Impossible…What’s That?

Part 2 of 2

Scientists say, theoretically it is impossible for the bumble bee to fly.  Fortunately, for the bumble bee, it has not heard about it yet. So it just keeps on flying.  It keeps on living the “impossible dream.”

Thanks goodness there were a few individuals who felt that way also.  If not, there would be no inventions, no innovations, and no breakthroughs in human accomplishment.

When you limit yourself with self-doubt, and self-limiting assumptions, you will never be able to break through the barrier of impossible. Similarly, if you reach too far out into the open sky without working towards your goal, you might find yourself with arms stretched forever reaching out toward the impossible dream.

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

Check your list every day and work toward accomplishing those goals connected to the things ‘you know you can do’. Check them off the list once you have accomplished them. As you are able to check off all those particular goals, try accomplishing those goals you think ‘you might be able to do.’

Each time you accomplish a goal from the list of those you know you can do, replace it with one that you might be able to do.  Similarly, replace that item with a goal which you think to be impossible to do.

As you watch your lists getting smaller, you will find yourself getting closer to those goals you thought impossible to do.  And the impossible suddenly begins to seem within your reach after all.

This exercise may appear a bit too inane for you.  But the intent here is simply that you not limit your imagination.  It’s also to help you see that reaching the impossible dream may be closer than you once thought it to be.  It is to encourage you to aim high, and start working towards that goal little by little.

What have you got to lose except one more dream?  Remember to engage the principles of goal setting in every situation.  So let’s dream on, my friends! Let us not get caught up with our perceived limitations. Let’s run faster and harder!