You have a dream, just thinking about it gets you excited, makes you feel more alive and hopeful.
And then the damn little voice starts in your head: "Who do you think you are? " "You're not ready" "Successful people are special, you're not!" "It's been done before, why even bother trying?" And so the dream gets buried in that space where fear dominates you, where you choose to do what's expected of you (or what you think is expected of you). Self doubt is the #1 dream killer because it paralyzes you. Your focus goes back to the overwhelming responsibilities and to the resulting feelings of disappointment, frustration, and resentment. Sounds familiar? so what happens next? Well two options are: 1) You believe that you can't and slowly even your ability to dream starts dimming and eventually you don't even remember what you wanted, what got you excited, what moved you inside. 2) You look fear in the eyes and say: fuck you!!! . You grab the beast by the hand and make it jump into the void with you. That void is where all the magic is found. Where all the possibilities and beauty of life exist. And now fear has lost its power, it's become your inspiration. Just like lead can be turned into gold, fear can become power and energy. The ultimate alchemical process. What's your greatest dream? What's your greatest fear? Let me tell you something. whatever you dream of can be done, in fact it probably has been done before. But the secret is this: It's not about the what, It's the who. Your dream is magnificent not because of what it is but because of what you make of it. How you create it. Your own perspective, experience, personality, how you connect with the world and how you communicate who and what you are, that's what makes your dream an irreplaceable work of art. You have to embrace yourself completely, the good the bad and the ugly! because that's what will make people connect with you. Who wants a perfect person telling them what to do? no one. So how do you make a dream come true? #1- You get yourself in a happy creative state so you can remember your dream. (How? music, dance, watch an inspiring movie, run,, it's different for everyone) Once you do, write it down, you must have a way to go back to it when the damn little voice starts bothering you again. #2- You have a conversation with the voice, let it tell you all the reasons why you won't be able to accomplish it and in the mean time, kindly laugh at it as hard as you can . why? because it's ridiculous. And if fear is creating the heaviness in your heart, the hole in the stomach, the knot on the throat, you look at your dream, everything you wrote on step 1, and then you tell the voice to go fuck itself. You reconnect with that powerful, creative side of you and hold on to it. #3- The most important step...TAKE ACTION. No matter how small , you do not go anywhere without first doing something that starts you on the path of making that dream come true. You make a call, create a plan, connect with the right person to make it happen, create a website, look for resources. Anything that will make it tangible and real. Go make the world a place full of magnificent dreams and magic. Check out our Living the way program, it's a life-transforming opportunity to leave the MUSTS behind and create a life you design. I'd love to know more about you, so in the comment section below tell me what's your biggest dream? (remember taking action is key? well taking ownership of dreams is taking action) until next time! AnaPaula and the four dragons team. If you want to be the first to receive our future posts sign up!
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