In the last couple years I have enjoyed the pleasure and privilege
to tour the sites of many European cities. I am in
awe of the majesty of the well preserved and restored architecturally amazing churches
and buildings. I have been mesmerized
while observing the flow and movement in 500 year old still paintings. From the grand scale to the ornate details
that the creator, architect, sculptor, artist etc. have put into their work can
be mind boggling.
What always comes to my mind is, “This (fill in the blank) came
out of someone’s head!”
The idea became this structure or this piece of art and was
accomplished without the aid of a computer, a camera, cell phone, heavy
machinery, or any other number of tools that are staples in our present day
world. Not to mention that the progress
wasn’t followed on Facebook, Twitter, Youtube or Pinterest!
It seems utterly impossible!
And thankfully they didn’t allow that thought to stop them!
Chances are that right now as you read this you are not
trying to figure out how to build the Coliseum or paint the Sistine Chapel. Yet, there may be challenges that feel monumentally
impossible.
Things that we perceive to be impossible can go a couple
ways.
- The idea or challenge is more akin to a fleeting thought and therefore goes out of the mind as quickly as it comes in, then Poof it’s gone.
- The idea or challenge weighs heavily on you and the more thought you give the impossible situation the heavier it gets.
For the decisions, choices or challenges that we think or feel are impossible, I invite
you to ask yourself this question: “What would make it possible?”
By simply changing the language you can open up to the Possibilities
rather than feel overwhelmed by the Impossible.
How fun is that!
When something feels too BIG or complicated to handle, you
may feel weighted down by it and by thinking it has to happen all at once.
When you can look at it from the flip side, it may help you
to broaden your scope on seeing solutions and feel more comfortable to make decisions
in manageable pieces.
Try this whenever you feel “stuck”, and can not quite figure
out how you will fill in the blank .
Have fun with it and notice the difference in how you
literally feel when you shift the impossible to the possible in any situation.
