Motivational Monday

I have always thought it was quite important to have ambition. I have never understood people who do not dream. In fact, I think we all have ambitions, but there's a fear of failure, or the opinions of others that keep us from reaching for our dreams. In an ideal world, there'd be no fear of failure, no worrying about what people might say about what we want, and there'd be a freedom to just live out our ambitions. No matter how small, how silly, how massive and ridiculous, everyone has goals for themselves, ways in which they'd like their life to be, or things they'd like to do, not just for ourselves but for others. I have ambitions for my friends, family, hell I see people on the street and have ambitions for them. I think we should all be more open with our dreams and goals. We shouldn't worry about failure, because at the risk of sounding hideously cliché, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And goodness knows what failure might bring - a new perspective, a new dream, a new ambition. Why would we worry what people think? I'm going to share some of my own silly, big, small and possibly ridiculous ambitions in the hope that maybe you, yes you reading this, may be motivated to share yours too, and go for it.

I want to see sunrise in another continent.
I want to do a Pinterest DIY and actually succeed
I want to see Kate Bush in concert and dance to Wuthering Heights
I want to be the person that Bruce Springsteen picks out of the audience to dance with him during Dancing in the Dark
I want to open a pancake café and serve pancakes on mismatched china plates

I want to be the cool tambourine player in an all girl indie britpop band
I want to have an article I've written published

Hell, I want a thousand articles I've written published.
I want to be in The Guardian, but not for a crime or anything
I want more followers on Twitter
I want to write my autobiography and include the story of the one month I worked in Oxfam
I want to learn to surf
I want to own a florist in the hope it will conquer my hay fever

I want to learn how to make my own soup.

I want to have something I've written published abroad.

There we go, some of my madcap ideas and aspirations I hold for myself. These of course do not include the wish for about a billion pugs and cats, a house in Chelsea and maybe a statue built in my honour. My dreams have changed since I was little and wanted to be a nun, an architect and a DJ - not all at once - but I like to think I was always true to them and was always totally unapologetic about them all. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions - Mark Twain.

Cheerio,

Hope x