If the words sound familiar that would be because it’s the popular line from a spice girls song, wannabe. When I think about it though, it makes a lot of sense and is one that shouldnt be taken lightly. Seriously, what do you want, really really want? The double really is because you have to want it bad enough you wont give up on it. One of my favourite videos on you tube, and I haven’t seen that many, would be one by randy pausch. It’s called the last lecture. He is a carnegie mellon university professor who gave his “last lecture” back in 2007.Bless his soul because he passed from pancreatic cancer last year. The video is about achieving your childhood dreams, going for what you want and desire and actually getting it. I love that video. I dont remember everything that hit home for me but I recall him talking about how a wall is put up between you and your dreams not to keep you away from them but to see how much you want them.I thought to myself, some people give up the minute they see the bricks coming up. Others think they really want it bad,climb up the wall and when they get to the other side, cant seem to get over the climb,they miss to enjoy what they desired for. Worse, there are some who choose to break it down. Go through the gruelling task of creating a hole through the wall, squeeze in through that and when they get to the other side, keep staring at the hole they created to even realize what was already waiting for them. I wont do any of that. I choose to walk, and enjoy the walk along the sides of the wall, come across the gate, politely KNOCK, ASK to come in, and enjoy my dreams in front of me.I am still walking on the side of that wall. But everytime I hop, I catch a glimpse of what is behind it and I am liking what Im seeing. I know it is there. It is so close I can feel it and Im excited! I can hear my yellow labrador barking while running around my garden in my house in Bel Air.
So what do you really want?
One of my favourite books, and one that changed my life is “The secret” by Rhonda Byrne ( side thought - I wonder if she is on twitter) and I recommend it to just about anyone who cares to listen.That is all about attracting from the universe what you want. choosing from the catalogue of the universe, picking out what you want from it and then waiting for it to be delivered to you. The universe always operates in perfect timing. You just have to be patient. Enjoy the wait…Sometimes you dont get what you want, and you start to think and ask yourself, “is that really what I want? Maybe this is all I’m getting so maybe this should be enough for me.” Never settle. Never settle for a shirt that has an indelible stain just because it’s half-off. Or the gym whose classes you dont enjoy just because it’s the closest to you or the cheapest (side note: go to fitness first,amazing classes. Especially RSC makati branch with the gorgeous club manager :) wink wink ) Never settle for a job that does not make you happy. Never settle for the nasty treatment you have been getting from friends, family, colleagues, partner. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent and they will treat you the way you allow them to. Never settle. “But what if I wont come across anything better out there?” Do you know of anyone else out there who has something better? Who has what you would have wanted for yourself? Then that means there is definitely something better out there. You just need to ask for it. Ask for what you want.Once again, Do you know what you want?
I know what I want. Ive been asking for it the last few years. Some I already got, others not YET but I know I will. The elation of holding it in my hands…knowing that that is what I did want and without realizing it, got it. I am forever grateful. There were others that I thought I wanted, I put in blood sweat and tears for but in the end, it was not to be. But I got something better. I freed up my hands and I got the better deal. I let go of dentistry and ended up with 4 jobs all of which I absolutely love. I always wanted a yellow lab but I cant own one right now and I ended up with a pomeranian that I LOVE to bits! (I gotta go home to my Collette soon). What else? Always loved the Stella McCartney line of Adidas but never felt like I could afford it, and now, I am being sponsored by Adidas and get to wear SMCs for free :) So you know what I’ve done, cut up photos of what I want, and they are all going up on my vision board.
So mark my word, I will have my yellow lab, I will drive a killer SUV (maybe the Toyota FJ cruiser im in love with right now), enjoy the sands of Amanpulo for free, have a gorgeous son who looks just like his daddy, a beautiful very happy family and I will meet Oprah! And she will love meeting me too :)
