Impossible is Just a Word so Dream Higher

Every­one, at some point of his or her life, has dreamed of being some­body spe­cial, some­body big. Who hasn’t fan­ta­sized about being the one who hits the game-winning homer? Who hasn’t dreamed of being the home­com­ing queen? And how many times have we dreamed of being rich, or suc­cess­ful, or happy with our relationships?

Often time we dream big dreams and have great aspi­ra­tions. Unfor­tu­nately, our dreams remain just that – dreams. And our aspi­ra­tions eas­ily col­lect dust in our attic.

This is a sad turn of events in our life. Instead of expe­ri­enc­ing excit­ing adven­tures in self actu­al­iza­tion, we get caught up in the hum­drum of liv­ing from day-to-day just barely existing.

But you know what? Life could be so much bet­ter, if only we learned to aim higher.

The most com­mon prob­lem to set­ting goals is the word impos­si­ble. Most peo­ple get hung up think­ing I can’t do this. It’s too hard. It’s too impos­si­ble. No one can do this.

How­ever, if every­one thought that, there would be no inven­tions, no inno­va­tions, and no break­throughs in human accomplishment.

Remem­ber that sci­en­tists were baf­fled when they took a look at the hum­ble bumblebee.

The­o­ret­i­cally, they said, it was impos­si­ble for the bum­ble­bee to fly. Unfor­tu­nately for the bum­ble, bee no one has told it so. So fly it does.

On the other hand, some peo­ple suf­fer from dream­ing totally out­ra­geous dreams and not act­ing on them. The result? Bro­ken dreams, and tat­tered aspirations.

If you limit your­self with self-doubt, and self-limiting assump­tions, you will never be able to break past what you deem impos­si­ble. If you reach too far out into the sky with­out work­ing towards your goal, you will find your­self cling­ing on to the impos­si­ble dream.

Try this exer­cise. Take a piece of paper and write down some goals in your life. Under one header, list down things ‘you know you can do’. Under another header, write the things ‘you might be able to do.’ And under one more, list the things that that are ‘impos­si­ble for you to do.’

Now look at all the head­ers strive every day to accom­plish the goals that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Check them when you are able to accom­plish them. As you slowly are able to check all of your goals under that head­ing, try accom­plish­ing the goals under the other header-the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’

As you iter­ate through this process, you will find out that the goals you thought were impos­si­ble become eas­ier to accom­plish. And the impos­si­ble begin to seem pos­si­ble after all.

You see, the tech­nique here is not to limit your imag­i­na­tion. It is to aim high, and start work­ing towards that goal lit­tle by lit­tle. How­ever, it also is unwise to set a goal that is truly unrealistic.

Those who just dream towards a goal with­out work­ing hard end up dis­ap­pointed and disillusioned.

On the other hand, if you told some­one a hun­dred years ago that it was pos­si­ble for man to be on the moon, they would laugh at you. If you had told them that you could send mail from here to the other side of the world in a few sec­onds, they would say you were out of your mind. But, through sheer desire and per­se­ver­ance, these impos­si­ble dreams are now realities.

Thomas Edi­son once said that genius is 1% inspi­ra­tion and 99% per­spi­ra­tion. Noth­ing could be truer. For one to accom­plish his or her dreams, there has to be had work and dis­ci­pline. But take note that that 1% has to be a think-big dream, and not some eas­ily accom­plished one.

Ask any gym rat and he or she will tell you that there can be no gains unless you are put out of your com­fort zone. Remem­ber the say­ing, “No pain, no gain”? That is as true as it can be.

So dream on, friend! Don’t get caught up with your per­ceived lim­i­ta­tions. Think big and work hard to attain those dreams. As you step up the lad­der of progress, you will just about find out that the impos­si­ble has just become a lit­tle bit more possible.