We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming—well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.
There’s a lot of talk out there about going after your dreams. We’re told to pursue our goals, to work hard, to make this dream into reality. But how do we achieve our goals, how do we turn our dreams into reality?
Not everyone finds a dream they truly believe in. Even less people take action to pursue them. There’s no doubt it’s a risk, but what dreams come easy? Here’s the thing about achieving your goals:
It’s really freaking scary
It might be accompanied by congratulations and high fives and bottles of champagne, but it can still feel terrifying, like you just boarded a train that you don’t know if you should be on. This is not a red flag. This is not your intuition arriving late to the party. This is fear at its finest, doing its best to pull you away from anything even remotely scary. And this is scary.The twists and curves you've encountered may have left you full of negative thoughts and doubting your ability to succeed.
In fact, you may be accepting your situation as fate and settling for defeat. But don’t give up yet!
To keep your dreams alive, you must avoid making certain mistakes. You must realize that you’re the pilot, and you can take charge of your dreams and fly to places you’ve never been.
Besides you’d rather go for it and fail than let it pass you by without even trying.
So take a breath. Drink some champagne. Try to enjoy this moment.
Don’t Confuse Dreams and Goals
Dreams are easy. They are free, too. However, dreams by themselves are just that…dreams. You need to turn your dreams into action. You need goals to make the visions of your dreams real.But with dreams, comes great responsibility. It is just not enough to dream and forget about that dream. Many people dream, but only some wake up and work for it.
It is essential to work hard for your dreams.
Without this hard work, a dream will only remain a desire in the subconscious mind and will never be achieved.
Set Goals
Goals are all about action. Goals turn dreams into reality. Goals change you and can change your life.Often, the challenge for a young person is to figure out what small steps of success will help move him toward his dream in the sky. Or, how to attach his dream in the sky with his life down on earth.
Hard work becomes easy when your work becomes your play. Never underestimate the value of loving what you do.
Finding The Right Emotional Support
Under normal circumstances, it’s hard to take action towards a dream . When those around you keep telling you to quit, it just makes it even harder.It takes a strong person to follow their dreams without support from a loved one. Those times when you’re feeling down and distressed, it’s good to know that you can turn to someone who is supportive.
That’s why it’s so important to be surrounded by supportive people.
But when they’re not supportive, they can fill your head with fear and doubt. This just makes it all the harder.
Never Give Up.
No matter what happens, no matter how far you seem to be away from where you want to be, never stop believing that you will somehow make it. Have an unrelenting belief that things will work out, that the long road has a purpose, that the things that you desire may not happen today, but they will happen. Persist and persevere, your desired path remains possible.
Never stop leaping. Never stop growing and desiring and chasing your dreams. Even when its scary. Especially when it’s scary.
