How to Live Your DREAMS
Ever
wonder why when we were younger our dreams and capability to imagine things are
so vivid as compared to when became older?
Children
imagine things as if they were true, they play roles of superheroes and
villains that appear so real to them they don’t care what grown-ups might think
or say. They live in this world of theirs that is built on their imagination.
We all once understood what it was like to live in this world of make believe
because once in our life we became children. But as we grow older and start to understand
how things and the world work, we started to part ways to what we consider
childish thinking. Little do we know or try hard not to let others know that
deep inside we are longing to become young again so that we can be free to
imagine and live in this kind of world again.
What’s
stopping us? It’s the system that we are all part of. As our knowledge
increases as we grow older, it was imparted in our minds that these things are
“childish.” This very system is the one that limits us without us ever
realizing it because we are so busy conforming to it. Little by little we
change our dreams into more “realistic” ones. Have you ever noticed how you
have your BIG dreams were when you were younger? But as when you aged a little
more, little by little also, you adjust these dreams of yours to the more
“achievable” ones. Until you’re left with the littlest of dreams which they and
you consider “attainable.” If you’re one of these people, believe me, the
system has already stolen your DREAMS. I won’t go deeper into this “conspiracy
theory,” for this is not what this writing is about.
What
I want to position here is the power of our DREAMS. A famous author by the name
of Napoleon Hill once said, “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and bring
itself to believe, it can achieve.” It was written in his book “Think and Grow
Rich.” A book he wrote after carefully observing and studying the habits of the
most successful people in his time, and compiled it into a book.
You
should not underestimate the power of dreams. If the dream is so clear to you
then it is compelling to do. You see humans think and imagine with pictures and
images and not the actual words itself. What does this means? Let me site and
example – when I say the word “hamburger” you instantly think or picture the
actual image of the burger (the sandwich with the burger patty) and not the
actual letters H-A-M-B-U-R-G-E-R. The clearer the picture/dream in your mind
the more you are compelled to do/achieve it. The body only follows what the
mind tells it to do. A wise man by the name of Henry Ford also told, “Whether
you think you can or think you can’t, either way you’re right.”
So
why do most people quit on their dreams instead of living their dreams?
