High Hopes, I've Got High Hopes....Do You Have Them?

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Being a bit reflective here. I think all my life I've always had enormously high hopes for myself. And I'm sure everyone does. Having dreams, goals, hopes, desires, is what makes the world go round, especially one's own world. It's what keeps us going, moving forward, getting out of bed (even if you sometimes don't want to...LOL) and give thanks for another day that one can move on forward toward one's goals and make them manifest in your life. As they say, inch by inch it becomes a cinch. One can't go after one's goals and dreams and expect them to come into your life without taking baby steps along the route to get from point A to point Z, point Z being that targeted goal that you want. Now one thing you must understand about me. I'm by no mean a perky Pollyanna. I can have my dismal dark side as well, but I like to think I'm perhaps more optimistic than most people due to my cockeyed optimism even at the worse of times in my life and one thing that has kept me going has been one word...HOPE. The idea of "this or something better" in my life. I really do believe a lot of what we yearn for in life is a mind set thing....and also how bad do you really want that goal or dream to manifest. If you're into any of the Law of Attraction ideas you know about the vision boards (or treasure maps as some call them). And yes you can have vision boards all over the place with pictures and images of what you want in life (I do)...but if you're not doing anything about it, you can't really hope that any of it will come true. Things aren't going to start dropping from the sky and into you lap if you're just daydreaming about it...you can't sit back and think...oh, gee, that would be nice to do, or that would be nice to have...WITHOUT shaking one's butt and DOING something about it. For instance...I consider myself a writer. I have done a few short stories, written articles and have some novels in the works. So here I could be daydreaming...oh, gee, I want to be a recognized, well known author....but if I'm not writing that novel...how can it manifest that I'm a world renown and recognized author...IT TAKES WORK...I have to DO the work, I have to sit and write my books. I'm also a photographer...I envision myself as being a highly RECOGNIZED photographer...but sitting back and daydreaming about it isn't going to make it so. I HAVE TO DO THE WORK behind it. That means constantly going after prospective "clients" and promote my work like crazy. And I do that. No, haven't hit it big yet, but it only means working harder at it. So many people get discouraged and think the Law of Attraction is bunk or get that feeling that it doesn't work because it hasn't worked for them. Well, if you go into the whole idea with a negative attitude about it, and that it doesn't work, well guess what? IT WON'T. A lot too, has a lot to do in how well do you believe in yourself. Do you feel good about yourself? Do you feel positive that what you aspire to do and be has merit? Do you deserve it? That could be the crucial thing right there...do you believe you deserve as much good in your life as possible? And if not...WHY? Do you start out with good intentions, get all hyped up, have the vision boards, say affirmations, but inwardly think, you don't deserve the good to manifest? How can one ever expect the good they desire in life with that defeatist attitude? No..I'm by no means a perfect disciplinarian in the Law of Attraction principles and I hope I don't come across that way..I'm far from perfect (though I try to be..LOL)..it takes work at it, but being the stubborn b!tch that I am, I refuse to give up in my dreams and goals even when those around me say it can't be done, or I'm a jerk for trying or thinking the way I do. The only thing that will prevent me from achieving my hearts desire is when I take my last breath from this plane of existence...in other words when I've died. So how about you? Are you stubborn in your goals, achievements, dreams and desires? Do you have some kind of inner knowing that yes, I can do all I want to do in life? Or do you throw your hands in the air with defeat if something doesn't manifest in your life exactly the way you planned? One thought...maybe that thing you want in life isn't meant to be....but maybe something better is waiting around the corner.