Monday, March 26, 2007
Manifesting Dreams
Everyone, at some point in their life, has dreamed of being somebody special, somebody big. Who hasn't fantasized about being the one who hits the game-winning homer? Who hasn't dreamed of being the homecoming queen? And how many times have we dreamed of being rich, or successful? Often, we dream big dreams and have great aspirations. Unfortunately, our dreams remain just that – dreams, and our aspirations only collect dust.
This is a sad turn of events in our life. Instead of experiencing exciting adventures and living our dreams, we get caught up in the humdrum of living from day-to-day. Rather than rise out of bed each day looking forward to the days events, we drag ourselves to our jobs, just barely existing.
But you know what? Life could be so much better, if only we learned to aim higher. To actually know what we want from life and to actually go get it. This would be such a great thing, that we would be happy all the time.
To be happy with ourselves and with our life is the ultimate goal.
The most common problem to setting goals is the word impossible. Most people get hung up thinking I can't do that. This is too hard. It's too impossible. Nobody can do this... Here is a giant revelation that when you understand this your life will change: Impossible is Just a Word! That word is used by you to limit yourself. You set the limit, you are in charge of your life, and you are responsible for your own actions.
Remember that scientists were baffled when they took a look at the humble bumblebee. Theoretically, they said, it was impossible for the bumblebee to fly. Unfortunately for the bumble, bee no one has told it so. So fly it does.
We all have listened to the wrong advice. Yes some advice is good, like “don’t play in traffic” and “look both ways before crossing the street.” Other advice was bad, like “we aren’t made of money” and “You can’t do that because your too (young, stupid, old, white, black, etc.)” We become limited from listening to the wrong advice.
Have you ever told your friends about something you were going to do? Then they all either laughed at you or told you it can’t be done, or both? This is dream killing. People do not want you to succeed. They think that no one should succeed, or become a better person.
Some people suffer from dreaming totally outrageous dreams and not acting on them. The result? Broken dreams, and tattered aspirations. If you limit yourself with self-doubt, and self-limiting assumptions, you will never be able to break past what you deem impossible. If you reach too far out into the sky without working towards your goal, you will find yourself clinging to the impossible dream.
Try this exercise. Take a piece of paper and write down some goals in your life. Under one column, list down things ‘you know you can do’. Under another column, write the things ‘you might be able to do.’ And under one more, list the things that that are ‘impossible for you to do.’
Now look at your list. Strive every day to accomplish the goals that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Check them when you are able to accomplish them. As you slowly are able to check all of your goals under that heading, try accomplishing the goals under the other header-the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’ As the items you wrote under things I could do are accomplished, you can move the goals that are under things that are ‘impossible for you to do’ to the list of things ‘you might be able to do.’
As you go through this process, you will find out that the goals you thought were impossible become easier to accomplish, and the impossible begin to seem possible after all. You see, the technique here is not to limit your imagination. It is to aim high, and start working towards that goal little by little. However, it also is unwise to set a goal that is truly unrealistic.
Those who just dream towards a goal without working hard end up disappointed and disillusioned.
On the other hand, if you told someone a hundred years ago that it was possible for man to be on the moon, they would have laughed at you. If you had told them that you could send mail from here to the other side of the world in a few seconds, they would say you were out of your mind. But, through sheer desire and perseverance, these impossible dreams are now realities.
Thomas Edison once said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing could be truer. For one to accomplish his or her dreams, there has to be had work and discipline. But take note that that 1% has to be a think-big dream, and not some easily accomplished one.
Ask any gym rat and he or she will tell you that there can be no gains unless you are put out of your comfort zone. Remember the saying, “No pain, no gain”? That is as true as it can be. I like the Marine saying; “pain is weakness leaving the body.”
So dream on, friend! Don’t get caught up with your perceived limitations. Think big and work hard to attain those dreams. As you step up the ladder of progress, you will just about find out that the impossible has just become a little bit more possible.
Be Blessed
This is a sad turn of events in our life. Instead of experiencing exciting adventures and living our dreams, we get caught up in the humdrum of living from day-to-day. Rather than rise out of bed each day looking forward to the days events, we drag ourselves to our jobs, just barely existing.
But you know what? Life could be so much better, if only we learned to aim higher. To actually know what we want from life and to actually go get it. This would be such a great thing, that we would be happy all the time.
To be happy with ourselves and with our life is the ultimate goal.
The most common problem to setting goals is the word impossible. Most people get hung up thinking I can't do that. This is too hard. It's too impossible. Nobody can do this... Here is a giant revelation that when you understand this your life will change: Impossible is Just a Word! That word is used by you to limit yourself. You set the limit, you are in charge of your life, and you are responsible for your own actions.
Remember that scientists were baffled when they took a look at the humble bumblebee. Theoretically, they said, it was impossible for the bumblebee to fly. Unfortunately for the bumble, bee no one has told it so. So fly it does.
We all have listened to the wrong advice. Yes some advice is good, like “don’t play in traffic” and “look both ways before crossing the street.” Other advice was bad, like “we aren’t made of money” and “You can’t do that because your too (young, stupid, old, white, black, etc.)” We become limited from listening to the wrong advice.
Have you ever told your friends about something you were going to do? Then they all either laughed at you or told you it can’t be done, or both? This is dream killing. People do not want you to succeed. They think that no one should succeed, or become a better person.
Some people suffer from dreaming totally outrageous dreams and not acting on them. The result? Broken dreams, and tattered aspirations. If you limit yourself with self-doubt, and self-limiting assumptions, you will never be able to break past what you deem impossible. If you reach too far out into the sky without working towards your goal, you will find yourself clinging to the impossible dream.
Try this exercise. Take a piece of paper and write down some goals in your life. Under one column, list down things ‘you know you can do’. Under another column, write the things ‘you might be able to do.’ And under one more, list the things that that are ‘impossible for you to do.’
Now look at your list. Strive every day to accomplish the goals that are under things ‘you know you can do’. Check them when you are able to accomplish them. As you slowly are able to check all of your goals under that heading, try accomplishing the goals under the other header-the one that reads ‘you might be able to do.’ As the items you wrote under things I could do are accomplished, you can move the goals that are under things that are ‘impossible for you to do’ to the list of things ‘you might be able to do.’
As you go through this process, you will find out that the goals you thought were impossible become easier to accomplish, and the impossible begin to seem possible after all. You see, the technique here is not to limit your imagination. It is to aim high, and start working towards that goal little by little. However, it also is unwise to set a goal that is truly unrealistic.
Those who just dream towards a goal without working hard end up disappointed and disillusioned.
On the other hand, if you told someone a hundred years ago that it was possible for man to be on the moon, they would have laughed at you. If you had told them that you could send mail from here to the other side of the world in a few seconds, they would say you were out of your mind. But, through sheer desire and perseverance, these impossible dreams are now realities.
Thomas Edison once said that genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing could be truer. For one to accomplish his or her dreams, there has to be had work and discipline. But take note that that 1% has to be a think-big dream, and not some easily accomplished one.
Ask any gym rat and he or she will tell you that there can be no gains unless you are put out of your comfort zone. Remember the saying, “No pain, no gain”? That is as true as it can be. I like the Marine saying; “pain is weakness leaving the body.”
So dream on, friend! Don’t get caught up with your perceived limitations. Think big and work hard to attain those dreams. As you step up the ladder of progress, you will just about find out that the impossible has just become a little bit more possible.
Be Blessed
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