Anything can happen.
Really.
You could walk into work today and decide you’re done. You could pack a small bag, say goodbye to the people who know your old stories, and start a new life in a city where no one knows your name. You could change careers. You could change the people in your life. You could change your entire person — the way you think, the way you speak, the way you carry yourself.
You could do anything within the limits of your imagination.
And yet, the truth is this:
Most people don’t.
Most people will continue in almost the exact same lane they are in right now. Not because they’re weak. Not because they lack courage. But because the familiarity of the lane feels safer than the possibility of a new road.
There is nothing wrong with that.
Stability is not a failure.
Continuity is not something to be ashamed of.
The interesting thing is that the possibilities are always there. They never disappear. They simply get ignored.
People live as if they’re locked inside a framework that someone else built for them. A framework of expectations, routines, and quiet assumptions about what “people like them” are allowed to pursue. A framework that becomes invisible with time.
The belief that you could never change drastically becomes a cage. And so the only options you consider “realistic” are the options adjacent to the life you already have.
Sideways moves.
Tiny shifts.
Small, acceptable edits.
The longshots, the dreams you never speak out loud. Those are dismissed before they can even breathe. Not because they’re impossible, but because you’ve told yourself a story about what’s realistic for you.
It would never work.
I need to be practical.
I’m not lucky enough for that.
These quiet sentences become the architecture of your reality.
Self-fulfilling prophecies.
Whatever you repeat to yourself becomes your reality. Not because the words are magic, but because they shape the borders of your own imagination. If you tell yourself something is impossible, you will never attempt it. If you tell yourself you aren’t the type of person who can do a certain thing, you will never look for the opportunity to try.
If you limit the size of your life in your mind, the world will dutifully shrink to match it. This is a guarantee.
You will always act within the limits of what you believe is possible.
Those who achieve the so-called “unreachable” dreams are not superhuman. They are not chosen. They are not blessed with extraordinary luck. They simply refuse to exile possibility from their lives.
They do not treat their desires as fantasies. They do not talk themselves out of the things that move them. They let curiosity breathe. They let ambition take root. They allow themselves to fall in love with a craft even if it makes no sense to anyone else. They let desire build up until nothing can hold it back.
They take swings. The kinds of swings that look foolish until the moment they work.
They stay with their art longer than what is comfortable. They keep showing up long after the excitement fades. They let themselves be consumed by what they care about. And most importantly, they believe that success is possible, or maybe even inevitable.
And because they believe it’s possible, they behave accordingly.
They try.
They persevere.
They fail.
They get back up.
Not because they have more discipline, but because they let themselves imagine a version of their lives that is bigger than their current circumstances. And those are the people who get what they want.
Not because they’re special. But because they never close the door on what could be.
Anything can happen.
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Sincerely,
Milo Morrison