These Two Life Sayings Can Change Your Entire Perspective
What will be will be…..
OR
If you want something, go after it.
I have always had such a conflicting view of these two ideologies.
I spent a lot of time waiting for things to come to me, thinking that fate was the great decider and mover of all things. Thinking I didn't have to work for too much because if it was meant for me, it would always find me.
And then sometimes I would work so hard towards something, ignoring the signs of the universe, adding layers of blind desperation to my decision-making. I solely believed that anything, ANYTHING at all could be mine with all of my efforts thrown at it.
You can imagine how both of these attempts tended to fail more often than not. And ended in states of self-doubt and misery, to be honest.
It is true that letting the universe decide all of the things in your life could yield some happy results, but more often than not, I was left wanting things that could never find me without effort on my part.
Also, there are a lot of times forcing things can end in exactly what I wanted. Usually though, it would end up in self-doubt and disappointment once I realized that I changed who I was to ensure a certain result. Or I pushed past my natural boundaries only to find that what I wanted all along was a lie.
It took a lot of time and trial and error to realize that life isn't an either-or situation. That these two paths live symbiotically together, to have one is to have the other.
If you work towards a goal or dream to the best of your natural ability, if you have faith in what you are doing and are continually honest with yourself about your why and how then everything meant for you will always find you.
If you want something, go after it AND whatever will be, will be.
I am currently going after a bunch of different goals and I am giving them all I have. I am continually honest with myself about why I want these things, so I don't find myself stumbling into desperation for something unhealthy. Simultaneously, I accept whatever comes, knowing that if these things are meant for me, they will find me. If they are not meant for me, no amount of effort will make it so. I also know the consequences of forcing something not meant for me- I know that if what I want doesn't come to fruition, something better is on its way.
Stay fluid.
Try hard and go for your dreams.
Accept the outcome without doubt and fear.
Have you ever looked in the rear view mirror and not been grateful for the way things turned out?
How many times what I got INSTEAD of what I thought I wanted turned out to be so much better.
Life is an adventure, take the ride, work hard and have faith in the outcome!
