Blogger - Path to Success is tough

It is important to note that this path is not anything to be envious of. We are not “better off” than anyone else. No, the more real truth is that, for many of us dreamers, the path to realizing our dreams is our only hope. And that is why we pursue our dreams so relentlessly. That is why we will sacrifice and endure harsh climates and altitudes. That is why we will put up with the barrage of people who do not understand us and who look at us like we’re from another planet.

We don’t take up our adventure just because it’s fun to be on an adventure (although that’s an essential part of it). We take up our adventure because, in many ways, the adventure is us. The adventure is who we are, and to give up the adventure would be to give up who we are.

If we’ve made it this far on the path, it’s often only because the dream is our only hope. It is our one and only salvation. The dream is what saves us day-in and day-out. For many of us, to climb back down this high mountain, at this point, would only be to walk down into our graves.

We endure exhaustion, defeat, confusion, and isolation in pursuit of our wildest dreams because, somehow, we know that we were born to do this. We were born to defy gravity.

And that, I think, is the difference between those who can defy gravity, and those who don’t. Those who can’t defy gravity believe they are ill-equipped to do so. While those who can defy gravity know that, somehow, they were born to defy it and, in the process, inspire everyone else to do the same.

http://ollinmorales.com/2012/01/16/and-you-cant-pull-me-down/