Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

“In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” -- Miguel de Cervantes.

"Alice: 'This is impossible.' The Mad Hatter: 'Only if you believe it is.'" -- Lewis Carroll (Alice In Wonderland)

We humans are far too often our own stumbling blocks. We hinder our own success based upon the limitations others put upon us; and the limitations we mentally put upon ourselves. Someone will tell us that a thing, regardless of what it is or the reason behind it, is unfathomable and we have the bizarre tendency to believe them. Most often, the limitations that hinder our own success isn't based on physics or the other terrestrial limitations of science; but solely based on the idea that a thing simply cannot be done. 

But, allow me to let you in on a little secret: Nothing is ever as impossible as it seems. 

A perfect example of this happened on July 20th,1969. Man, who had gazed upon the moon for eons and considered it far unreachable, step foot upon it. A celestial entity that had even been regarded as a deity now had human footprints on it. We conquered the span of the space itself and officially became aliens upon another piece of space rock. 

Why? Because we could. Because seven years prior, the American President told us that we should; "...not because they are easy, but because they are hard." Because we had reached a milestone in technological advancement that would allow us to break the walls of Earth's gravity and bridge the gap to our closest extraterrestrial neighbor. We did it simply because impossible was no longer a reason to stop us. 

Both personally and professionally, I have faced many an "impossible situation". When the chips were down and all odds were stacked against me, I have risen above, time and again. Why? Because I've honestly never been fond of the term impossible. Because I have the audacity to rise above, again and again. I don't like to be defeated and I do not allow myself to lay in the dust. Because I have the obstinate drive to rise and rise above. I view life the same way as the crew of the Apollo 11 viewed their mission: totally insane and worth every second. 

We as a species have taken flight. We have soared the heavens, both within our own atmosphere and far above it. We have sent satellites outside our own solar system. We have, even in centuries of old, viewed the heavens with our own eyes. Also, we have explored the depths beneath which we sail. We surpass every outrageous attempts at the limitations to which we bind ourselves in. 

Why? Simply put, because we can.

So, what impossible thing are you going to do today?