Dream big and achieve great things. That sounds simple enough.
But even the most frivolous dreams have meaning. Perhaps only person's life is touched by that dream-whether they are inspired, changed, or simply lightened-then that dream has power and meaning.
“If you can imagine it, You can achieve it,
If you can dream it, You can become it.”
-William Arthur Ward
William Arthur Ward's quote should be a powerful call to action. Dreams have tremendous power. They sustain us through desperate times and drive us through difficult ones and give us hope for the future. More important-they inspire us!
Where would human beings be without dreams? Would we have explored distant places or invented the means to travel to those destinations? How many children are alive today thanks to the dreams of doctors and scientists? What works of art lift the hearts of countless masses due to the dreams of artists?
In the end, so much is possible thanks to the power of dreams and yet so many people seem unwilling to free their own dreams. They shrug them off, ignore them, or reject them entirely-too difficult, impossible, ridiculous, meaningless.
But even the most frivolous dreams have meaning. If one person's life is touched by that dream-whether they are inspired, changed, or simply lightened-then that dream has power and meaning.
Be Proud To Be A Dreamer
It is said that in our society to be called a “dreamer” is actually an insult. In many societies, to be a dreamer was once a high calling. If we think of all that dreams have caused-from space travel to the creation of the United States of America to a polio vaccine-perhaps we can make dreaming acceptable again.
What do you do with your own dreams? Do you dare to voice them, dare to do something about them? Or do you instead spend your time finding excuses for why your dreams are impossible?
No dream is impossible! You have to believe that and you have to dare to dream. Otherwise your dream will be impossible, but there is no one to blame but yourself because you never let it become possible. Perhaps that is why so many perceive being a “dreamer” as something negative because they view it as a passive exercise, but being a true “dreamer” is anything but passive-it requires action!
How To Dream Big And Achieve More
Now here really is the crux of the matter and the reason why so many dreams fall by the wayside and are never realised.
‘A goal without a plan is just a wish' Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Dreams are just wishes until you act on them. Sure you may have dreams of starting a home business and escaping from your 9-5 job. But unless you sit down and come up with a plan to do that and then actually take action to implement it nothing will change.
If you don't take action then you haven't really decided. Yeah, yeah, I know you say you have, but have you really?
Going back to William Arthur Ward‘s quote we really have to change “imagine it” in to “believe it”. You have to believe you can achieve it. One of the best ways to instill that belief is actually to start taking action. As soon as you start achieving even small goals your subconscious mind will accept your dream is reality.
Yes, it is scary to put your dream in to action, it is scary to take a leap of faith, to risk yourself. Even more frightening is the knowledge that once you take that risk you will have lost your dream forever. What if you fail?
But what if you don't?
Don't tell yourself you are going to do it next week, next month, next year.
If not now, when?
So do not be afraid, you can succeed. Even if THIS dream does fail, once you've become someone that dares to dream there will be others. Once you've made that change, once you've become a dreamer, there is no going back–and that is certainly a step on the road to success!
So, remember to Dare to Dream! to Dream Big and achieve great things! But also remember to take ACTION!
