Give Up “Impossible”

What’s impossible? Something that’s never been done? Something unheard of within your reality?

Poppycock.

There was a time when I thought following the crowd was the only way to live. From college to job to marriage to kids to death; I thought that’s how life was.

That your purpose in life was ultimately to prepare yourself to raise children and have them repeat the cycle.

That didn’t sit well with me. I thought, “There had to be another way!” Unfortunately, it seemed that there was no escape. All signs pointed to the regular path—one that I abhorred following.

But soon I discovered that the best way for you to have complete control of your time was to start a business. You had to be your own boss.

I thought it was impossible (as did many around me). “How can I start anything? It takes hard work; something that I hear freaks a lot of people out. Maybe the path most traveled is the better path.”

So I remained on track to becoming an employee. Year after year, I thought that this would be the year everything changed! That joy would suddenly envelope me and everything would be alright!

Sadly, that feeling never came. Instead boredom would seize my emotions. I never cared for school. I loathed the people I was surrounded with. I wanted more than they did.

Suddenly, I began to question the impossible. Maybe I might fail, but what’s the point in not trying?

Why not try to start a movement? Why not challenge what’s possible and what isn’t?

In a week, a blog was created. Since then, I’ve never felt more alive than when I write. I give advice that comes from the heart. I’m doing work that matters!

The ambiguous “they” said it was impossible. “They” said what I tried to attain was a pipe-dream and nothing more. Almost a year later, I’m able to sell products I support every month.

Where are “they” now? At my back, eager to see my next move. Anticipating my actions, yet hoping I fail.

Inside, a fire burns within me. Maybe it’s a thirst for life that’s not yet satisfied. I’m moving forward; I’m excited and a little anxious.

Extraordinary people want my opinions. People write to me. I’m not just a dreamer—I’m an authority. And all this because I rejected “impossible”.

Impossible, I say? Ha! That word will never rule me again. My crusade to inspire will continue whether people think it’s possible or not. The life I seek will be realized—whether the conditions call for it or reject it outright.

Day in, day out, I work—to make my goal not a goal anymore. Whether it’s through reading or writing or connecting or sharing; I do what it takes to focus and keep failure at bay.

You hear that? It takes actual work to make things possible.

When you challenge the impossible, you break barriers. You find solutions to “impossible” problems.

A cure for cancer? Impossible, the idiot says. So should the scientists and doctors give up busting their chops finding a cure because it seems “impossible”?

Should I give up a life where I travel wherever I want and enjoy what it has to offer just because a great many of you don’t want to leave the safety of a path beaten-to-death and risk everything on an exciting journey of conquest/barrier-breaking?

Screw you. F*ck “impossible”.

I’ve seen what comes of following the crowd. I know the end.

I want to live a life where I don’t know tomorrow; where it’s not just a boring routine, week-in and week-out.

I do know people who are happy living this life—for them, I say congratulations on living a life you love. If you’re working 9-5 but you love what you do, GREAT! More power to you.

For me, it’s not enough. I can’t sit in an office for 8 hours. I’ve done that over the course of four years in high school. I’m not doing it again.

I’d rather be a starving artist and make it to my goal within that time than be “safe” and risk getting laid off. It’s time you wised up to the harsh reality that job security doesn’t exist.

“Aha!” you say. “Now you’re claiming job security is “impossible”. You’re not making sense.”

What I’m saying is that it’s more likely that you’ll be laid off in the next 50 years of employment than me never reaching my goal after lots of failures.

I’m allowed to make mistakes and learn from them; as many as I need to keep moving forward. If you make one too many mistakes, you’re out on the street.

I can’t make this any clearer, so I’m going to end with this:

Give up “impossible”. You’ll never know what’s possible if you don’t.

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