If your desires
are not extravagant, they will be granted.
SNARKY RESPONSE: Okay,
who's hedging their bets? So, if I don't get my desire, it'll be because it was
too extravagant, eh? Fortune Cookie guru, you're leaving yourself a whopping
big loophole there. And don't tell me that's the way the cookie crumbs.
If your desires
are not extravagant, they will be granted.
Not only are you
hedging your bets, Fortune Cookie Guru, but I think you're missing the point.
Desires, by their
very nature, trend toward the extravagant. Needs are more modest, more
fundamental – food, shelter, security. Nothing extravagant there.
But desires, desires
are more often wrapped up in wish-fulfillment. And wishes are mostly all about
big things, dreamy things, extraordinary things.
Keeping your
desire small in order to have it granted is the waste of a good desire. Desires
should be big, heart-pounding, pulse-racing, sweat on your brow big. In the
case of desire, size matters.
If we limit our
desires in hopes that fate will tip the scales in our favor, we always live in
the shallow end of the life pool.
Don't do it!
Dream big, desire extravagantly!
And if our
efforts don't make the big leagues, at least we know we tried. We pushed
ourselves. We took our shot and that is the point! The trick is that it's not
the destination, but the journey that will make us more. (Okay, that's another
fortune cookie saying, but it applies)
What say you?
I totally agree Denise! My dreams and desires have always been large and extravagant! I cannot imagine even bothering to dream small!What would be the point?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Stacy, for stopping in and giving your comment of support! Hear, Hear for All The Big Dreamers! And may you never stop reaching for them!
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