The Importance of Having a Dream
When I was much younger and didn't know how the world works, I had several dreams. Looking back, it seems like I dreamt more than I actually lived life. When I grew up I would be an astronaut, a professional boxer, and a rock star all at the same time. Realistic? Not very. Still, as a kid, I knew how to dream, and dream big.
Unfortunately, life has a way of knocking us around sometimes, and we start to view our dreams as foolish wishes. Some of us stop dreaming altogether. We just accept whatever comes our way. Our lives become gray. We adopt the attitudes of those around us as our own, and forget about the child inside, screaming to get out. We call it growing up.
Most Network Marketers, however, haven't forgotten the value of dreaming. You can hear it in their voices, feel it in their smiles. They know their dreams have value, and are not just wasted time dwelling on foolish thoughts. Their dreams are the beginning of something awesome.
Dreams present us with the overall picture of how we want our lives to be. They know no bounds. They are vague and unfocused, and because of this they override the critical factor in us that acts as a censor. You can dream about traveling to Mars, or having a love affair with a movie star. In dreams, nothing is impossible.
Dreaming springs out of that vast, inner reservoir we call the subconscious mind. Your subconscious doesn't know the difference between what's real and what's imagined. As far as my subconscious mind knows, I've been a member of Led Zeppelin, have flown aboard the space shuttle many times, and was married to Julia Roberts.
Emotions also live in the subconscious mind. Think about it; how often do we choose to laugh or cry? Sometimes, in fact, it's difficult to stop doing these with all our conscious effort. If we close our eyes and think about something funny, chances are a smile will appear. We may even laugh out loud.
As a clinical hypnotherapist, I work with the subconscious mind all the time. I've regressed grown men back to where they were eight years old, and crying like a baby. I've seen entranced people shiver with cold on a ninety degree day. I'm thoroughly convinced of the power of the subconscious mind.
Emotions and dreams relate to one another in a big way. Emotion, in fact, fuels the dream. If you didn't "want it so bad you could taste it," what would be the point of the dream in the first place? If you didn't believe that realizing the dream would "feel" so good, why bother?
As important as dreaming is, however, we must keep in mind that it is only the beginning, albeit a necessary one. In its vagueness, it lacks any cohesion. Without focus, it's powerless to bring about any kind of lasting change in your life. For that, it needs to be molded and shaped.
Molding your dream requires input from your logical mind. This is where your dream gets broken down into manageable chunks. Want to be an astronaut? First, you work hard to get good grades in school, take the right courses, etc. Then go to college, majoring in math and science. Join the Air Force, follow the curriculum, and you're on your way.
You can see how this morphs from being a dream, and into something else. We call these goals. Goals can only be reached after they are set. They can only be set after a dream has been conceived.
If the dream does not grow into something else, it eventually dies. My own dream of rock stardom died because I wasn't willing to do what was necessary to make it a reality. I did a lot of talking and thinking about it, but it could not survive with a base of practicality.
How do you discover what your dream truly is? Ask yourself this question: If money and time were not issues, how would my life be different? How would I spend my day? Where would I live? Who would I be with?
Dreaming is the seed. It's not difficult, and you probably did it a lot when you were a kid. It doesn't take much thought, only emotion, and a letting go of perceived limitations. It does, however, take much nurturing and attention to bring it to fruition, and to see it as reality.
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Thank you for the positive information .You know what it takes . Im still developing myself in many ways . My mind is the hardest to train but im getting there . d.brewer.worldventures.biz
Genesis 42:9, "And Joseph remembered his dream."
This is a comment on the power of a dream.
Briefly, for those not attuned to Bible history, the story goes that the founding patriarch of the Jews had twelve sons by four different women. One of these sons was named Joseph.
Joseph became unpopular with his brothers, partly, because he told them about a dream. In his dream, Joseph saw his brothers bowing down to him.
Now, Joseph's brother's were already not to keen on him. They suspected he might be their father's favorite. The business with the dream just added insult to injury. So they decided to get rid of him.
A convenient opportunity arose and the eleven brothers sold Joseph as a slave to a passing Midianite caravan.
What follows is years of suffering and abuse. Joseph was about 17 when he was sold into slavery. About the age of 30, He got the opportunity to interpret a dream for the King of Egypt.
In his dream, Pharaoh saw seven fat cows and then seven skinny cows. The skinny cows ate the fat ones and were still skinny. Also, he saw seven fat healthy corn stalks and then seven dried corn stalks. The dried up corn ate the good corn and were still skinny.
Joseph interpreted the King's dream as seven years of plenty, followed by seven years of severe famine.
The King, sensing the divine in Joseph's interpretation, put Joseph in charge of managing the prophetic dream. In effect, Joseph became Prime Minister of Egypt.
Joseph's solution was to create vast storehouses to store food during the years of plenty, to be used in the years of famine.
When the famine came, there was no food anywhere except in Egypt. Surrounding nations were forced to come to Joseph in Egypt to avoid starvation.
It so happens that the eleven brothers of Joseph showed up in Egypt one day to buy food.
"And Joseph remembered his dream".
Joseph is now the second most powerful man in the then known world. And now some 15 to 17 years after he dreamed the dream, Joseph watches his brothers bow before him, literally begging bread.
"And Joseph remembered his dream."
How many were his thoughts! How strong were his feelings! How sweet was his vindication!
The moral of the story is this.
Although, Joseph dreamed a God inspired dream, his story nevertheless reveals the mystery, and the sustaining power of our dreams.
The mystery is not knowing, where our dreams come from, or if they're real.
But deep down inside the dream has struck a nerve, a chord of reality beyond our comprehension.
This let's us know that our dreams are mystical, perhaps even spiritual, but real, none the less.
For, what man builds a skyscraper without having first seen it in a vision.
First the vision; then drawings and measurements on paper, then construction, then one day a completed building.
Joseph's story teaches us that years may pass. We may even forget our dreams.
But having once put a dream in motion by sharing it with others (acting on it in some way), it takes on a life of its own.
Until one day after we've long forgotten, something happens and like Joseph; we remember our dream. We recognize that we have, before seen, the present reality we are now living.
Dreams can not become reality until the "rubber meets the road." Put some tires on your dream. Tell it. Share it. Act on it.
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