Where Have All Your Dreams Gone?
If you by chance died tomorrow and was able to look down on you life, what would you say? Okay, this is one of those standard scenarios that you hear every single success coach ask when they want you to take a look at how happy you are with what you've done with your life.
The reason I bring this up is that I had a near miss yesterday when a speeding car ran a red light. Usually when the light turns green I'm first off the line, but yesterday I was preoccupied for some reason. Okay, let's be honest – there was a really pretty girl running along the other side of the street and my attention was not on the stoplight. The car behind me gave me one of those friendly honks. Just that small delay probably saved my life.
So I pulled over and thought for a few minutes. If I had died today I'd be mad at myself because I haven't completed a good majority of my dreams. This was a real wake up call for me. Do you have to have a near miss for you to evaluate where you are today? Where are you with your dreams?
I've been studying the book The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles. In it he says ‘no person can be really happy or satisfied unless his body is living fully in every function and unless the same is true of his mind and soul.’ Upon further thought, when I got home I found my last few years have been troubling. You see, I'd forgotten to dream. I was letting situations control who I was rather than creating the events that I really want. It may sound like nitpicking, but it’s very different. You see in the first situation, life just goes round and round. You settle for a boring life and whatever life throws at you. In the second situation you are the captain of your destiny. Your dreams become reality. So what would you rather have? Someone telling you what to do or….??
Remember when you were a kid you thought you could do, be or become anything you thought? Become a kid again and start dreaming those big dreams again. I am.
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