This particular issue is so important that God addressed it  in one of His Ten Commandments. Thou Shalt Not Covet. Yet it is one of the more commonly accepted sins by most people who claim to be Christians. It seems almost natural that we aspire to possess that which we are not entitled to have.

While I was growing up, my Dad often would say,” As a rule, man’s a fool, when it’s hot, he wants it cool, when it’s cool he wants it hot, he always wants it what it’s not.”

I think it is a healthy part of human nature to set the bar above where we happen to be at the time. Not to say that we cannot find joy and contentment and satisfaction in what we have. We should always be thankful for our blessings.

At the same time, we should aspire to improve on our current situation or status. We can only grow when the dreamers dream, and when people think big. In order to achieve something that is great, we must want to grow our dreams.

There are people who bring the world down by being chronic complainers. These are the people who more than often do little to achieve their dreams. These people are wishers and hopers rather than the people who make things happen. These are the people who make up the majority of people who want what they cannot have, mainly because they never make a plan to obtain the status or things they desire.

My Dad also used to say, ” There are three kinds of people in this world. Those who watch things happen, those who make things happen, and those who wonder what the heck happened?”

I tend to have much bigger hopes than I the ultimate realities I normally arrive at. I consider my self to be an optimistic and positive thinker. Give me lemons and I make lemonade. I usually try to find the most positive take on a situation, even when I am dealt a difficult hand.

Pessimistic people annoy me. My glass will start at half full (not half empty), and I generally expect that my cup will runneth over. Oddly, even though my Dad is full of quotes that would make you think he is a deep thinker, he tends to be jaded and disillusioned more often than he is upbeat and positive.

I love the classic rock song lyrics, “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try some time, you just my find, you get what you need.” These are words that I live by. The operative phrase here is “BUT IF YOU TRY SOME TIME.”

Many times I have failed at an attempt to achieve a goal. Real failure is in not trying. Michael Phelps wins gold medals because he tries.

This article title is about wanting what we cannot have. I don’t really recognize the word cannot. I feel that anyone is capable of achieving anything, providing they are capable of wanting it bad enough. My bible also tells me that with God, all thing are possible.

What is it that you want? A nicer car, a bigger house? Maybe you have a virtually impossible goal. Maybe you want to fly to Mars? Maybe you have a terminal illness? Maybe you want something that belongs to someone else? Maybe you want to find true love? Maybe you want to rule the earth?

Sometimes we should explore the realm of what people consider to be unrealistic dreams. A person can then brainstorm for ways to accomplish some small part of that goal. You can move mountains if you begin by simply by carrying small stones. The key is to begin, to try, to form a plan.

If people remain content in where and what they are right now, and never seek to improve. They are locked into status quo. A person like this is an under achiever. The sky is the limit. Why not reach for the impossible?

Would we have airplanes, computers, cell phones, rockets or micro waves if somebody didn’t dream it? If somebody hadn’t believed they could make it happen? I think not.

When I grew up, if someone had said they wished for a phone they could carry around in their pocket that wasn’t attached to a cord. They would have been told they cannot have it, because it is simply impossible. Until Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon, we never thought it was possible.

We should “try” for even greater things. If we don’t, they won’t happen by osmosis. I strongly encourage everybody to keep on wanting what they cannot have.