Dreams are valuable commodities. They propel position us for the future. They give us energy. They make us enthusiastic. Everyone ought to have a dream. But what if you’re not sure whether you have a dream you want to pursue? Sometimes not all dreams that can be achieved. Let’s face it. Dreams can be positive or negative. Others have dreams but lose hope and set them aside
To achieve the future you want, you must identify what you really want to do and then work on your dream. Don't just daydream about what you want, identify it, plan how to achieve it, and then act on your dream. That is the path to the success you want.
Some people know just exactly what they want to do when they grow up and it doesn't change. Others of us are much more mercurial and scatter our efforts in many directions as things catch our attention. Sure, it's fun and there are a lot of great experiences that we can live as a result of going off in so many directions.
•Your Instinct
When we talk about dreams then we also take a look at instinct, you must be able to trust your instinct at all time. Don’t expect to be able to work out what your dream is overnight but you’ll get there. In fact, you probably know what your dream is already; you just need to get back in touch with your natural instincts on this one. That’s right, now’s the time to trust your instincts, an old and vital skill that some of us have lost touch with. So why don’t they work anymore? Because other people have confused us and told us not to trust them. As a child, did your parents, teachers or friends ever ask you if you were sure about a decision and cause you to doubt it? If that happened a lot your instinctive knowledge may have got scrambled.
•Believe in yourself.
Napoleon Hill once said in his book, Think and grow rich and I quote “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve”
As for me whatever I believe I can achieve whatever I set my mind on sometime when I tell people around me about my dreams in life, they look at me as if I don’t know what am saying, but the truth is that yes I know what am saying, and I know everyone out there can equally do the same so why denied yourself the opportunity.
As soon as you start telling others about your new direction in life and what you're going to do to accomplish it, they'll start trying to hold you back. Perhaps it's just human nature. Perhaps they feel insecure and don't want you to change and leave them behind. Perhaps they're trying to save you from possible disappointment.
Whatever the reasons, they'll start saying things that can steal your dream. They are known as dreams killer. They will start saying a lot of negative things about your dreams, giving you excuses why the dream will cannot work. They'll tell you a thousand varied ways you can fail and as many reasons why you shouldn't even try
Focus on your dream and work towards achieving it. You must believe in yourself that you've identified something that is important to you and that is worth the effort you'll have to expend to make it real.
•Sometimes past experiences hinder dreams
Disappointment is the gap that exists between expectation and reality. We have all at one point in time experience disappointment in one form or the other. When something goes wrong, we say, “I’ll never do that again!” What a mistake, especially when it comes to our dreams! Failure is the price we must pay to achieve success.
•Lack the Confidence
When we talk about dreams then we also take recognition of the word confidence. It usually takes more courage and efforts to bring your dreams to reality and with this you must process confidence in whatever you are doing.
It takes confidence to talk about a dream and even more to pursue it. And sometimes confidence separates the people who dream and pursue those dreams from those who don’t.
Put Your Dream to the Test
John C. Maxwell pointed out 10 questions that can help you see and seize your dreams, below are his questions.
What’s the difference between a dreamer and someone who achieves a dream? According to best-selling author Dr. John Maxwell, the answer lies in answering ten powerful, yet straightforward, questions. Whether you’ve lost sight of an old dream or you are searching for a new one within you, Put Your Dream to the Test provides a step-by-step action plan that you can start using today to see, own, and reach your dream. Dr. Maxwell draws on his forty years of mentoring experience to expertly guide you through the ten questions required of every successful dreamer:
•The Ownership Question: Is my dream really my dream?
•The Clarity Question: Do I clearly see my dream?
•The Reality Question: Am I depending on factors within my control to achieve my dream?
•The Passion Question: Does my dream compel me to follow it?
•The Pathway Question: Do I have a strategy to reach my dream?
•The People Question: Have I included the people I need to realize my dream?
•The Cost Question: Am I willing to pay the price for my dream?
•The Tenacity Question: Am I moving closer to my dream?
•The Fulfillment Question: Does working toward my dream bring satisfaction?
•The Significance Question: Does my dream benefit others?
The point here is that if really explore each question, examine yourself honestly and answer yes to all of them, the odds of your achieving your dream are very good. I truly believe that everyone has the potential to imagine a worthwhile dream, and most have the ability to achieve it. And it doesn’t matter how big or how seemingly outrageous your dream appears to others if your answers are yes to the Dream Test questions.
Quote on Dreams
Wilma Rudolph
“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Dreams Quotes
Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
H. F. Hedge: Dreams Quotes
Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which, if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or a Shakespeare.
Marsha Norman: Dreams Quotes
Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you.
Dale E. Turner: Dreams Quotes
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born
James Allen: Dreams Quotes
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.
Wishing you all a wonderful season, see you next year
