Its easy to tell yourself you can't do something. Reason and logic allow us as humans to realize our limitations. Such imperfections are understandable; we are flawed and therefore so is our judgment. it would make perfect sense, then, to admit that something is beyond us. Is this the point of maturity? Are we meant to come to this conclusion and reach a steady, unchanging point in our life where we have achieved out full potential? Although it is understood that by the same flaws which limit out capabilities, we are limited in achieving the lowered expectations, there is some "optimum" level that we can achieve. What then? Is our purpose in life served? Do we simply fade to the background of our existence?
It would be easy to do this. It is much harder to be impossible. And I mean to actually be IMPOSSIBLE. If we can accept our limitations and understand how they affect us, but still chose to act and be motivated to achieve beyond them, what have we become? Have we transcended our limitations, or simply out-maneuvered our own benign acceptance of perceived reality?
Everything in life tells us NO. From the odds of being happily married, to getting a good job, to even doing well in school. Its a rough jungle out there, and the varied challenges continually thin the field of the worthy. Yet even then, impossible things happen all the time. Improbable as it is, mankind does not seem to be limited, as a whole, by the fact that it has limitations. Although this is an extremely optimistic point of view, the tale of our history is a testament to our attempts. Not all of it is pretty, and much is shameful. We do not often learn from our mistakes until we pay a cost far too great. Even despite this, progress marches on. And it even appears to have an exponentially accelerating rate.
The concepts of faith and hope are now the objects of consideration. We choose to be happy. Despite many great and terrible things which stem from every change that is wrought, the faith in a brighter future remains unblemished. Is man more than the sum of logical numbers? Is he not limited by statistics? Or are we simply far more capable than we have ever been given credit for? Because we have the ability to adapt and change, we seem to constantly push the limitations of the known, searching for something more. The only way the impossible is ever achieved is by trying. If you try to do the impossible and fall short, it cannot be a failure. We can on fail by accepting and never attempting to challenge the status quo. Because we can, we were meant to do it.
And that becomes the purpose of humanity. Individually it becomes our responsibility to reach beyond our doubt and strive to become more. Our true potential has yet to be reached. The only certainty of failure is when we fail to try.
