then she appeared

Currently listening to "Then She Appeared" by XTC. It was in the background of a Gilmore Girls episode that I watched last night and has been stuck in my head ever since. It's a great slow song jam and I mean, Rori and Jess... 

I digress. (Like how I just rhymed there?) 

Multiple times in my life I have brought up ideas that I had or things that I’ve wanted to do and get the response, “Wow, that seems ambitious…” as if it’s a bad thing!

Why do we criticize ambition? We don’t think we do, but we do. For instance, if our ambitions are safe, then ambition is applauded. But if we’re thought of as too ambitious, then it becomes a problem.

We all love to say quotes like “nothing is impossible” but as soon as we want to do something that’s a little risky, suddenly things become impossible.

Yes, I have failed. I may have taken on more than I could handle in the past. But do I let these failures hold me back in the sense that I stop dreaming big? Do I let these failures tell me that I can only play it safe from now on?

I want to be “too ambitious.” I never want to stop dreaming big.

Failure isn’t a sign that we should dream smaller dreams. It just means something bigger is waiting for us.

But we have to find it.
Don’t settle.

It’s never too late to learn something new. Just because we've accomplished one dream doesn’t mean there isn’t another one to catch. And just because we’ve failed doesn’t mean we dreamed too big.

We’re allowed to have new dreams and no matter how old we are, life doesn’t stop moving!

Keep dreaming.
It’s what makes us human.
It’s what keeps us alive.

We need to stop just talking about what we would love to do “someday” and do it.
Someday is today!

Even the small things. If we want to do trips or activities, we have to just do them. In the end, we’re not going to remember how much money was spent, we are going to remember the experience. It’s worth it to be a little risky and to actually do things rather than just talking about the things we wish we could do.

Ultimately, most of our wishes are within reach if we take the time to grasp them.

I honestly think we make failure out to be so much more than it has to be. Failure isn’t always a bad thing. It gives us a chance to start over, to find new direction. Failure is usually the start of a success. Everyone fails, it’s a part of life. We’re all failures. And it’s those failures that can re-inspire us and give us hope for something better.

We give failure too much power. It isn’t something we should be afraid of.

The fear of failure shouldn’t be the reason we don’t try something.

Sometimes we will fail, sometimes we will succeed. But it’s this process of trying that makes it all worthwhile and a beautiful experience. The process of trying is life. If we’re never trying anything, then what are we doing?