The Limitations of Thinking Realistically

I have been brought up by parents who installed the belief in me that I could do anything as long as I believed in it and I did not doubt my ability to accomplish it. Those are the reasons I had my 1st successful business at the age of 14, when I was asked what I wanted to be there was no 1 answer and people said I dreamt too big. Everyone who is in my bloodline dreams big, we push away self doubt we don't welcome fear instead we turn every doubt into adrenaline and that's what makes us who we are. I can not think REALISTICALLY because I don't want to give myself limitations,the world will have an opinion about everything wether you fail or succeed and when you do the impossible they will find something else to limit your potential!

It was unrealistic to go into a room push a switch and light up a room but Thomas Edison the inventor of the lightbulb didn't think so,now the world sees it as unrealistic to live without light!

It was unrealistic to build a metal box that could defy the sciences of gravity and take people from ground level to any floor above but Alexander Miles the inventor of the Elevator didn't think so,now the world sees it as unrealistic for multistorey buildings not to have elevators!

It was unrealistic to manipulate the shape of metal combined with plastic put an engine in it and transport people from one end of the world to the other but the Wright Brothers didn't think so and now an Airplane is a necessary form of transportation that the world needs!

All 3 inventions where limitations set in place because it was unrealistic to think outside the box.
If you are sat in a room with 100 people and you tell them what you want to achieve in your lifetime and they all tell you that your being unrealistic think about this...each and everyone of those people is a human being just like you,none has special powers and they each rely on oxygen to breath just like you the only difference is you know your potential and they don't, you know what you need to do to get to where your going and they don't,just because the majority don't see what you see don't mean your wrong...it just means you need to prove your right.

The majority of people in the world are 'realistic' but who told you realistic was normal,look up some facts about the brain and the body and then tell me if the way its functions seems realistic. The brain is a MIND-BLOWING tool and the body is like a machine so why would the output of such tools be mediocre?

Think Big and you will do big its that simple and remember Rome was not built in a day, it was built brick by brick. If your dream is BIG start building it bit by bit. ciao!

I'm not SKINNY! Just a 'thick' size 6!

No one is born with insecurities but they sure do accumulate huh?! They become a part of us and it takes consistent reassurance and a strong sense of self worth to keep them at bay.

What insecurities have I accumulated? Well we could be here for quite some time but let me pick one that affects every sex...weight. Look around, the ideal weight for women is 'slim' right? It does not matter if your a 'normal' size 8 or volumptueous size 16 (I had a debate at work about size 8 being normal but the jury's still out on that one lol) in most cases all women just want to be slim hence the reason my sister can find like a thousand websites on how to lose weight and I can find like 3 on how to gain weight *rolls eyes* anyway...

Being a Young Black Woman brought up in an African family all I knew was 'thin' was bad, you know those family gatherings when the grown folks are 'ooing' and 'aaahing'? Well every year pretty much went the same for me, I have 4 siblings so usually it was 'ahh your looking so pretty' (big sis) then 'ahh your getting taller' (lil sis) then 'oh woow aren't you handsome' (lil bro) then 'your looking well' (baby sis) and each year I would mimick their response to me 'hmmm your so thin,why?' ...Like I was God and knew why each year my weight had not catapulted to a size they could appreciate, I do not know what they were expecting  but their genuine surprise and concern amused me like dude you been saying this for 5years try another line!

My problem was I had to eat like a horse to gain weight that could be visually measurable at the next family gathering, one diet that left me looking at myself quite undesirably was the 'jacket potatoe' diet *signs* I literally ate jacket potatoes 3times a day on top of 3weetabixes ,whey protein shake, sadza (african food) etc etc you get it, I ate a gross amount and managed to gain a stone in a week YES a stone! Problem was I was so full half the time I was asleep and had to set my alarm to eat so the dips in my waist (curves) filled out and I was straight up and down needless to say I WAS NOT IMPRESSED! I quit and that was a year and a half ago.

I have always been a size 6-8 and stayed round the same weight 7-8stone, when I turned 22 I said SOD IT! I am not willing to eat until I feel bloated and make myself miserable just to satisfy the 100 (no exaggeration) members of my family. This was me and I had to learn to love me,why? Because if  I been like this since I was a teen its hardly going to drastically change in my 20's! I have to be happy, eat what I want and enjoy every minute of my existence since 'a minute on my lips is also a minute on my hips' (its supposed to be a lifetime ,I'm guessing that saying somehow mentally deters women from eating junk...erm ok) I can live worry free, after all I got my 30's for that!...I'm not skinny anyway, am a 'thick' size 6 ! lol Ciao!