Desire: to wish or long for.
I have tons of desires. I desire to be rich. I desire to be a famous singer. I desire to be supermodel skinny, to finish school, to be a mom, to eat more healthy, to travel the world, to be a wife, to be a giving person, and the list goes on and on. Doesn't everything start with a desire? When you're a baby you have a desire to walk; so what came next? You got off your baby diaper butt and tried it. It took practice and it took time. It took people helping you along the way. Sometimes you fell and got hurt, but you had that desire to do it and you didn't give up.
That is just like any other desire we have in life. First we realize that we want something and we see what we can do to achieve it. It could be something as small as a new pair of shoes or something as big as changing the way your life is headed. But at the end of the day every desire has the same process. Realize what the desire is, determine what it will take to get there, enlist some help (friends, family, etc.) and work hard to do it. It is okay if you get set back every once in awhile, that is part of life. But get back up and do what you know you need to do.
You can't go your whole life saying.. "Well, I had the desire. I just couldn't ever do it." Trust me, I get it. It is hard work to give something up in order to get something better. But you can do it. Just don't lose sight of the ultimate goal. This whole desire topic is something I have been struggling with lately. I've just been telling myself "Well, I have the desire, and that's gonna be enough to get me there." Uh, wrong!
I wasn't seeing any difference in my life once I determined this desire. I figured things would just start happening for me. But they didn't. Then I was talking with a friend and she said exactly what I needed to hear, all in one sentence. She said..."It's more than having a desire to change." And then it all clicked! She didn't have to say anything more. I knew what more it took. You have to put some action forth and not just sit passively hoping that you've got enough desire to get you there. It's been tough. Changing things about your life isn't easy. But think of all the desire's you have had in your past, and then think of how good it felt to finally reach them.
Put one foot in front of the other and take it one day at a time.
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| This was one of my many desires; to be a Cosmetologist. And I did it! |
