i have been a "dreamer" since i was a kid. just as i am always coming up with new ideas for art....i'm always dreaming up new business ideas (sometimes for other people too). i wrote in another blog about my "brokenheart journey" and experienced something new and different for the first time in my life: forgetting how to dream. it gave me such a hopeless and dark feeling that i had never known before. when i feel in love....all my new and future dreams had my fiancee in the picture. when she was out of the photograph: the picture of my life was left blank. i was never suicidal or anything like that, but it did make me wonder if that was the feeling that led people to want to kill themselves. maybe they can't dream of anything positive for themselves anymore. all they could see in the future (even see for the next hour) was darkness? that experience lasted less than a hour for me. i knew that wasn't me and that wasn't going to continue any longer. she may have owned my heart for a moment, but she wasn't going to own my ability to dream. i soon started to regain old thoughts of "what i wanted to be when i grew up" and a flood of ideas came rushing to my head. it felt really good. with those thoughts and ideas-my purpose and all the things i loved about myself also surfaced. the "broken feeling" i had for a short moment was gone. i know for some people-believing taht they have talent or that they are gifted to reach for dreams they want can be very difficult. i had a team of people that help cultivate my security in me from birth: parents, friends, myself, and God. everybody has the right to dream. dreams are free, but the pay off can be huge if you cultivate it, reach and work for it, and dream in many directions (not just one). you never know at what time or where your dream may happen. you never know if your encouragement to someone else about their dream just may cause them to live that dream-come-true. believing in dreams comes so easy for children. being childlike at times is a great reminder that dreams can come true and that the world is full of people experiencing them happening all the time. sometimes getting what you want from life starts with a dream. having the dream become reality ends with taking a risk to get it, work to cultivate it, and believing that all things are possible with God. dream your dreams. live your dreams. be your dreams. by the way.....youtube susan's audition to get on the show. you'll get a better perspective on her final performance.
FINAL THOUGHT: i still have dreams of new adventures of what i could be when i "grow up". i never wanted to live a life that said "i have been doing the same thing" for 20 yrs or more. there's nothing wrong with staying with what you have been doing "forever"-especially for those people that are doing what they love. but for those who have only been feeling like they are living a lifeless-life of routine: maybe it's time to reach for the stars...even if it's just a little one. the one star maybe be a far as it looks.
QUESTION: what did you dream to be when you were a kid and do you have any dreams now as an adult that you want to reach for?
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