Take a second look. There are still a lot of heroes out there. Some of them make the national news, while some you might never hear of, but they almost always have one thing in common – they are in tune with their Core Desires and it produces something positive for not only themselves but other people, too!

You don’t know how many years you have on this earth, but you know for sure that they are limited. You’ll either put them to good use or look back on them with bitter regret. It’s such an old, hackneyed phrase, but you really do have to Go For It! Find your Core Desires. Flip the switch on your Conquering Force. Go over, around, under or through every obstacle, including Invisible Barriers. Make your time count.

Have you ever seen a trained elephant? Seven thousand pounds of mammal, held in place by a chain not much thicker than a woman’s choker. Even if the elephant likes its handlers, it must want to wander off at times, go exploring or check out the pink cotton candy a few yards away. But it stands there, swishing its trunk and looking around, never thinking to jerk its broad leg and snap that thin strand holding it back. Why?

You might be wondering why I’m writing about Jasper Schuringa in a blog post about self transformation. His heroism is obviously a great example to us, but, besides that, he serves as a terrific model of the difference between living by Core Desires versus living by goal-setting, affirmations, and (the dreaded) New Year’s Resolutions. If you read my last blog, you know that in crisis moments, heroes probably aren’t sitting down and listing goals, baby steps, affirmations and rewards. Heroes see what they want and they go get it!