Dare to dream!

One of the worlds most difficult things to do is to dream. Remember when you were young, how easy it was to dream? While you played, when you saw a movie or when you even just drove in a car. I remember a dream very clearly from when I was young. We used to travel long distance every December via car to our holiday destination. I used to dream/imagine being on a motorcycle next to the road and jumping all the water trenches next to the road as the car travelled.

So what happened? Well, many would say we grew up, others would say that reality sets in and other just say that dreaming is a wasted past time. I would have to disagree with these statements. I am saying that because just look how happy children are. No stress, no worries and they dream the entire time. Being a policeman, fireman, doctor or maybe playing a sport at top level, writing a fairytale book or even just playing on the beach. So why can't we have that?

I think because we believe that dreaming is for people that has resources to do so. This is a misconception. The other problem is that people measure happiness on how much money one has. Again, a misconception. Real happiness is reaching your goals/dreams. This said however, most of our dreams do involve having money, and time. But I want to let you know that you too can reach your dreams, even if you are dead broke and your dream requires a massive amount of funds to make it real.

So, now you're probably asking, so how do I do that? Well, the first and most important thing is to really know what your dream is and use that dream to elevate yourself out of your current situation and catapult yourself to where your dream is. Here is a few points I found works for me:

• Write it down - Harvard school of business found that writing down your dreams already plants the seed to get your mind into solution mode. Also 97% of people writing down their dreams actually achieve them. 100% of people that don't write them down, don't!
• Live you dream - Not necessarily physically live it, but really put your dream in your heart. I found by sitting down on the beach and really "feel" how it would be to have my dream, is my way of living it.
• Understand the real why - Communicate your dream to your partner. Let them communicate their dream to you. However, really understand why they want the dream and what it will mean to them to have that dream in their lives.
•  Affirm your dream list. Read it every morning. By doing so you put the dream in your heart and sub-conscience mind.

I have found that these points really gives you the 'fire in the belly' desire to reach your dreams. But, by not putting an action plan together on reaching them, these steps will mean nothing and your dreams will stay just that, dreams.

So put your action plan together and change your dreams into life goals. We all deserve happiness!!

Regards
Dirk