Impossible or not?

in psychology •  7 years ago 

In these years I have often questioned the concept of the possible and  the impossible, especially regarding the potentialities of each of us.

During an intense conversation with a friend, I initially hesitant and  pessimistic I told him that I would never have made it to do university  exams and he more determined and convinced me of the stupidity of  my thought.

He told me some very simple things but I struggled to believe that they were true.

He told me that if we did not have any particular physical or mental  health problems and even then it was not necessarily an obstacle, we had  the same chances to accomplish something if we really wanted it,  despite some means or fortune or talent were more advantaged.

His straightforward and convinced talk remained with me for years,  especially when I faced things I thought were in fact possible.

To which he would have looked at me and said, "See, it was enough to try and get involved, we can all do it"

Growing up I have overcome skepticism almost completely even though  sometimes I still suffer from that terrible disease called "I can not do  it, I can not."

The thought of being incapable of doing so much has been a problem  with which I have fought all my life and with whom I fight even today.

But I start to see things differently, now I realize that many of the  things I thought impossible in reality required only more effort and  more consistency.

Maybe sometimes there are moments where things do not happen as we  would like, but they are moments that pass and then we can go back to  try again, perhaps with more conviction.

So when I question myself about the impossible I start to believe that most of the time it's just the fruit of my imagination.

And it is a strong and extremely liberating thought.

To finally think "it's possible" I can do it.

Just want it.

At least for what concerns the personal projects of course, I do  not speak of utopias as healing from diseases or forcing a love, in this  case it is not enough to want it, unfortunately I would add.

Image taken from: https://pixabay.com/en/possible-impossible-opportunity-2499888/
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