Keep going

What happens to you is not as important
as how you react to what happens.

Over the past few days I've been an observer to someone who is, quite by accident, being handed a dream I've wanted to fulfil for ages. One that is still going to take so much effort and investigation, hard slog and trying to get a foot up on the ladder for my part.

Admittedly, it's hard. Difficult to watch from the sidelines.

But the quote above has struck me rather forcefully. I could so easily say "there's only so much of that dream to go around, and I'm not going to get a slice". Which means giving up and not even bothering. I keep wanting to count the number of frustrations that have kept me from things I wanted to achieve in the past, and base what I do now on that. I've found myself doing it too often recently - comparing where I am in life to where others are, and coming up short. Making excuses, valid as many of them may have been at one time.

But no, this is a big dream and I'm not prepared to give it up. I have to shift the mind-set, to find a way to react that will not see me back off from my goal. Not at all easy, but very very necessary.