It was worth it

I was browsing through the Internet the other day and I ran into this beautiful poem:

You Can Be Whatever
You Want To Be!

There is inside you
all of the potential
to be whatever you want to be,
all of the energy
to do whatever you want to do.

Imagine yourself as you would like to be,
doing what you want to do,
and each day, take one step
towards your dream.

And though at times it may seem too
difficult to continue,
hold on to your dream.

One morning you will awake to find
that you are the person you dreamed of,
doing what you wanted to do,
simply because you had the courage
to believe in your potential
and to hold on to your dream.

~ Donna Levine ~

I've had great examples in my life when it comes to following your dreams, we tend to fall into this daily routine were we are no longer humans, sons and daughters of a Heavenly Father who has given us unlimited potential to become whoever we want to become. We become robots who are programmed to follow this same routine day by day.

I admire people who have the courage to follow their dreams regardless of what obstacles they might find in the way. I've learned that obstacles in this life are not meant to stop you from moving forward, they are meant to make the trip worthwhile and interesting. How boring would life be if there was no obstacles? no opposition?

I have a list of dreams I want to accomplish before I die... a "bucket list" sort of thing. :)

Places I want to visit:

The Grand Canyon
Victoria Falls (between Zambia and Zimbabwe)
Iguassu Falls (between Brazil and Argentina)
The Great Barrier Reef
The Galapagos Archipelago
The Northern Lights (the Aurora Borealis)
The Fjords of Norway
The Amazon Rainforest
The Perito Moreno Glacier
The Basilica di San Marco, Venice
St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican, Rome
The Acropolis in Greece
The Alhambra in Spain
Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
The Statues of Easter Island, Chile
Hagia Sophia, Turkey
Kiyomizu Temple in Japan
The Kremlin in Russia
The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Stonehenge, United Kingdom
The Sydney Opera House, Australia
The Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, London, England
The Parthenon in Greece
Machu Picchu, Peru
The Coliseum in Rome
Petra, Jordan
Christ Redeemer, Brazil
The Great Wall of China
Chichen Itza, Mexico
The Taj Mahal, India
Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
See the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
Go to the Pike Place Market in Seattle
See Mount Rushmore
See the Empire State Building
Climb up the Statue of Liberty
Go to Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston, MA
Visit SeaWorld Florida, Orlando
Go to Universal Studios, Hollywood, CA
Visit Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii
Visit Disney World
Visit all Fifty of the United States
The Dome of the Rock, Israel
Salzburg, Austria
Bora Bora
Karnak Temple; Egypt
The Terracotta Warriors
Hong Kong Harbor
Mecca
Go on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Eiffel Tower
Dubrovnik, Croatia
The Panama Canal
Visit all 7 continents.

That is just a small list of all the places I want to visit, but honestly, who cares if its a small list or if its a long list? Nothing in this life is impossible, nothing is unachievable. There is one person that I truly admire, not only because she is living her dream but because I witnessed her every step to achieve it. Yes, I'm talking about my sister in law, Sara Ballstaedt. She had a dream to go to Europe and travel to all of this places. Was it hard? YES.... Did it feel impossible at times? YES.... Was it impossible? NO!!! and that is what makes it beautiful... that regardless of how hard it was to achieve your dream at the end you can always look back and say "It was worth it".