Impossible Is Just A Word

Everyone, at some point of his, or her life, has dreamed of being somebody special, somebody big, somebody wealthy. Who hasn't fantasised 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, we dream big dreams and have great aspirations. Unfortunately, our dreams remain just that – dreams. And our aspirations easily collect dust.

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 to the next, just barely existing in the world.

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, before they start, by thinking "I can't do this. It's too hard. It's impossible. It won't work. No one can do this. I never have any luck."

However, if everyone thought like that, there would be no inventions, no innovations, no achievements and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment. There would be no successful businessmen, no happy people. We would never have reached the moon.

Remember that scientists were baffled, when they took a close look at the humble bumblebee. Theoretically, they said, it was impossible for the bumblebee to fly. Fortunately for the bumblebee, nobody told it so. So indeed, 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. They were simply dreams and completely meaningless.

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

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

Now look at all the headings every day and strive to accomplish the goals, that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Tick them off, once you are able to accomplish them. When you have ticked off all of your goals, under that heading, try accomplishing the goals under the other heading - the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’

As you tick off the items you wrote, under things "I could do", are accomplished, you can move to the goals that are under things that are ‘impossible for you to do’. All this exercise really teaches you is that you must have goals, you must try to accomplish them and as you accomplish more and more, nothing seems impossible. It is teaching you to be positive and to believe in yourself.

You see, the technique here, is not to limit your imagination. It is to aim high and to start working towards that goal, little by little. However, it is unwise to set a goal that is truly unrealistic as this might set you back into believing you failed..

Those who just dream towards a goal, without working hard, end up disappointed and disillusioned. A dream is nothing more than a dream, if you don't try to make it a reality.

On the other hand, if you told someone a hundred years ago, that it was possible for man to walk the moon, they would have laughed 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 have said you were out of your mind. But, through sheer will and perseverance, those impossible dreams, are now realities.

For someone to accomplish his, or her dreams, there has to be some hard work and discipline. Nothing comes to the idle and nothing changes for the dreamer. But, with the right attitude, anything is possible.

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 discover that the impossible has just become a little bit more possible and then achieveable and then history. All it takes is the right attitude. If you can think it and you get to believe it, then you can achieve it.