Well, It's Just Not Enough To Want It!!

Ask just about anyone what they want in life and you will not be disappointed at all. Every sane individual seems to have a list that runs into tens and possibly hundreds of items. But, unfortunately, it doesn’t just end there as you also get bombarded with equal number of reasons none of those dreams have yet to come to life.

Admittedly, occasions arise when we just have to move on and focus on other things. But in doing so, we have to know, deep down, that we have given everything in that situation.


The problem is, most times, when we say we want to drop the ball and move on to other things, its simply because we are unwilling to push harder, to try again, or to even take up the challenge of picking up the baton and hitting the tracks with every sense of purpose and determination we can muster.

Unfortunately, we are only good at wanting things, but never good at going at them. The reason we keep quitting is because we want an easy way around our dreams but in reality, life doesn’t work that way so we end up taking the path of least resistance by saying, "That’s it! I’m done, it’s not working..."

We naturally expect that once we set out to pursue or achieve anything its supposed to be a walk in the park but if after a while its not, we say to ourselves, "may be I shouldn’t even be doing this in the first place".

We fail to realize that it is impossible to wish anything into reality. If we honestly want to take up anything in life, we have to be open to a wide array of tests, hurdles and challenges. No matter how simple and easy the road appears.

Going into anything with the mindset of quitting at the slightest disappointment or obstacle faced has killed one too many dreams. We have to understand that obstacles, challenges, disappointments, failed attempts and all the negative things we face in the pursuit of our goals are just life’s way of checking, re-checking and confirming we are really worthy of what we seek. We say we want better lives, better pay, an elegant lifestyle and all that but all we do is sit around taking daily doses of wishful thinking.

We fail to acknowledge that nothing good comes easy and that whatever we desire, we must be ready to work for.

Once, in a gathering of 100 persons, the moderator asked;

How many of you want to be diamonds? Everybody raised their hands. Good, he echoed.
Now, how many of you want to get cut? Not a single hand was up.

You see, it's easy to dream. It takes little or nothing to live out our fantasies everyday, right inside our heads. That is why we continue to dream and question why it's not happening.

Why?

Because we are not ready to make it happen.
Because we want to have it all smooth and ready-made.
Because we are not willing to give all it takes until we can honestly say, "Yes! I have exhausted all options".

There's bliss in approaching dreams with a never-say-die attitude because even if we don’t get our desired results in the end and have to move on, we’d be doing so with a deep sense of satisfaction knowing that we fought a good fight.

If we really want to start seeing our dreams materialize, we have to step up and be willing to work, to make sacrifices, to push to the limit....and even beyond, to give our mind, body and soul into making it happen.

Remember, a dream not followed with action remains what it is.... A dream!

It's Taophieyc!