DREAMS: WHAT DOES YOUR BEST LIFE LOOK LIKE

Do you dream? At night while sleeping? During the day while sitting in a meeting?

DREAMS ARE IMPORTANT

If we don’t dream, then what do we have to look forward to?

Dreaming is a fundamental part of being human. We were created with a mind that can imagine great things. We can imagine beautiful places to explore. Or we can imagine scenic vistas shared with those we love. Dreams are what helps us keep moving forward when we are in a dark place in our lives. To spend time dreaming means we have hope for our future.

Have you ever sat down and thought about your best life? What would it be like? What would you do each day, who would you interact with?

Have you ever dreamed of a life filled with joy and love and happiness? Or a life filled with travel and adventures. Maybe your ambition is to live in a small town you grew up in enjoying a simpler life than what you have now.

ALLOW YOURSELF TO DREAM

Do you allow yourself to dream? I know people that don’t let their minds wander. Don’t be afraid of dreaming. Don’t be scared of what comes up when you allow your mind to wander. Then write down and pursue one tiny step towards that desire each day.

If you aspire to travel somewhere that you have never been, write it down. Then spend a couple of minutes looking online for information about that place. Write it down.

WRITE IT DOWN

Have you noticed a trend? Dreams, like goals, require you to commit them to paper.

Write down five things that you dream about what it would take to be, do, or have your best life.
Write down three big, bold, audacious goals. Goals that make you feel a little flutter in your stomach to write it.
Looking at your five dreams, write down one tiny step you can take today to get you a step closer to achieving that intent.
Write your dreams down every day.
Take one tiny step a day to living your best life dream.

DON’T BE AFRAID

Hopefully, you didn’t let fear creep in and stop you from writing down your goals. We’ve talked a great deal about fear and ways to overcome it. Some links to previous posts are linked below.

Don’t be afraid to write down your thoughts and ideas for your best life. Dreaming harms no one. Not allowing yourself to achieve your wildest imaginations harms you and potentially society. Please take a brave step and write them down.

DON’T SHARE

My final suggestion about allowing yourself to dream big is this: Don’t share your dream with anyone.

I know that this sounds counter-intuitive. Please don’t share when you are in these early stages of dreaming. Our well-meaning friends and family may not support your dreams. This next phrase, I say with infinite love. Our well-meaning friends and family will only support the growth that supports them or keep you small and in their circle. It isn’t that they don’t want you to be happy. They only want you to be satisfied in the small space that they have created for you within their expectations. Anything else they may support you on is on the surface, but there will be a price to pay later for wanting to achieve something greater than they can dream for themselves.

Share them once you have completed enough steps towards them that you know that you are on the right track. Your desire may need some tweaking during those initial steps. Tweak away, and keep working towards your best life.

BE BOLD

Please don’t let my advice not to share your dreams stop you from having them, writing them, and going after them. I just wanted you to be aware that sharing your wishes before you have gotten a toe-hold on them could be devastating to your best possible life.

Robert Frost, credited with the phrase “Freedom lies in being bold.” May your dreams be bold and bring you freedom.