Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to
be or actually
are, raise your sights and see possibilities--always see them, for they’re always there.
are, raise your sights and see possibilities--always see them, for they’re always there.
A "possibilitarian"--what a nice word! I'd like to
think that I'm a person who focuses mainly on possibility and potential, rather
than on limits and obstacles. I'd like to think that I have enough faith
in life and living to believe that better things are possible for me and
others, for a possibilitarian is a person who lives with hope as a best friend
and a person for whom dreams are a sign of the future and not idle
wishes.
If I can focus on possibilities, then my life won't get bogged down in the mire
of the status quo when things aren't going well. If I become a
possibilitarian, then I'll have an extra tool in my kit that can help me
through difficult times, for the hardest part of difficult times is dealing
with the fear that they'll always stay hard or that they'll get even
worse. And I can also help others to see possibilities in their own
lives, and the friend who might not have dared to go back to school or who
might not have taken on the challenge of opening her own restaurant may be able
to take heart and face the challenge that otherwise they might have backed away
from.
"Raise your sights." It sounds easy enough to do, but the truth
is that it's often very difficult. Being someone who believes in the
possibilities of the human spirit isn't something that comes naturally to most
of us, and we do tend to have to work at it. The impossible sometimes seems
so strong that it tricks us into thinking that it's the only way to see
things. But it really is up to us to work our ways towards seeing
possibilities--after all, why would we have been put on this planet full of so
much potential if we were intended only to get mired in the muck and never
accomplish anything, and never reach any of our dreams?
I prefer to be a possibilitarian and focus on what may be if I put my mind and
effort to it.
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Questions to consider:
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Questions to consider:
How often do you get stuck looking only at limitations and impossibilities?
How might we help ourselves to learn to become better at seeing the
possibilities in life?
When things are dark, why is it so difficult to think of things getting
brighter?
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For further thought:
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For further thought:
If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish
for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of
the potential, for the eye which, ever young and
ardent, sees the possible. . . what wine is so sparkling,
so fragrant, so intoxicating, as possibility!
for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of
the potential, for the eye which, ever young and
ardent, sees the possible. . . what wine is so sparkling,
so fragrant, so intoxicating, as possibility!
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