Dream. Dream big. Dream anything. Write it down on paper. You now have a record of the dream.
I can’t interpret your dream. I’m not a psychologist or astrologist or tea-leaf-reader-ologist. You can use a phone book or head to your favorite bookstore for resources on how to do that. I mean, I can try. I can tell you what I think, but I wouldn’t exactly put a lot of stock in my interpretation.
What I can do is help translate your dream. In fact, you can do that yourself. You don’t necessarily need someone like me to do the translation (although a nice nudge is always helpful!). When it comes to translating dreams, what matters most is turning the ephemeral into the Earthly. And that, believe it or not, does not require magic.
A dream is a thought. It’s abstract. It doesn’t exist in the physical world. It isn’t a real thing until you make it a real thing. The easiest way to do that is to write your dream down on paper. And I’m not talking about whacked-out dreams about soaring through the air or dreams in which you talk to the pets of deceased historical figures. I’m talking about the kinds of dreams wherein you imagine something bright and wonderful for your future, something that can actually happen in the world ruled by physics and other laws of nature. Write that dream down.
Congratulations. You’ve given form to the formless. Now it can’t just evaporate.
A dream on paper is a goal. A goal is an objective, right? Something to which one can aspire and work toward. A goal is also a destination. You get to any destination by traveling. You travel by planning and then executing. Travel, all travel, begins with the first step. A step can also be regarded as a task. A task is simply something that you do. Hit or miss, achieve or fail, it doesn’t matter. Once you’ve got a task identified, you can begin to see the way towards your destination, your goal, your objective. Your dream.
I know it’s not that simple, but…well, yes, it is that simple. Simple doesn’t mean easy, mind you. It just means that it’s not nearly as complicated as we convince ourselves it is before we ever even start. Don’t do yourself wrong that way…don’t sell yourself short. Stopping before you ever start simply because you’re afraid is a tragedy. It’s self-inflicted cruelty. Don’t do that to yourself. Don’t do that to your dreams. Give them a chance to live or die on their own merit, on the basis of your abilities.
Translate your dreams into goals, and don’t be afraid to follow the steps required to achieve those goals.
Illuminate Possibilities 