How Desperate Are You?

You may think that’s strange question. How desperate am I for what, you might be saying?

How desperate are you to achieve what your dreams? We all have dreams and aspirations in life, but not everyone achieves their dreams, Why? Some people will tell you, “you either have it or you don’t”, in other words we are ruled by some sort of pre-destination. Nope, that is not true.

We ALL have the ability to fulfill our dreams, but we don’t all have the desire to pursue them. Wait a minute, you may be saying, of course I want to achieve my dreams! The real question is, how much do you want to achieve them?

I remember a story told by a pastor in Mexico, (if I am not mistaken it was in a church in Cuautla, Morelos). It was a few years back, so details are not vivid in my mind, but that main facts are.

The story goes like this:
A young teenage lad was a great admirer of an older preacher who had achieved great success in his ministry and touched multitudes of lives in a very positive way. This teenager asked the preacher to share his secrets. The lad was sure he wanted what the older man had. He pestered the preacher daily until finally he agreed to share his secrets with the teenager.

Ok, he said, meet me here at 4.30am tomorrow. Next morning the young lad was knocking on the door of the preacher’s home, and they set off for a long drive. Finally they came to a river. The lad was perplexed, he wanted to find out how to get what the preacher had, not go to a river!

They got out of the car, and the lad was told to get into the freezing cold river. The teenage certainly wanted to find out the secret to the preacher’s success, so bewildered he obliged. Then something VERY strange happened!

The preacher put his hand on the boy’s head and pushed him under the water. Of course there was a struggle, but the older man was stronger, and firmly keep the boy under the water for little longer.

Finally he released him. The young lad was now VERY bewildered and angry and cried out “What did you do that for?”

The answer brought the key to getting what the boy wanted. What was the thing you want the most when you were under that water, the lad was asked? The answer to that one was easy, to breathe of course.

When you want to achieve your dreams with the intensity and the singleness of mind you had a few minutes ago when all you wanted was to breathe, then you will achieve them.

Do you have a dream? Is it just a fantasy, or are you desperate to achieve it?

If you are desperate, you will go after it and achieve it!

Make your dreams happen!

Yuli