Something I Thought I Wanted

A huge shop.
A fleet of trucks.
All the machines, with all the attachments, and trailers to pull them.
A big crew.

Big.
Big time.

For a long time, I tried to convince myself that’s what I wanted.
Isn’t that what success looks like?
Don’t you have to be big to prove you’ve made it?
Don’t you have to be the biggest to be the best?
Don’t you have to be the best to be successful?

I don’t think I ever really wanted it.
Maybe for a minute.
But deep down, I think I always knew that road wasn’t mine.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to build something big,
with dreaming in scale, with growing a company.
I admire it. I really do.

Just because we have different dreams doesn’t mean I can’t root for yours.