It
seems to me that we have the illusion that people and life itself will kindly give
us success simply for the fact that we are “a nice person”.
However,
I find it hard to believe that good opportunities come just like that, for
free. A pretty face e and friendly smile may help you through the way, but all
the rest is a fair combination of hard work, time and tons of effort.
You probably believe that one can get fame, admirers, success and recognition only by being in a Reality Show or pop rock band. Indeed, it may be true, but not as an isolated x-factor of success. The former Big Brother contestant will have to leave the house and give his best to find balance on the entertainment tightrope. The rock star will have to take deep breaths to not freak out in the middle of a tour or ruin his own career for some foolishness in the middle of the way to the top.
My PT at the gym once said that “people have willpower, but usually are not willing to power up”. True story. We want a nice fit body, but it’s too much work to jump out of bed on a rainy day to work out or to resist the candy we crave every day.
Life is hard, no doubt, and it’ much easier to give up in the middle of the way because it’s “just too hard”. Not rarely we focus much more in the goal than in the path we’ll have to take, hoping it will take little time and work to get there.
On the other hand, if the dream is big enough and your willpower even more powerful, it comes true. It may take some time, wounds and scars, of course. But hard working, combined with a generous amount of reasonability to make good choices, will lead you to your goal.
And if you got there and it isn’t exactly what you had imagined… Well, let’s start over. Discover new dreams, seek new conquests and embrace new challenges. After all, it is not the goal itself that gives us the feeling of fulfillment, but the time and effort we invest to achieve it.
Quoting The Little Prince, “it is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
How important is your rose?
You probably believe that one can get fame, admirers, success and recognition only by being in a Reality Show or pop rock band. Indeed, it may be true, but not as an isolated x-factor of success. The former Big Brother contestant will have to leave the house and give his best to find balance on the entertainment tightrope. The rock star will have to take deep breaths to not freak out in the middle of a tour or ruin his own career for some foolishness in the middle of the way to the top.
My PT at the gym once said that “people have willpower, but usually are not willing to power up”. True story. We want a nice fit body, but it’s too much work to jump out of bed on a rainy day to work out or to resist the candy we crave every day.
Life is hard, no doubt, and it’ much easier to give up in the middle of the way because it’s “just too hard”. Not rarely we focus much more in the goal than in the path we’ll have to take, hoping it will take little time and work to get there.
On the other hand, if the dream is big enough and your willpower even more powerful, it comes true. It may take some time, wounds and scars, of course. But hard working, combined with a generous amount of reasonability to make good choices, will lead you to your goal.
And if you got there and it isn’t exactly what you had imagined… Well, let’s start over. Discover new dreams, seek new conquests and embrace new challenges. After all, it is not the goal itself that gives us the feeling of fulfillment, but the time and effort we invest to achieve it.
Quoting The Little Prince, “it is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”
How important is your rose?
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