What are your dreams?

When you were young you probably knew that there were a million things you could do.  You may have said 'one day I'm going to be a ... and .... and a .....'  There probably weren't many doubts in your mind.  Now that you're a bit older, I wonder how often you still say 'one day I'm gonna...'.  How often do you daydream about all those great things you're going to be, do and have?  How much do you allow yourself to think and dream beyond what is already in your life?

As you read this you may be recognising that you do this all the time. In that case, fantstic!  All you need to do is keep it up and start to put things into action.  If, on the other hand, you're one of the many people who is so busy just getting through life that you haven't done this for a while, you may want to read on.

When we're busy, which if you're a parent or teacher you probably are, we often lose sight of what we were aiming for.  When we were young and free we had ambitions and dreams; but nowadays just making it through to bedtime may be all that you want to do.  One year can soon blend into another without us even noticing the time passing. All too soon we can be looking back over our lives and thinking 'where did that go?'

I want to urge you to STOP, whatever it is that you may be busy doing (after you've finished reading of course!) and take stock.  Today really is the perfect day to start to dream again, so start NOW. How you do this is up to you; you may want to meditate on it, write a list, draw a mind-map, whatever suits you best. But do it! 

Great questions to ask yourself are: 'how could life be better?'  and 'if I knew I was going to be successful, what would I do?'  What are your answers to those questions?

While you're dreaming, it's worth noticing the feelings that are going on for you.  Are you feeling excited, full of dread, or something else?  Be mindful of how you really feel and just notice without judging. You may want to write down the dream and the feeling, e.g. I dream of being a singer - the feelings are a mixture of nerves and excitement.  Or... I dream of travelling the world and  I feel free!  Whatever you dream and whatever you feel are perfectly ok, they're part of you.

One final step; put a circle around the dream that you'd most like to come true. Now think of as many things as possible that you could do to make it happen.  Then, last of all, actually do one of those things!

The wonderful Denis Waitley once said that we should think of our IQ not as our intelligence quotient but our imagination quotient.  Let your imagination run riot!

Have fun!  Lisa xx
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