What Is Your 'If Only?"

We are all created with so much potential and with so many gifts and if it weren’t for our ‘if only’ we would all go so much farther in life. “Moses was such a great leader, ‘if only’ he could have controlled his anger, he would have gone into the Promised Land.” The problem with our ‘if only’ is that most of us don’t ever really see it for what it is, or if we do, we tend to minimize its impact on our lives. “Mary would be such a great secretary ‘if only’ she didn’t talk so much.” “John would be such a great person to hang out with ‘if only’ he would use some breath mints!” “Joe would be such a great drummer “if only’ he didn’t play so loud. For many of us the difference between mediocrisy and greatness is our ‘if only!’ One of the great challenges in life is to find out what our ‘if only’ is or maybe what our ‘if onlies’ are. The trick is to have people in your life who love you enough to tell you what they are. Although, even if you have some great people in your life, it usually takes an invitation by you, an opening so to speak, before even your best friends will share what your ‘if only’ is. The amazing thing about our ‘if only’ is that everyone else seems to know what it is except us. So if you are wondering what is holding you back, or what you need to do to get to the next level, take someone who knows you out for a cup of coffee and ask them what is your ‘if only.” It may hurt a bit but if you listen and make the effort to attack that ‘if only’ life can get really exciting!