Set the tone, feel the joy, live the dream!

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On your mark, get set, go! Go on three: ready, one, two, three.  There are all kinds of ways to get things started.  We've been taught since we were little how to be successful.  Some individuals have found ways to do this, while others are still on their journey trying to discover what success is, and wondering if they will ever find it.

We've also been taught to go after our dreams, to follow them.  Never let someone rob you of your dreams, and never give up on them, we've also been disciplined in this.  However, why if we've been taught to never give up on our dreams have so many people done just that?  Why are there countless people who have simply rolled over and given up on the one thing that would bring them true happiness?

Well today I want to impart to you some of the things I've learned, in the hopes that you will be able to cut the time it takes to reach your goals, live the life you desire, and finally be able to say without equivocation, I've made it.

I've spent the better part of my life doing what I thought others expected me to do.  I've spent hour on top of hour putting the needs of others ahead of my own needs, and I would justify it by saying that doing for others is an honorable thing.  Serving others is honorable, but if that service is stopping you from being the real you, then might I suggest you take a step back and rethink a few things.  There is a reason we each have dreams.  Dreams are not simply something that we experience in our sleep at night.  Dreams are stepping stones to our own destiny, and destiny is why you are here.

I dream all the time about flying about helping others, just like Superman, minus the cape and costume, but none-the-less being around to help those in need.  Do I want to fly like Superman, hell yes, totally cool, and what a rush.  But I digress.  My point is that your dreams, those thoughts of what life could be like if you were doing something different then you might be doing right now, are there for a reason.  The dreams you may have had as a child to be an astronaut, or a fireman, or a cowboy, were they there for a reason, or was it simply something to think about?  Everyone has dreams, everyone! What you do with them is entirely up to you.  What most people are wondering is how to do it, especially when everything else they have tried has blown up in their faces.  Well let's take a look, and let's see if we can't shed some light on this for you.

Step one: set the tone, the intention.  Your thoughts are what become feelings, and feelings are what will take you to the place of dream fulfillment.  If you are constantly thinking about all the things you do not have, how in the world will you ever get to the point where you have what you desire?  The answer is simple, you won't.  Here's a simple test.  When you dream about having a Million Dollars, are you sad, or do you begin to dream about all the things you will do with the money?  It's doubtful that the first thought that comes into your mind when you think about having all this money is how rotten life is, and how utterly miserable it would be to have to have everything you want.  When you dream about doing something really magical in life, do your thoughts go to all the things you are lacking, or do you simply smile because you are feeling what it would be like to do something really amazing?  When you set the intention, or the tone, and when you can feel the joy of something, then you can begin to live the dream.  Some will say it can't be that simple, and to that I reply, it is.  Now most people have a hard time believing this, but they are the same people who will not be walking out their dreams, the same people who hate life, and the same people who will always be lacking that certain something in their life.

If you really want to live your dreams then begin by feeling your dreams, and by setting the intention that all you desire is yours.  You can create my friends, and not withstanding what others may tell you, you were put here on this planet to create things.  If all of this sounds like some crazy spiritual mumbo-jumbo then I will tell you that you have yet to accept the significance of you being here, the perfection of who you are, and the creative ability that exist in every individual on the planet.  I've said this time and time again:  you have not because you ask not, and you ask not because you don't believe.  Start believing that dreams are there to guide you, to motivate you, and to get you to the place you were always intended to be.  If you want to live the life that makes you truly happy, then spend sometime accepting that dreams will get you to the place you desire to be.

We've all chased dreams in the past, but we chased them because we never really believed they were for us.  Once you can accept that dreams are real, that they have substance, and that they are your own gift to you, then and only then can you begin to really go after them.  Given the option to live your dreams, to be joyful and happy, or to always being without, what option would you choose?  You can live the dream, but it all starts with owning that dream, believing in that dream, feeling the dream.  It may take you some time to come to grips with all of this, but in due time you will see that you can set the tone, feel the joy, and then live the dream.  It's time to really begin to live, wouldn't you agree?