Kid, if you've got ambition you'll go places

The definition:

noun

An earnest desire for some type of achievement or distinction, as power, honour,

fame, or wealth, and the willingness to strive for its attainment.

I love this definition. Even the words used in this are inspiring. Desire, distinction, honour, willingness, strive.

Ambition is key. If you've not got it, then where are you going to get?

I think most people have ambition, some are just too scared to act upon it. Which isn't anything to be ashamed of. Lots of people find the idea of following their dream scary because there is always, of course, that fear that you're not going to get there. Some people have lost their ambition because they did act on it. They acted on it and it failed, so why should they try again. Why? Just because it failed once doesn't mean it will fail again or that something else will fail. There is no limit on dreams.

Ambition is an amazing feeling. It's inspiring. The feeling that you want to get there, that you want to make yourself get there. Knowing that you're willing to work for it, because in the end it will all be worth it. You can have ambition for anything. Whether it be with school or your career, a relationship or maybe just getting that recipe right this time.

If you don't think you have ambition, don't worry. You do, you just haven't found something to be ambitious about yet. You don't have to wait for it though, look for something. Maybe you know what it is, but you keep telling your self there's no point. Go for it, take a calculated risk. Ambition is easy, but acting on it requires thinking. You can't just dive right into something. If you are truly ambitious for something, then i believe that it will mean that you will think how you can get there, not necessarily by the fastest route but the best route, for you.

I love that I am ambitious and I love it when other people are too. It's a quality in people that I admire.

Ambition seems to have become more realistic and personal now that I am growing up more. The days of primary school saw us long to be the next midfielder for Man United, or be a singer/dancer and sometimes to just be famous. But now. Now our dreams and ambitions seem to be more crafted to us. Most of us seem to have our own individual dreams that we never would have thought of when we sat in the playground all those years ago. For example, I want to be a magazine journalist, some of my friends want to be vets, forensic scientists, accountants and sport physios. We've come a long way. Of course there are still the odd few who are striving for that red football top or that star on the walk of fame. If they've got the skill and they have the ambition and passion to want to progress with it, then why not. Maybe that seems naive, but it's my attitude and if I'm seen as naive, then so be it.

When I am older, I want to work in magazine journalism and I want myself and my family to be happy and healthy.

I always want to be ambitious. And that is not a bad thing.

What are your ambitions?

Love V xo