Earlier this week, I was really wanting some Arby’s for lunch. And like any American…if I want it, I shall have it! So I drove about a mile, parked, and walked inside. As soon as I entered the restaurant I was hit in the face with the aroma of char-broiled hamburgers. HAMBURGERS! Yes, somewhere between “I’m thinking Arby’s” and “I’m walking into Arby’s” my brain decided to take me to Burger King instead.

Miraculously I had the presence of mind to turn around and drive 3 buildings down to Arby’s. Afterwards someone asked me why I didn’t just eat Burger King. Aside from the obvious reasons (such as the food) I explained that I really wanted Arby’s. What would have been even worse would be for me to go to the counter and order a Roast Beef & Cheddar with Curly fries…and that DID cross my mind.

Okay….are you ready?

Time for the deep, TOTALLY PREDICTABLE tie-in to real life:

Your direction, not your intention, determines your destination.

Somehow I seem to have adopted the idea that as long as I have good intentions then my decisions and directions don’t really matter. Let me explain it in simpler terms:

If you want to eat lunch at Arbys:

1 – You have to make a decision to go to Arbys.

2 – You have to know where Arbys is.

3 – You have to make the decisions that will get you from where you are to Arby’s.

4 – You then arrive at Arbys.

Where do you want to end up? What’s it going to take for you to get from where you are today to where you want to be? Now make the daily (sometimes small) decisions that lead you to your intended destination.