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Quote:

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible
Arthur C. Clarke

If you want to do something very simple and easy you will find plenty of people who will support you all the way. If your desire is to repeat what everyone else has done before and to live a very ordinary life then no one will question what you are trying to do.

However if you want to do the extra-ordinary. If you want to push back the boundaries of whatever anyone else in your family has ever done before. If you are not satisfied with ordinary and want more, then you will find plenty of people only too willing to tell you how stupid you are.

You should never want to do just what everyone else is doing. You should always want more.

Just because it might seem impossible does not mean it is and just as Arthur C. Clarke said if you want to see what is possible you have to do the impossible. If yo want to go beyond the ordinary and make a real difference in your life then when you see a boundary push past it.

Is this being silly? Maybe. Is it unrealistic? No.

At some point someone has taken what seemed impossible and made it possible.

This does not mean ignoring the science or ignoring the obvious but it does mean not being afraid of failure. The only way to push back the boundaries is to risk failure. Failure is not a reason to give in. Failure is just not being able to push back the boundaries of what is possible.

Don’t give in. Keep going.