The Power of Ambition

Are we born with ambition or can we learn it? That is a question I ask myself often. I have thought about this often. My life’s vision actually depends upon the answer. One of my passions is to inspire other people to follow their dreams and live their truth. I believe that once a person is on the path to fulfillment, ambition follows; that when a person is doing what they love, they find energy they’ve never had before. Remember being a child? No dream was too big, everything was miracle of nature, and every second of every day revolved around the yearning discovery. We didn’t judge anyone or anything, and we weren’t afraid of anything.  Remember when you liked to learn?  I see many people who struggle unbelievably to get out of bed in the morning.; hitting the snooze button 10 times before miserably crawling out of bed; perfectly timed to get us to work exactly on time (or a little late for some of us.)  Remember when we used to dread going to sleep? How we used to fight our hearts out to stay awake. We didn’t wanna stop! 

Then something happens. Maybe a few things happen, and our fires begin to dim. Slowly, our dreams, our goals, and our outlandish imaginations disappear because of internally imposed expectation to “grow up.” We slowly become victims to our conditions, and we believe our past equals the future. Where once there was no limit to our potential, there now exists self-imposed limitations. We effectively close ourselves off to possibility. We could blame the schools we could blame the parents. Hell, we can even blame the government. I want you to think about the last time accusing someone or something of your results actually supported you. Without responsibility, we would never grow. If it’s always someone else, there’s no need to look at our own life. The irony is in the title.

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