the great reason why.

Ideas flow through my mind, and sometimes, I want to achieve everything that I am thinking of at that moment. However, hardly ever has the thought, “Why am I doing this,” come into my head. Without knowing the purpose of an action, it is nearly impossible for me to actually achieve anything or do greatly because I don’t have a goal, or a reason of why I am doing what I am doing. 

My desires and wants are countless. My mind is an unplugged sink and my dreams are water, swirling down the drain, never being able to be reached again. Without goals on how to reach these dreams and acquire what I am longing for, nothing will be accomplished. All that I have done in that time will at best be good, but it would be hopeless for it to be great. A few months back, my parents and I had a conversation and asked what my dreams were or what I wanted to achieve. My response was a simple, “All I need are some straight A’s, and hello to Stanford or Berkeley.” There was no reason behind what was stated, because all that was wanted was to become accepted by a world class university. My mother replied, “Universities do not matter, what you really need is to find something meaningful to you, and know why you want to do it. Your passion will bring you to where you belong.” This leads me to the next step to becoming great at doing something, and that is to find my passion and do what I truly love.

My goal for right now is to follow my heart and do even what others may consider crazy. As long as I love it, I'll do it, and won’t let anyone stop me. That’s what finding my passion is all about. But yes, when trying to find a passion or talent, “it’s challenging, it’s hard. Most people go through life never discovering what their talents are. Most people never develop their talents.” (Mindshift- Motivational Video) Too many factors are holding us back from what we believe in as great. It’s like I’ve been given a bag of 10,000 grains of sand, with 9,999 grains of white sand and one grain of yellow sand, and I need to pick out that oddly colored piece. The grains of white sand are the many things that limit us from finding that piece of yellow sand, which we can see as our passions. 

Once my passion has been found, going from good to great will actually be possible for me. The reason for doing what is right or setting a goal will be clear in my mind, because my passion will show me what I truly want to achieve and answer my question of why I want to accomplish what I want to accomplish in life.

-felita
The prompt: What can you do better, and how can you go from good to great?

(Here's the video I cited. It doesn't relate too much with what I was writing, but it has really deep meaning to it, and created a lasting impression in my mind.)