SUSPEND DISBELIEF.

When I was a kid, I genuinely believed I could fly. I thought that the only reason no one ever flew was because they never tried hard enough.

So every day, I would jump off of my bed and flap my arms as hard as I could. I would fall to the ground, and get back up on the bed and try again. I believed that if I did this every day, one day I would start flying.

As I grew up, my sanity prevailed. Though I no longer thought I could fly, I started doing the closest thing to it: parkour and freerunning.

In the split second I was in the air during a jump or a flip, I felt like I was flying. To me, this facsimile sufficed as a replacement for the lost innocence of childhood.

I say this now because though I have grown to think logically, I can still remember what it was like to feel like I could do anything. It seems that in the process of maturation, this spirit is crushed out of most adults as they become saddled by responsibilities.

Therefore, though we are in many ways more capable than we were as children, it is crucial that we tap back into select aspects of our childhood selves: the awe, wonder, curiosity, creativity, imagination, and openness we had to the world.

Our lives naturally become more structured as adults, and this serves an important purpose. However, we must not become trapped by the confines of this structure, boxed in by constraints either imposed by society or our own programmed mental limitations.

If we believe we can do anything, we are bound to do more and be better, given all other factors across the board remain the same. Because if we do not feel like we can do anything, we will not even try.

So to reclaim what you lost in this life, to claim what you want in this life, continue to dream big, and adopt a limitless state of mind. Though you cannot fake a belief, remember what it felt like to believe that you can do anything.

Recall your childhood dreams.

Hold onto your earliest inspirations.

Suspend disbelief.