While unsuccessful persons speak of wishing or hoping or planning or maybe or some indefinite time period, a successful person asks, "How?" and in doing so assumes there will be obstacles to be identified and overcome, but also assumes a positive outcome.
She was so impressed, she posted it online and wondered if there would be others who would connect with the idea.
Three people wrote her back. OK, one of the three was an unsolicited not suitable for work picture. That doesn't count.
She had some interesting discussions with the other 2 and ultimately one of them said, "We should meet." He sent her a URL where his story and resume were. http://www.xxxxxxxxx.com/name The woman looked at his information and then decided to find out what the root URL was. The front page featured a group of people she would not have actively sought association with so she answered the man, "I don't think this will go anywhere. You seem to run in different philosophical circles than I do."
The man replied, "HOW will you know, if we don't ever meet to find out?" And he had her at that logic.
They met, he spilled his mocha all over her silk jacket on the first meeting, but got on well enough that they had subsequent dates. They've now been married over 18 years. The power of the word How.