"If there is no struggle, there is no progress..."

That was said by Frederick Douglass. I've been in super inspiration mode and looking for things that will keep me focused and on track with my goals. I've come to realize a lot in the past few weeks about goals and your dreams. I've realized that really nothing is out of grasp. No dream is too big, or too extreme to become a reality. What matters is to work for it. Work hard. Things are not just given to people because they really want it. Opportunities present themselves frequently but sometimes people are not open to them, or they don't see them. You must be present with yourself and your surroundings, keep your eyes open to find those doors open to you and your goals. Sometimes (and most of the time) you have to start from the bottom up. That makes the goal that much more rewarding when you finally get there. I've realized that fear can get in the way of your biggest dreams. The simple fact that you might fail at what you want to do is discouraging, but if you keep working at what you want, and teaching yourself what you need to know, meeting people involved with what you want to do, you will get there. Sometimes you're so much in a rush to be at the finish line that you're passing up every opportunity to make it happen. You have to be fearless in order to succeed, and that is with anything you do in life. Everything you do, that you are passionate about, put your best foot forward, and work as hard as you can for it. It will come, just be patient and KNOW that it's going to happen. Knowing it's going to happen is a lot different than wanting, or thinking it will happen. You must know that it will happen, and it will. Think about the pyramids, do you see how much of a great achievement that was for the Egyptians? There were so many times that those people must have felt it was impossible to finish those massive creations, but centuries later, they're still standing, and they're finished. They had to do that relying on only their own strength, they didn't have machinery to help like we do now. Not only that, they've created more than one. When you feel like giving up think of great achievements like that from our predecessors. You really can do anything you put your mind to.

Believe in yourself and in your dreams.