Believe

To accurately know someone look at what they are pursuing. If a career, then you know they are a hard worker, probably good at saving or spending money, a planner with big goals. If someone is pursuing a significant other then you know chances are they have gotten their heart broken once or twice before which makes their desire for 'true' love even stronger. We only pursue the things we believe we can achieve or become. So the pursuit greatly depends on our belief in what we are pursuing. Why is it the older that we get the more we tend to doubt ourselves, our purpose, and at times even God.
In the eyes of a child they can do anything. They tell me they can fly, that they are superheros, and that one day they will be a ballerina or a firefighter. They honestly and truly BELIEVE they can do these things. We smile and laugh thinking they are so naive yet why not? Why cant they become these things? Maybe it is because we too have lost what we once thought was possible. Somewhere along the 'anything's possible' speech we realized we are not as talented as we once thought. We didn't make the cut, pass the tryouts, or get the job. Our hearts have been shattered, betrayed by loved ones, and the people around us have affected our belief in ourselves. A little girl whose mother never took the time to tell her she's beautiful is a grown woman still trying to look in the mirror with a smile. A little boy whose father never told him that he was proud of him is a grown man still feeling not strong enough to accomplish even the battles inside of himself. The belief that we can accomplish our dreams, our purpose, offer true love or even be valuable to somebody...anybody all starts when we were children. When we were vulnerable, hopeful, full of dreams, and desires. Explore your heart...go back to the spot that you may have left forgotten...it is still alive in each of us waiting to be revived, waiting to be lived out again. To believe in yourself is to be an accomplished person...