Have you lost your ability to really dream?
January 2, 2010 by DianeCorriette · Leave a Comment
When life isn’t going the way that you want to it can be easy to want to give up, to believe that you are failure and to use even the possibility that you might fail to stop you from even getting started and trying. The thing is if you focus on the basics of what it takes to be successful you can get there.
If one person can be successful then we all have the potential to get there – the only thing that makes a successful person different from an unsuccessful one is the successful person kept growing and learning, they kept believing in their ability to become successful. They had a dream they wanted to fulfill and theyhey held the seed of their dream becoming successful and nurtured it towards growth and success.
You don’t have to want to run a million dollar corporation – maybe you want to learn how to play the guitar, or to save so you can travel the world for 6 months. Whatever you want for yourself going for it makes you a success. The key is to know what YOU want for YOU and to understand WHY you want it.
Why Is WHY Important?
It is so easy to work towards something and keep working towards it then get there and still feel unsatisfied. This happened to me quite a bit in the past. I kept working towards things because I read this is what successful people do.
Well knowing WHY you are working towards it will help you understand whether it is even worth doing in the first place. If you are working towards something based on your ego; for example
- you want to prove people wrong
- you want to show someone you are better than they are
- you want people to keep telling you how great you are
Then you are doing it for the wrong reasons. Achieving your goal will bring no real happiness.
It is important you WHY focuses on what your goal will give to you, how you will develop as a result of achieving it, what difference it will make to those around you and to others you may not know. Achieving a goal from a place of wanting to do something you have a passion for AND impact others is what helps you work towards greatness – because when times get tough you will be able to dig into your resources and keep going. Remembering WHY you are doing what you are doing will keep you going.
Once You Have Your WHY Dreaming Becomes Possible
People lose their ability to dream when their dreams don’t work out. When they believe “it has always been this way and it will always be this way”
When we don’t know where to start, how to start, or what it takes to get started we are limited from starting and believe our dreams are impossible to achieve.
If you have lost your ability to dream it is possible to reconnect to it. The thing to remember is if one person can do it then so can you. Once you can tell yourself that the first step is to get help. Whether you get that from a book, by attending a seminar, through a life coach – it doesn’t matter what you use as long as you use something!
This is the true nature of self help! It is about helping yourself to grow and develop. No one can do it for you.
Make Sure You Take Time To Connect & Celebrate
Working towards a dream with share willpower makes the whole journey very difficult and by the time you get to the end you are too tired to enjoy your success or you are so results driven that you move on to the next dream without even reflecting on enjoying your accomplishments.
So take time to connect to your life force as you work towards achieving any goal. Listen to your hunches because they can support you in making achieving your dream so much easier. When you consistently connect to your life force doors open, people appear when you need them, phones are answered and magic happens!
Also make sure that when you achieve even the smallest step you take time to congratulate yourself and enjoy the moment. Enjoy every step and the final accomplishment of your dream.
If you think you have lost the ability to dream I want to tell you that you really haven’t. All that has happened is you have lost the ability to see the possibility of your dream happening. You can begin to believe in the possibility when you seek out help and begin to take steps towards making it happen. No matter how small your dream if it is important to YOU then it is IMPORTANT so go for it.
What dream have you had that you have given up on lately?
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