Wow... that question provoked deep thoughts... as I woke up in the morning, and groggily went thru my daily morning routine of brushing my teeth, taking a bath and then juicing a cucumber for my breakfast, the perfect time for deep soul-searching....
Hmm... if I could have any superpowers in the world, I would want to have the ability to forsee into the future...
If only we knew that we were going in the right direction, that everything would turn out all right in the end, that we were making the right decisions, we'd just go full speed ahead, regardless of obstacles, doing whatever it takes to get there!
It is not the fear of failure, but the fear of a wasted life that holds us back from giving fully... the fear of the unknown... the fear of never realising our potential... the fear of never being all that we believe we can be.
So many opportunities thrown at us each day, we need to evaluate and make a decision with each one, whether it's worthwhile to pursue it, or to just let it pass.
A wrong decision would mean huge opportunity loss, a waste of precious time, effort, money and scarce resources.
With the limitations of being unable to forsee the future, we take the risk of hanging between stopping just an inch short of phenomenal success, or pursuing on stubbornly in a futile situation.
What if Thomas Edison never did find that one formula to make that light bulb work economically? Did he waste his life, being poor, bent on solitary research... all for nothing?
What if he could know before hand the end result, ie... that he would find that answer after 9999 tries, would he have pushed even harder, worked even faster, to reach that goal?
Or, what if he knew before hand that he would never find the answer in his lifetime with lightbulbs, would he have continued on in a futile hopeless search, or would he have made career changes, into something else, something which was a better use of his time?
If only we knew where each path leads.... we would be able to make better decisions!
I guess for now... that gift would be called... gut instinct!
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