Not Failure, but Low Aim is Sin
It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream. It is not a disaster to be unable to capture your ideal, but it is a disaster to have no ideal to capture.
It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.
- Benjamin Elijah Mays
i never want to stop with it. i hope that we are loved for exactly those things. the things that make us think we are "crazy" women. hah! the things that we now think are holding us back or flawed in some way.
but are dreams make us who we are, unique and precious. they give us hope for prettier days. a fancy lil tea cup dangled on a string in front of my face. i worry that getting married/boyfriends/life/jobs/kids/everything else that takes up our time and thoughts—will diminish those dreams or hinder our ability to revel in our imaginations and goals. this is probably my greatest fear. i'm keenly aware of it, but i am afraid that it will happen subconsciously. has this ever happened before?? it has for me. and in those times, i'm not really myself. and im not really happy.
i'm happy when im blabbing on about the fine details (down to the weather and taste of marinara) of my imaginary trip to italia. i'm happy when im wearing my oxfords and rocking an outfit that totally doesn't match. i'm happy when my room is covered ceiling to floor with visual overload because I CAN'T get enough. i'm happy when im twirling out of control on the dance floor. i'm happy when im praying on my floor in muslim/yogi position for extended periods of time. and i'm happy when i'm deciding on babies names like it's the end of the world and their birth certificate is sitting blank in front of me.
GIRLS let yourself dream. go for it. go for it all. live big and live the life you want. let your minds wander to the gorgeous places you will go. let yourself grow and become that woman.
write your goals. prioritize what is personal to you. in that, there is happiness.
i'm just a girl and i'm aiming a lil higher.
desiree
go ahead and add motivational speaker to your resume! :)
ReplyDeleteMy sister and I were reminiscing on childhood shows yesterday and I remembered how enamored was with Bob Ross' painting show (you know, he painted 'happy trees' and had a huge white man fro?).
No little girl should be entertained by a creepy white man with a paintbrush but I was so inspired and challenged at a young age. I sometimes got frustrated watching him and how effortless it was to create something so beautiful.
Like I would and could never get there.
I still face this...the over-inspired' feeling that your goals are so big there is absolutely no way to even fathom how to get there.
I love your stance on goals Des and I think it's also important to LET those goals be as big as the moon. Let them be scary, and don't back down.