5 Tips for Making it Happen
It is up to you to find your way for making it happen. No matter what you dream or plan or wish for, the only one that can get you there is you. Your best life is up to you.
And in truth, you are the only one that can hold you back.
People will try. There will be days when it seems nature herself is attempting to thwart your dreams. But as long as you determine to keep on keeping on, you’ll get to where you want to go!
Just because
THEY say you can’t
doesn’t keep you
From making it happen.
They Get In the Way
Several years ago, my grandmother warned me about being an artist. “They call them starving artists for a reason.” She believed I had a talent with words and even asked me to write the family history, but she didn’t believe that talent could create a solid financial foundation.
Not many people I encountered did believe it – especially not in small town, rural Alabama. “It just doesn’t work that way.”
I heard it from enough people that despite the success I was having, I began to believe what THEY were saying.
I had to go through some deep valleys before I ended up back where I had been when I believed in what I was doing.
Now, despite the fact that others who went before didn’t make it, I’ll keep doing what I know to do – sometimes in spite of their warnings. The more I embrace my love of words, spoken and written, the more determined I become for embracing the ways for making it happen.
Making It Happen:
- Know what you believe
- Understand what it will take
- Develop the willingness to get it done
- Embrace the challenges and the triumphs
- Invest in possibility thinkers
Beyond the Limits of THEY
Long before man understood physics, they wanted to fly. Or some of them did anyway. Others would say things like, “If God wanted man to fly then He would have given us wings.”
It wasn’t just young men who dared to attempt the challenge. Ign Firnas was pushing 70 when he jumped off a cliff with nothing but a pair of homemade wings of silk, wood, and feathers. He stayed in the air for about 10 minutes, but his landing was less than stellar.
Still, man continued to want to fly. They kept on keeping on – despite the falls, the failures, and the “almost good enough” moments. They stayed persistent, each one in his or her own way, but it was persistency without the cheering of crowds or support of the great THEY. Each person had to become so determined to take flight that they kept trying until they did.
Eventually, the determination was so powerful it led to anyone being able to fly.
Imagine being so determined in your unique design that you literally give the world wings!
You can. When you dare to believe in what you are designed to do then you will find that your piece of the puzzle makes all the difference.
Know it in your knower
Making it happen starts with what you believe. You have to know it until it settles down in you and takes root. Say it. Share it. Write it out. Do what it takes to move it from your head down into your heart.
Understand the investment
Knowing what you want is only the first part of making it happen. It will take intentional actions, each step of the way, to see it through. Count the cost or you may discover too late that you don’t really want to make the investment required. You have to completely understand what it will take to see it through if you are going to grow to bloom the dreams you have rooted in your heart.
Be willing
Measure your want against your will. You have to want to so much that you actually will. A dream is a wish your heart makes but it comes true when you you are willing to do what needs to be done to give it life. You have to develop the willingness to get it done.
Embrace the results
What happens, happens. The good – the bad, the wins – the losses, the success – the struggle. It is all part of your journey. When you embrace the results then you create a pathway to better with the next step. Instead of trying to avoid challenges, embrace them as opportunities. Instead of resting on the triumphs, embrace them as a building block to even more.
Get around the right mindset
It is said that your tomorrow will be the result of the five people you spend the most time around. If you want to live impossibilities then you need to get around possibility thinkers. The great thing about today’s technology is that positivity is just a click away. If you are scrolling through negatives and complaints, then change your feed. If you are bombarded by doom and gloom noise, change the channel. If you are overrun by pessimism and criticism, change seats. Be intentional about what you let around you.
You have the power to make your dreams a reality, and it all starts with knowing it in your knower. Share on X
Find Your Way for Making It Happen
Believe in your BIG DREAMS so much that you direct your focus to walk it out. When you believe it so much that you breathe it then it settles down in your knower. It becomes a part of who you are and not just something you want to do.
Know it in your knower so you have a firm foundation for believing in yourself and your dreams. You can live it out – beyond the limits the world is trying to demand – when it becomes settled in you. Understand the investment, be willing to pay the price, embrace the result, and surround yourself with positive and supportive elements.
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