Make Your Dreams a Reality
I loved that movie!!!!!!!!! I need some time away from the computer so I am sharing this absolutely wonderful post from Lance over at The Jungle of Life. It is all about giving your dreams wings! I guess that means stopping to look around which I am doing today. I hope you enjoy the post as much as I did when I read it for the first time & each time after that. And just for future reference, I love sharing other people's posts if they speak to me so I have been doing that & will continue in the future. Not all of us get to the many wonderful blogs out there so I always want to share things that touch me. If you have read them already, please enjoy again.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain
“If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
“It’s the wrong time.”
“It costs too much.”
“There’s another commitment I have.”
“I’ll do it when I retire.”
Have you ever said a statement like this to yourself before? A statement to give yourself permission to put off doing something?
Goals. Dreams. Aspirations. They live in you. They live in me.
Still…have you ever let those dreams, those big audacious goals slip?
I have. Maybe you have, too.
I started to think about this recently.
“It’s too cold outside today.”
A cold Wisconsin day, although warmer than we’d had in weeks. Twenty degrees (Fahrenheit) outside. Supposed to have been nearly twice that. Should I go outside running? Or should I just skip it? After all, there would be warmer days soon. And if I skip it, then I could watch a little more of the football game.
What motivates us to keep on forging forward?
Deep down, I have a real desire to live a healthy lifestyle. It’s a big goal, one that on some days I really “get”, and then on other days, I don’t. Maybe you have experienced that with some of your own goals and dreams, too. Moments where it all comes together beautifully, and others where you take a few steps away from these dreams you have.
All of this bounced around in my head. I have choices.
I put on a sweatshirt and wind pants, and headed out.
What do you do, even when it’s not the “ideal” conditions? And is it ever perfectly “ideal”?
A cold and gray afternoon. And I ran. It wasn’t long until I was rolling the sleeves up on my sweatshirt. I warmed up and really settled into my stride. The crisp air heightened my senses – I noticed everything around me. I arrived home, not tired and cold. I arrived home refreshed and renewed! What a great feeling to have been out there, especially when I first had thoughts of skipping it, and to have come back home with that feeling of bursting excitement over it all.
Those things that matter, those things that speak to our heart, those big audacious dreams…
They are so worth rolling our sleeves up for.
They are so worth going after, even in less than ideal circumstances.
Life is in the choices we make.
Choose to give your dreams wings…
(Note from Stacey: When you choose to give your dreams wings, no matter the outcome, that is feel-good living. Thanks, Lance for sharing your message here today.) Lance was guest posting for Stacey & so she added this comment.
When was the last time you stopped to "look around" and smell the roses?
Categories: Feel Good,Motivation/Support,Happiness,Inspiration,Inspirational Quotes
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I really like this! I am one of the only people I know who literally stops to smell the roses (and other flowers) on a regular basis and I endeavor to do that in all of life too.
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Hi Jody,
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am deeply honored and touched by your wonderful introduction into this.
And these are great questions you pose at the end. I do hope that I am doing things to make my dreams into reality. Some days I think that I am. And then...there are other days, when it feels like I've held myself back a bit too much. Your questions today have me thinking about this more deeply and what I can do to really pursue what's in my heart...
Anyway, thanks again for sharing this, and adding some very wonderful thoughts of your own.
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ok slightly off topic but I can not resist sharing that when I owned my training studio GUESS WHO TRAINED MATTHEW B when he visited chapel hill?
love ferris
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i loved "ferris bueller" too! that was a great line.
sadly, your post brought up some of my bad traits. first, i'm envious of people who even know what their dreams are. i'm not even sure what mine is/are. and second, i'm often too busy thinking about 'the next thing' that i often fail to live in the moment. *sigh* two things i need to work on.
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“If one advances confidently in the direction of one’s dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
You will also catch a lot of crap from less confident people
Dr. J
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Thank you for sharing this with all of us. It really is so insightful. I know at times we all tend to get wrapped up in other things and sometimes forget about taking the time out to really appreciate what is around us. What a great reminder!
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Awesome post! I'm all about dreams but making them come true has always been a challenge for me. I've let people control my life and I haven't just lived for me and for what I want. You could say I'm working on it! I've got a few goals set this year that would be amazing if I accomplished. I know I can I just have to stay focused and believe in myself.
Thanks for sharing!
Jen
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I think dreams can come true! But a lot of times I'm too scared or too insecure to make them happen. But I'm learning that when you want something bad enough, you can do it!
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"Dreams are nothing more than a TV program, unless your chin is high, your shoes are tied, and your feet are moving"
Me
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I'm taking time every day to stop and look around, which is why I'm woefully behind on blog reading.
Have an awesome and adventuresome weekend!
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