By Maya Ackerman

An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing. - Samuel Smiles

From the smallest yearnings to the largest dreams, our wants and desires matter. Every little want that arises counts. Every big dream that stirs from within deserves attention. Funny enough, we are all born knowing this. If you have ever interacted with a small child, then you know that kids take their desires seriously. When they want something, they don’t try to hide it. In fact, they will often fight vigorously to have every desire met, sometimes to the dismay of their exhausted parents.

By the time we grow up, most of us learn to ignore our wants and desires. Instead of doing what we want, we do what is “right.” We are busy with more “important” things than our desires. We become practical, serious adults, who have no time for such nonsense. And so we neglect one of the most beautiful things in life. We ignore our most fundamental right to follow our hearts, until we are no longer ever aware of what it is that we want.

I am here to remind you that what you want doesn’t just matter… it matters a lot.

And here’s why.

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