If even one person on the planet has been able to live their dream, it means that living our dream(s) is possible for all of us. Remember tenogona – “yes, your dreams are achievable”?
That bit of wisdom doesn’t limit the range of what’s achievable – it doesn’t translate as “yes, for some of you, your dreams are achievable, but for the rest of you, not so much”; it’s a blanket statement, a clear reminder that for each one of us, what we dream of IS possible, can be done, is available to us.
So why are so many living lives that are much smaller than what is possible? There are countless, maybe unlimited, excuses we can use to explain lives that are not as profoundly meaningful, as deeply fulfilling as they could be. “I can’t because. . . .” can be followed by all sorts of justifications that tend to fall apart in the face of something I heard a speaker say recently – “when we’re interested in something, we do what’s convenient.
When we’re committed, we do whatever it takes”. The underlying basis for many, maybe most of those excuses is often that we’re afraid, and the fear is bigger than the dream. “Whatever it takes” does not include abandoning your family and running away to Paris to try to make it as a super model. It does not include rash and extreme behaviors that cause pain and leave you feeling worse than you felt before those rash and extreme actions. What it does include is an honest (not negative, not limiting) look at what you really want and why you want it, and the willingness to get creative about how to pursue what you dream of while continuing to live responsibly (whatever that means to you) and with the excitement of seeing what you want moving toward you as you approach it.
There are lots of ways to break down the dream into small steps that make it all so much more manageable and less overwhelming. And so many reasons to do so. Those small steps can be taken while you move through your everyday life, and each small step takes you closer to the dream So, really, excuses aside, why aren’t you living your dream?
Woman Rising Strong 