I Wanted to, so I Did

When I was young there were many things I wanted to do. I didn’t think I could do them necessarily but it didn’t occur to me not to, so I did.
 
I wanted to go to university and study art, so I did.
I wanted to get married, so I did.
I wanted to travel in Europe, so I did.
I wanted to learn to paint in watercolours, so I did.
I wanted to live in my own house, so I did.
I wanted to go to Hawaii, so I did.
I wanted to have two daughters, so I did.
I wanted to move to France, so I did.
I wanted to start my own business, so I did.
I wanted to go on a cruise, so I did.
I wanted to write a novel, so I did.
I wanted to go to Florida, so I did.
I wanted to start a wholesale business with products featuring my own designs, so I did.
I wanted to license my artwork to other companies, so I did.
I wanted to have a retail gift store, so I did.
I wanted to have a publishing company, so I did.
I wanted to recover from a chronic health condition, so I did.
I wanted to write and publish books that would help people have sweeter lives, so I did.

There are many things that I want to be, do, and have in my life now, so I will. How do I know? I know because I have done this before. I decide to do it, so I go do it.
 
It’s important to note that I did all of these things in spite of not knowing how I would make them happen, and in facing down doubts every day. None of it was easy and I’m not going to suggest that it will be easy for you either, but once I made my decisions, the gears began to turn that took me toward where I wanted to go.
 
There is a lot of power in making a decision. If you never make the decision to do something, you’ll never do it. Answers to your wishes never just drop out of heaven and land on your head.
 
You know, the Bible says that a double-minded (or undecided) person is unstable in all her ways. How you do one thing is how you do everything. Wishy-washy, maybe-someday hopes don’t make things happen the way you want them to.
 
Once you make a decision and you know where you want to go, then you can take action in that direction. Without a decision and a destination, you won’t go anywhere. So figure out what you want and decide to go get it.