I Wish I
Can you quickly complete the sentence “I wish I”? What is stopping you from achieving that which is still a wish? Maybe you believe you do not have all the resources yet; perhaps you think you are just not good enough. So many maybes might be filling the gap for you. But one question I have for you is that can someone out there achieve that which is still a wish for you?
If someone out there can achieve that which is still a wish for you, then at least what you wish for is not impossible. If someone can achieve something that is still a wish for you, probably that person has something you do not have. If they have something which they do not have, then rather than seeking for what you wish, maybe you can pursue that thing which they have which you do not.
Sometimes, we need to change direction and seek something less direct to our goal, and maybe that could bring us a little closer to the real goal we seek. Perhaps all we need is to begin something, and possibly that something would eventually lead to the goal we are seeking. Sometimes starting anything in the direction of our plan would finally get us there.
If you face the direction of your goal long enough and do something every day that takes you closer, you would arrive at your destination one day.
Maybe what you want is not possible now, I get it, but what else is possible now. If you’re going to work out and that is not possible now, what else can you do? If you want to pursue a job and that is not possible now, what else is possible? Whatever you want to achieve, if it seems impossible now, then there is something that you can at least do to bring you closer.
Find what that is and start from there. Too many times, it is inaction rather than the goal that keeps us away from our destination. To say we wish for something is that some part of our body wants it to happen. Why then do we deprive ourselves of something we want. If someone denied us what we wanted, we would be furious. Why then are we not angry with ourselves.
If we are the cause of our problems, we feel it is okay. But when it is someone else, we erupt and find ways to get ourselves what we need. Why then are we not doing the same to ourselves? We would continue to wish for something every day, but doing something daily towards what we want is the surest way to achieving it.
If wishes were horses, beggars could ride is one good adage that comes to mind. If we continue to wish and never do anything, then our lives would be filled with ifs. Only if I did this, then something else would have happened. We move on everyday living in one world but imagining an alternative world only because we let our wishes die in us.
Regret is one thing we can never do anything about. That is why we regret it in the first place. The secret to an extraordinary life is to have your regrets to a minimum. To have your guilt to a minimum is to do something every day that brings you closer to your wishes. What are you doing today to achieve your desires?
Every day is an opportunity. Do not let it go down the drain of time. So many wishes in the gutters of time can never come back. You have today to change and make it count. Do make it matter. Let all your wishes become your possessions. Imagine what your life would look like. Do take care, and God bless.
