......Resolve

"I do not accept your answer. Your solution doesn't fit within my Goal. Thank you for your time, the door is to your left"

What is your gut response when faced with an unexpected twist on the path to your dream? Do you quickly accept the defeatist answer given and walk away from what was, at one time, the most important focus in your life? Do you irrationally ignore the wisdom of all those who have gone before you and blindly follow the original path, consequences be damned?

We all grew up being taught that hard work will get you to your goal, but how easy to justify giving up on it when voices of supposed authority tell you its pointless. There are always going to be doubters in your life that will try and convince that you are wasting your time.

When those road blocks get thrown up, I always think about those everyday people who, against all odds, defied history, statistics and resident experts and accomplished the thing they were told they couldn't. What makes these people different from us? Their Resolve. They refused to accept the answer given and solidly set out to prove everyone wrong.

Now resolve alone won't always change your outcome, for the reality is there are some elements that cannot be altered. How more satisfying the road and easier the defeat accepted if you know that without a doubt every POSSIBLE option was explored?

I personally would rather be known as that crazy girl that wouldn't listen to anyone and kept pushing, then be completely forgotten because I slunk away quietly when told to do so.

Today's found moment? I do not accept your answer! I will find a way around your road block and absolutely gloat when I prove you wrong! So all you doubters be prepared to feel the sting of my obnoxious victory dance at the goal line, for you will all be called out!