Following our dream . . . what does it mean? We are all seeking our path to happiness in life, we all have dreams, and our true destiny in life is unique to each one of us. Some thoughts about attaining happiness bring on visions of making a lot of money, financial freedom, big new houses, etc. We all WANT that, right? A whole industry has evolved around “following your dream” of attaining financial success which involves the marketing of books, DVD’s and seminars, just to name a few. I suspect this is because the lure of a dream of making money resonates with more people and will usually sell more products.
I suggest that following our dream is not about money. Dreams about money alone are just fantasy. Financial success is only a by-product of successfully following our dream. If one’s dream is about making money, my belief, is that they are unlikely to succeed and will be unhappy in the process. Money is only some people’s measurement of success, but not the true measurement of success.
Following our dream is NOT about what we WANT! Our dream evolves out of discovering who we ARE . . . through paying attention to our feelings, passions, words, and actions, and aligning those with our beliefs about who we ARE. Just because we may WANT to follow a plan to make money, doesn’t mean that we believe and feel passionately enough about it to make it work.
Following our dream is an evolving process which may require changes in our thinking when our actions don’t produce expected results, and when we don’t FEEL good about our thoughts and actions . . . it’s a journey that WE choose.
Whoever we think we are and can believe that we are . . . is who we will become.
Happiness is found in the journey of discovering and following our dream, and is not a result of the outcome.
Randi: In the words up above I find wisdom and love – gained from the hard roads less chosen. But they will take us is where the Lord promises us care and our worries will never be spoken. From one Dakota farmboy (Mandan) to another sc Pete’s bro