; not wanting to live a poor life, yet spending more than you make; wanting to have a remarkable life on earth, yet being determined to do only unproductive things with the most valuable asset of all time – TIME. Putting action to desires would lead to fulfilment; not putting action to desires would lead to devastation. For “hope deferred makes the heart sick”.

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