I see you all today, happy faces, smiling faces, where did you come from? Everybody has a past, but how many are willing to share it? There is always something you don’t know, even about yourself. Something that deep down drives you, and you don’t know why.

Think for a second. What is it you want most in your life?

Think long and hard.

Imagine getting it.

Imagine the hard work you will need to put towards getting it.

Imagine the trials you will face and overcome to accomplish this.

Imagine yourself failing, just to succeed later.

Now…

Why do you want this? What makes you put that much effort, pain, misery, elation, hope and faith into one simple idea? Whatever this idea is, we all have it. It may be large and imaginative or small and focused. We may have one, or many, but we all have it.

Stop and think, why? So you want to write a novel. Why? So you want to be president. Why? So you want to ski through a revolving door. Why?

If you cannot answer these questions in a way that makes you happy, then there is another you should ask.

Do I really want this?

Most people are on a train, following the rail, moving in really only one dimension, forward. Being pushed in this direction by an invisible force that cannot even be named. The train goes and goes, speeding towards a wall, which will someday be your death.

While it may be hard to avoid this wall, we can all step off the train. Walk our own way, live our own lives.

Analyze yourself. Are you good enough for you?