Imagine reading a book titled, Picture Perfect.
And it was about a guy or gal who grew up in a picture perfect neighborhood with picture perfect parents who had a picture perfect education and got a picture perfect career who then married the picture perfect spouse and then settled into the picture perfect fairytale life with a big house, fast cars, luxury clothes, fancy parties, and lots of travel.
…No conflict, no challenges, no adversities, no resistance, no plot twists.
Just a straight line from birth to happily ever after.
This type of story would bore readers to tears.
It’s wildly un-relatable and in complete contradiction to the human condition.
…Which is to face a seemingly never-ending onslaught of conflict, challenge, adversity, resistance, and plot twists.
Why? …Because we’re imperfect creatures living with other imperfect creatures who are all trying to figure it out as we go in an imperfect world. Chaos is bound to ensue.
But, it also keeps things interesting.
The most captivating stories are the ones that follow humans who have overcome the most incredible odds. The ones who have faced the most adversity and yet found a way through. The ones who got punched over and over again with one challenge after the next… who still got back up to fight.
Remember this as you compare your daydreams to your reality.
You’re not unlucky; you’re not a failure; you’re not a lost cause—you’re thickening the plot.
P.s. In case you missed it, you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week, here.