What Is It You Really Want?

What is it you really want?

We all want something, a great job, better health, an amazing person in our life. Sometimes, we have such high expectations. They are so high that they are unattainable.

You want that better job, but you don't want to put the effort into it, to work the long hours it takes. You want better health, but you're not willing to get up every morning at 5 am to go to the gym (believe me, it's not easy, and some mornings it literally sucks!)

You want an amazing person, but you want them to come in this perfect package. They have to be this tall, this weight, make this much, and look like this and on and on.

You sometimes will pass up a good thing because it doesn't come in a package you want it to. Sure, it would be nice to find the love of your life with all your bullet points that you're looking for, but what if they live 1500 miles away? What if they aren't 6'1" with blue eyes like the one you were dreaming of? What if they don't make six figures? 

You walk away because you don't want to try to figure out a way to work it out. It doesn't fit into your criteria, so that's it. Who knows, maybe you have missed out on an amazing thing.

Maybe you're looking for Mr Hunky. Now you got him, but it turns out he's a meathead. Or you've got Miss America, and she has no brains and is really ugly inside. Maybe it's the guy with the fancy title and lots of money, who you really wanted, turns out to be cheap and selfish. Maybe you got the person who is so beautiful but because of that they cheat on you all the time. Yes, you got what you wanted but not what you were expecting.

What about work? You took that job making six figures, and now you have no time for your family or friends. You're on call 24/7. Are the big bucks really worth having no life? Is it worth your family?

Don't you want to find the person who makes you feel like you're the only person who matters. The one that treats you like a queen or king?

Don't you want to know that person who is not going to cheat or lie to you? That will stick by you through thick and thin and be there no matter what? Wouldn't you like that dream job that truly makes you happy? Would you take it even if it meant a big pay cut? If it was money versus passion, which would you pick? How about that body you've always wanted? How bad do you want it? Bad enough to give up the foods you love? Push yourself to do exercise every day?

Yes, sometimes it doesn't come the way you want, in the package you're looking for. If you are so closed-minded, you may miss the best thing you will ever have. You may miss the opportunity of a lifetime or even miss out on life itself by not taking care of yourself.

Sometimes, you have to figure out a way to make it work to see what could be. Sometimes you have to take that leap of faith, you have to push past the hurt to get to the goal, sometimes you have to get out of your own damn way, to get to what you want.

So today, my friends, remember you never know until you step out and take a chance. Until you throw away your preconceived ideas of what is "perfect" in your mind and really look at what is "perfect" in real life. What is meant to be? What will make you truly happy?

You will not find it until you ask yourself, what it is that you really want?

"Be the change you want to see,"

@TreadmillTreats