Here we are already in March, time flies! (you can say that again!) Remember discussing all your dreams, aspirations and goals, as we rolled into the new year?! How are you all doing with the things you set up to achieve for 2010. Now that it is well into the year, it is time to re evaluate those goals and ideas and see how we’re doing!
As we were getting ready to enter this New Year it didn’t matter if we declared resolutions or not, we still dreamed of a bright 2010. We have had dreams and goals we set out for ourselves, whether to live a healthier, more balanced life, travel, read, meditate, eat better, whatever those goals were, how are they coming?
Go to a mirror and take a good look at yourself. What have you done differently in these last two months? The New Year began, January and February are history, and what is different in your life today? Did you follow through on any of your resolutions? Are you closer to your dreams?
I hear people consistently talk about the things they want to accomplish in their lives. Those things can be done but we have to constantly re evaluate where we are, how we are doing and how we are making progress towards accomplishing those goals. Maybe it is time to re establish a game plan or come back to the drawing board a little bit?
Remember, We can’t just sit back and wait for things to happen. We have to know what we want and take action! Some people want things to simply “happen” for us just like in our dreams. Except that life doesn’t work that way. There are no magic solutions, but dreams do come true but we have to keep pushing!
Yes, dreams do come true. One reason why we don’t do the work to make our dreams come true is because we don’t dream the right way. We only dream a part of the story and that part is always the end. We dream of things today, yesterday and don’t allow for the time it takes to get there! Stay focused on today, yet keeping your dreams alive and they will transpire!
Imagine you have a book in your hand. By the end of the book the character will have gotten through the obstacles and be in the place we want to see the character wind up in; however, we start at the beginning. We start at the beginning because we want to go through the struggle with the character. It is how the character deals with the journey that is interesting to us. It is the struggle and the work that is always inspiring to us.
When we dream for ourselves we dream ourselves in great shape, in love, with money….instantly. When it requires struggle, challenges, going through obstacles and hard work, we get disillusioned. We get disillusioned because we just dreamed the end story for ourselves and get frustrated when it doesn’t happen like that. Remember this is a journey!
Your character has a complete story to live, don’t rob your character of the journey. Start living your dreams today and embrace the complete story. Just like we are not interested in end stories alone, we also would not want to watch the beginning of a story over and over. That is how we live our lives stuck at the beginning repeating it over and over.
Start dreaming in complete stories and start living your dreams today. As you go through your journey, all the parts are part of your dream, not just the end of the story. When you dream in complete stories you are living your dream every day and you are working towards creating the life changes you want. It is the struggles, how you get through the obstacles and the work that makes your life interesting. It is the journey and your willingness to move forward towards creating change that determines the quality of your life and your character. Start living your dreams today.
Make a commitment to put the effort into getting what you want. New Years’ is not the only time you can make a resolution. Resolving to make a change is something you can do at any moment, so long as it is done with a commitment with real intention and determination.
Do not let another two months slip by! Two actions and two months from now you will be on your way to a new place in life.
I believe in you! Take a moment to check in with yourself and see how your goals, ambitions and dreams for 2010 are unfolding!
