Two words that can flip anything on its head.
“What if?”, synonymous, in at least one person’s humble opinion, with “endless bounds”. You can, literally, apply “what if?” to every situation you’ve ever been faced with or will face, in life. “What if?” is a challenge. It’s a challenge to transcend what you may be thinking, what you’ve always thought or, simply, what you believe you know to be.
It’s the jump off point to something greater; something bigger.
Think of if mankind had never asked the questions, “what if there was something better than this candle?”, or “what if I could get this horse to have more power?”, or “what if there’s more out there; out in all that space?”.
If Thomas Edison, Karl Benz and Robert Goddard hadn’t felt inclined to ask the question, “what if?”, you may still be taking your horse and buggy to the local wax store, all the while thinking Pluto is still an actual planet. But, they did ask. They challenged what they knew to be instead of dismissing the power of what they did not know to be. They allowed “what if?” to erase the parameters that had been defined for them. They allowed “what if?” to newly shape what they could know and what they could be.
Token clever/philosophical insert – “What if?” is not only a question, but it’s also the answer. Given that one can’t exist without the other, I would fathom that someone much more intelligent and articulate than I could probably argue they are one and the same. And, so I will just say that I can’t see them ever being separate. It reminds me of the long debated philosophical quandry, “if a tree falls in a forest but no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound”? The answer is, no. It doesn’t. It can’t. Sure, it’ll make sound WAVES. But, without a receiver, there is no sound. Without the question, there is no answer.
And so, the challenge is to you. The challenge is always to you; there is no one else that can make the change in your life that you want to make. There is a “what if?” at every corner and intersection of your life.
What if….
I react differently;
I have more fun;
I just enjoy more;
I had more money;
I didn’t care about how much money I have;
Feeling down was okay;
Feeling up was even better;
I believe I can change my world;
I believe I can change THE world;
I am just Love?
Change is a double header. First header; “what if?”. Second header, do something about it.
Expand. Expand your mind; expand your Heart; expand your parameters. It’s all about asking “what if” there is more? And, there is more. Find yours.
Do something about it.
Be Love.
