My $750 Blessing - and the WA vehicle.

Yesterday morning I got up as in most mornings and after a few moments of quiet I logged onto Wealthy Affiliate; my new morning routine. Catching up on a few Private Messages and getting all my notifications current. Then clicking onto Live Chat to say hello.

That morning I caught up with Jackiex4, EverestB, and DaveAus, with a few others. It was my last day of work for the week and I rarely try to make it in early on Saturday so I chatted a little longer than usual. Who wants to go to work early on a Saturday? Isn't 5:30AM early enough? Waiting has been my habit for 18 years so why break it now? Those who have read my recent posts know I have a 5 year plan to break this Saturday waiting habit and retire early. Not wanting to go in early stayed much longer than a usual Saturday until all I could really do was hurry and drink my coffee as I prepared to run out the door.

When I got outside I was punched in the face by a -7 degree wind. (And it was much darker than you saw in the photo above) Remembering that I hadn't yet started my car I drudged down to the car, hands wrapped around my warm coffee cup that I forgot to place on the table on the way out. I was thankful I forgot and had it to keep my hands warm. The car door opened with a snap and a creek.

This morning I was taking my wife's Honda because the roads still had snow and my $750 junker-blessing, a junker van I bought just to get back and forth to work; my $750 junker-blessing has very bald on the edge tread and I try not to drive it on ice and snow. The Honda has Premium snow tires and handles quite nicely in the snow. It is a blast to drive actually. Not wanting to tax the engine I decided to sit in the cold car and let her warm up a bit. Sitting there shivering I Iogged onto Live Chat - just because I didn't want to sit alone in the cold. My last message to EverestB was "Gotta drive -TTYL - don't text and drive!". The car was still cold but I had run out of time.

Life is a lot like the morning I describe here. Life can be cold and hard. Unforgiving. The online world can be especially cold and dangerous. Everywhere you look there are scammer and spammers. IT is a wonder any of us have found Wealthy Affiliate. About half way to work the car had warmed enough that I could take my gloves off. Gloves that were cold when I put them on because they sat in the car all night. About the time I arrived at work 10 minutes or so after departure the car was just getting comfortable.

With this analogy of life many times things do not have to be as they are. I am not talking about the serious and painful things in the lives of some (I dare not speak to that in a brief blog); I am talking about every day uncomfortable things that we can choose affect.

Think of this. The online world is scary and cold; it is like the space outside of the this earth we spin on where there is neither warmth nor comfort. On a cold day like this you can feel the universe in your bones. The world, especially the online world, can be cold and unfeeling. Then you get into the warmth of a place like Wealthy Affiliate. If we take time to warm up to it, instead of just jumping in and racing to our destination, it can be quite fun to travel in. I warmed the oil in the car. And the sweet spirit of grace and gratitude that permeates this place is like oil to a cynical and suspicious-of-others soul. It certainly was for me. I am very thankful for that.

The gasoline in the car is like our desire to succeed online; it is the fuel that keeps us going. Our motivation. We want it for various reasons. Good reasons. And here those good reasons, the desire to help and bless others, are encouraged and promoted. But the gas is our fuel. It ignites and pushes the machine of the Wealthy Affiliate platform. We ride this beast of a machine through the winding and changing roads of the internet.

Wealthy Affiliate is not a race car. We are not meant to race to success in this vehicle. There is much more consideration of the time it takes to build a foundation for a lasting and sustainable business. It is not a race car. But it is not like my $750 blessing either. That car is paid for. It gets me where I want to go. But it rattles down the road and one of these days it will not get me to work, or home, whichever the case may be. Wealthy Affiliate is more like my reliable and easy to handle and steer Honda. It goes great in the snow. It is fun. I already mentioned it is reliable. As long as my suspension and steering remain teachable I am good to go. But if I am not careful, if I go too fast or don't follow the road I can end up in a ditch.

So many people don't follow the simple business plan that Kyle explains and end up off in a ditch. I have come close many times and had to stop, pull out the map, back track, and course correct. Perhaps we all have done that. But the trusty vehicle of Wealthy Affiliate, when used and handled aright, will get us to our goal. Not in ten minutes. Possibly within ten months. But it will get us there. We only need to keep a right heart about it (with a helping, sharing, and teachable attitude); We need to keep a right heart about it and keep our fuel, our desire, in tact.

We will get there.

You will get there.

I hope this analogy was not too 'out there' and abstract for you. It was profound to me as I drove through the cold, after just being in Live Chat, and thought about these things. I hope in some way this encouraged you. If not that's okay. It is a very abstract analogy. I may not be blogging again for a while as I want to work on some newbie training to help here on the platform. I think it would be good to have some basic navigation understanding before Starter members start on their own journey to affiliate commissions.

I would love to read your comments about this or about the coming training.
Talk to me. It is the only way I will know that you read this and what you thought about it.

Happy journeying friend. Keep it on the road. Drive safe.

Kind regards,

Carl