Have you ever set a goal for yourself that seems impossible? Maybe it seems impossible because it’s going to take years to accomplish or because you don’t have a good support system or you don’t have enough faith in yourself or it just seems downright difficult and you wonder if you have the perseverance to see it through to the end. Goals that seem extreme can be scary, but I am learning they are some of the best kind to set for yourself. They push you to dig way deep down inside yourself and pull up everything you’ve learned your whole life, they teach you to have confidence in yourself, they show you who your true friends are, they focus your drive and stamina into something powerful.
Smaller goals are good, too, but they often just get us from point A to point B. Lose weight. Get a diploma. Get more sleep. Pick up a new hobby. You get the idea. They float us along – helping us get better or become more knowledgable, but once we meet them, then what? Often times, they’re not very challenging. Perhaps it’s because we’re scared to dream big and set big goals. I know that’s why I’ve always shied away from those goals – because I was scared. When we start becoming our whole selves and we lean on God and the fuzzy stuff in life starts fading away and other things become more in focus, it’s almost like being a pony in a race with blinders on – your vision becomes honed in and crystal clear.
Extreme goals take extreme faith. They take radical determination and dedication. They can make you or break you. They will challenge your mental, emotional, and physical strength. A few weeks ago, I set an extreme goal for myself. I’m not quite ready to share it with everyone but I will eventually. Not only will it challenge me in the areas I just described but it’s something 100% of out of my comfort zone. I couldn’t be more excited, scared or ready. If I could have one wish for anyone I knew it would be that, if you didn’t already, you would know what it feels like to be completely free and content and truly be able to feel like you could accomplish anything you set your mind to. That you would be truly happy and even know everyone will have an opinion about anything and everything you do, you would feel so secure in your choices it wouldn’t matter.
Go for the scary. Go for the extreme. Do what unnerves you and makes your insides tremble and your blood race. Because those are the things that change you forever. Those are the things that take you off the path of mediocrity and propel you into a world set ablaze of opportunity and unimaginable possibilities. Those are the things that change you forever.
“Set a goal so BIG that if you ever achieved it it would BLOW your mind.” – Unknown
until next time… xoxo, patty lauren
