Impossible! Nothing is impossible, my dear sir.

One of my favorite movies, "The Princess Bride," which is imminently quotable, has a great exchange between two of the characters. "Impossible!" says one, and his accomplice responds, "You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means." The implication for the scene is that no matter how seemingly impossible the task, the hero nevertheless presses out a victory. Our own lives are filled with similar examples. We even have a modern phrase exemplifying the concept: "Those claiming it's impossible are drowned out by those accomplishing it."

Sure, there are impossible things: you can't jump to the Moon, live on nothing but air, stop the waves with your fingers, or fly like a bird. However, it depends on your perspective, doesn't it? You could jump onto a spaceship which flies to the Moon, go scuba diving, press a button that lowers a tidal barrier, and let an airplane do the flying. So, thinking beyond your box of limitations opens the impossible to new competition. Here's a question: are you allowing your current circumstances to dictate your possibilities?

It's truly incredible how often we are wrong when we claim something is impossible. People are constantly leapfrogging beyond limitations, finding new heights, and forging new frontiers. Take caution when you call something impossible. Perhaps you simply haven't given the idea a true opportunity. Impossible is frequently a cheap way out of trying. Let your imagination soar, shrug loose the limitations around you, find new methods, and give it a go. You might fail, or you might succeed. But, you might just redefine the word, "impossible," into "possible."

- M