There are some things in life that we are called to do. A special set of desires that we can’t get out of our minds year after year with a mysterious appeal for reasons that we struggle to wrap our heads around.
Whether it is writing a book, riding a bike across the country, starting a business, traveling to a certain country, or a million other options, these are the special type of desires that get stuck in our heads and no matter how much we argue against them, we can’t get the idea to go away.
Most people are afraid to pursue these desires and spend more time and energy fretting about if pursuing them is the right decision than they would spend if they simply took up the idea and ran with it.
They spend every weekday afternoon thinking longingly about quitting to write a book, wasting their productivity and not progressing, when they could simply spend that time writing a book.
They avoid responsibilities at work because they eventually want to quit and travel, so they don’t make career progress, but they never actually quit to travel.
Fulfilling these deep desires won’t make you as complete as you imagine beforehand, but simply acting on them, successfully or not, will make you free. It will remove the big “what if” question that plagues you day after day and allows you to move on with your life.
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