We all have dreams and goals and aspirations. But at some point, we may get to a stalling point where nothing seems to be working out in terms of our deepest wishes. Undoubtedly, at such junctures, we often ask ourselves, should I just give up on this?
When this question occurs, we tend to look at the “reality” of the situation and what hasn’t worked or happened or fallen into place yet. We may even list off all the signs that it might be a good time to just give up.
While giving up is certainly your prerogative, and it might look like the best option at the time, I would first suggest asking yourself the following two questions before pulling the proverbial plug.
1) Do I want this goal, dream, aspiration as much as I wanted it when I began the journey? Or has it paled in comparison to other dreams, goals, wishes, desires that might be more alluring at this time?
2) If I still want to to reach the goal, the dream, let me consider how I will feel if I don’t reach it. Let down? Disappointed? Heartbroken, even?
I think you can see where this is going. There are those dreams, desires, aspirations that we were meant to accomplish in this lifetime. If we don’t, we will be disappointed and perhaps even greatly disillusioned.
On the other hand, there are those dreams that flit into our life and seem like a great idea, but then the desire for them fades away. We may even find that those dreams are dreams of another that we thought we wanted for ourselves but discover that isn’t actually the case.
Determining into which camp your particular goals and dreams fall is important before deciding to just give up. If you determine that you won’t be happy until you succeed with a goal/dream, then it’s a good idea to muster up the courage and energy to plod on. When you do so, consider the following.
We can plan what we are going to do and wish mightily to reach that goal, but if we give up, we simply won’t get there. I assure you, you will get to where you wish to go if you just keep going—no matter the stones you must walk over or the storm clouds that threaten.
Yes, you will have to climb mountains at times and cross raging rivers. That’s the point of all of this, isn’t it? To experience the immense challenges to reaching your goal so that when you cross that river or traverse that mountain and come out the other side that you know deep in your soul that you did your absolute best to arrive at your destination, and arrive you did.
As long as you continue in your desired direction—grabbing life rafts and helping hands along the way—you will get to where you wish to go.
Yes, the journey WILL stretch and strain and pull you in multiple directions. At points you may feel as if the journey might break you, but you are not breakable when it comes to goals of the spirit. You are malleable. If you continue, you will arrive.
And when you do so, you will look back on your journey feeling exhilarated, satisfied and downright joyous. You will then come to the conclusion that there is ALWAYS forward momentum of the soul, and that forward momentum will win out—if you let it.
To find out more about our soul journeys, check out my book Mysteries of the Light Revealed: All You Want to Know about Life on the Other Side.
