WHAT'S THE USE YOU ASK?

 What's the use? Have you ever said that when you've been in a struggle? 

Maybe when something you had hoped for, prayed for and dreamed about didn't happen? Or, you have tried and tried and tried to get to your goal and it seems to get further and further away? Well, here's a news flash for you: so many of us have been there, but hopefully not still there.

Although, if you are "still there" in that place of "what's the use" I believe I was sent to give you some encouragement today. As much as we would like for things to happen quickly and easily, that is just not how things will typically go. Most everything we attempt to do will take a lot of effort to get to, whether it's self-growth, or meeting your goal, or any of the other plans you have in your heart and imagination.

What's the use in making all the effort when it's always so stressful? It can be frustrating. It can be exhausting. It can be confusing. It can make you furious. You can feel a great deal of uncertainty about all of it. When every best effort and every best idea falls flat, it can make you want to give up, JUST DON'T.

Don't give up if you believe you are doing the right thing. Don't give up if you believe with just more time and effort, you will make it happen. Don't give up if you've seen it already done by others. That's a definite sign you can get there, too. Give up only when it really was just a fantasy in the first place, only a truly impossible dream. Yes, we do have those made-up scenarios in our heads that will probably never pan out in life. You be the judge, and don't waste another minute on it if that is the case. Save yourself further frustration when you know you are going nowhere fast in reality.

Keep dreaming, though. There are things that are well worth the striving, so keep driving toward your visions. Finally getting there is one of the best feelings in the world. Do the doable, even if it seems to be taking more time than you ever thought it would. Look around. All the things you see was once someone's imagination, desire, creativity and goal. And, yes, you can do it, too. - S.R.F.