D. H. Lawrence
All people dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,
Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,
For they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And make them come true.
Don’t quit. Don’t stop dreaming. Don’t listen to naysayers. There will be times when you’ll be criticized for pursing a dream. You’ll join a hardy bunch who chose to wander off the well trodden path. You may discover, as you take your adventure, new pathways, new dreams, and new directions. Oftentimes the ticket for new pathways, dreams, and directions is only given to you once you dare to set out on the journey.
You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing. ~ Rene Descartes
One big difference between those who succeed and those who don’t is that those who succeed don’t quit. In Descartes words, “They keep pushing.” Failure after failure may hit us, we fail only if we refuse to to try one more time. Who knows we may get the dream we desire. Even if we do not get the dream we were chasing, we’ll know we left it all on the table. When we go all in we eliminate regret. We eliminate excuses. There’s no guarantee success will happen, but there is a guarantee it will not happen if we stop pushing.
All people dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,
Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,
For they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And make them come true.
“All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them.” — Viola Davis
In Episode 30 of my podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing, I awake from a nightmare at 3 a.m. My dream quickly turns into an emotional storm. M and I meet, I’m looking for answers, M gives me tough love. I needed it. Progress through grieving comes in stops and starts.
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NOTE: 2024 is ahead. What unfulfilled dreams do you have? Have you put your dreams on a shelf to wait until the right time? Now is the time. Now is the moment. You won’t find a better time or moment than now to ignite the fire in your belly to chase your dream or to embrace a new bolder dream. Turn your dream into an adventure. Let your dream light the spark that sets your passions ablaze.
O gather me the rose, the rose,
While yet in flower we find it,
For summer smiles, but summer goes,
And winter waits behind it.
For with the dream foregone, foregone,
The deed foreborn forever,
The worm Regret will canker on,
And time will turn him never.
So were it well to love, my love,
And cheat of any laughter
The fate beneath us, and above,
The dark before and after.
The myrtle and the rose, the rose,
The sunshine and the swallow,
The dream that comes, the wish that goes
The memories that follow!
