Your reward is on the other side of the line.

@tamara_paparazzi My curmudgeonly view is not without basis, having seen how US, and other nationalities', corporations can treat their employees. So your reply indicates i should take control of my own destiny, shoot for the stars... Perhaps your actual post would benefit from having more of this flesh on its bones . Note to self: Think Positive

@pgntwo Yes, positive thinking is required, taking control of one's own destiny is a must, and shooting for the stars isn't a bad idea. My post was written with a purpose: To spark interaction and dialogue. I asked a question and received a response.

Hello @pgntwo! You have seen this from a pessimistic perspective. And from that perspective you are right on! Now if you can have a paradigm shift and think positively, there is a reward. For example, if I want to improve my chances of getting a promotion on my job in order to make more money to buy a home, I need to become a viable candidate for a better paying position. So, my desire is to get promoted and my vision is to have a 5 bedroom home so my family can live comfortably. I have to take action. What is that action you may ask? Great question! The action is actually applying for the better job. If I possess the qualifications and can handle the responsibility, I sell myself in the interview. I think positively because my family's welfare is at the top of the list. I snag the job! Applying for the job and getting it is the action of taking my desires and vision to the doorstep of reality. Now that I've been promoted, I make the house purchase. Making the house purchase is courageously crossing the threshold of achievement. I don't know how things are in Northern Ireland, but in America, getting a better job in order to buy a bigger home is what is referred to as living the American Dream and that is why I used it to explain the meaning behind the quote. I hope this helps bring some clarity.

Thanks @maluse! Our desires are the things we want and our vision is how it looks to us in the future. When we do not take action to make our dreams a reality in order to bring our vision into fruition, it's only an idea, a concept. Do you understand? The word "take" is an action word. Visualize using your hand to take something off a shelf or to remove something from a table. When you perform the action you are doing something. So when I say "take both to the doorstep of reality", I am saying take action. Make the decision to work the desire. If the desire is to get a better job, then take action by applying for the better job (applying for the better job = doorstep of reality). If the vision is a bigger house for your family, then getting the better job and buying the bigger house = Courageously crossing the threshold of achievement. Now let's put is all together. I desire to have a better job so I can buy a bigger house for my family (desire and vision) therefore I am going to apply for the better paying job, confident that I will get it, and when I do, I will have accomplished what I set out to do (courageously crossing the threshold of achievement). I don't know how things are in Denmark, but here in America getting a better job and buying a nice home are in the hearts of a lot of people and that is why I used that example. But it really can apply to any desire and any vision.

@tamara_paparazzi Please, put all this into the post proper. Other members may want to read that, too.

You hit the nail on the head @Melanie_Marie!