Taking the Next Step

We often have dreams or goals, images of how we would like our lives to look like down the road. But it is often difficult to design or map out just how we will get there. We forget the life, even though its much more grand in scale, is like any other project we have set out to complete in the past. It is impossible to accomplish everything at once. We can't close our eyes, snap our fingers, and when we open them be swimming in our infinity pool in the back of our Malibu mansion (yes, that is a goal of mine, don't judge). We must take life step by step while weighing the significance of the present over that of the past and future.

The future is merely an image in our heads of what may or may not occur. It doesn't exist until we arrive there. The only time that is real is now. Sure, it's ok to set goals, and even to create some sort of outline on how to achieve them... step by step. Goals and dreams are important, and if we choose to go after them, which I hope you will, we must attack them methodically.

I have begun to make moves, take chances, and am anxious and excited to see where they end up. That is what life is about, a multitude of chances inside one majestic chance. We can't get everything we want at once. Sure, you can stumble upon a winning lottery ticket that banks you millions of millions. But at the end up the day you will still want for something, whether it be of monetary value or not that you cannot get right away. That's human nature, for us to want something we don't already have, a lot of which we don't really need. But happiness is achieved when we apply our common sense and proficiencies towards our goals, pace ourselves, and persevere until we achieve them. Don't let criticism fall on deaf ears, but also don't let it harm your desire. Allow it to force you to fight that much harder and improve that much more.