In this Article:
1. Choose your dream!
2. Focus on your dream.
3. Believe in your dream and take action
4. Strategies to make your dreams come true
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle” Albert Einstein
1.) Choose your dream!
To be human is to have the ability to choose. There are times when we have to face challenges that seem impossible to overcome. But even in times of adversity we still have the freedom to choose! We can choose to be devastated or hopeful, fearful or courage’s, angry or forgiving… and many more.
Lori Schneider’s dream started when she and her father climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 1993. Her quest was to scale the Seven Summits, the tallest peak on each continent. This month, 52 year old Lori stepped to the summit of Mount Everest, the last of her challenges, and became the first woman with multiple sclerosis to reach the roof of the world.
Ten years ago, in 1999 doctors told this remarkable woman that she has multiple sclerosis and will end up in a wheelchair. Lori had a choice: She could accept the doctor’s verdict and crumbled under the reality of her illness….or she could follow her dreams.
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Lori Schneider
“My biggest reward through all this has been learning about overcoming fear and limitations, and sharing the lesson with others….Life is too short not to go for the gusto when you are given the opportunity….I hope that all your dreams come true as well.” Lori Schneider.
2.) Focus on your dream.
According to Marcia Wieder, well known Dream coach from America, There’s a different kind of energy, and so much more joy involved when you are moving towards your dreams than there is when you are mired in reality or trying to fix something. A good example is when you try to lose weight.
If you simply go on a diet because you are trying to fix something you don’t want (being overweight), you might find it difficult to stay motivated long enough to see results. If, on the other hand, your dream is to look good and to feel healthy, there is an inner passion that inspires you to do what it takes to reach the goals you have set for yourself.
3.) Believe in your dream and take action
What are you dreaming about? Is it to feel good about yourself; or to write a book or start your own business or to be in control of your life? What is stopping you? Some will say their lifes are too busy, they don’t have time, or they can’t write a book because they can’t type, or they can’t start their own business because they don’t know how to start or they don’t have money, or they don’t have a supportive partner, and many more! Do you allow your reality to stand in the way of your dream?
I have witnessed many “miracles” when individuals who once felt desperate and desponded about their situation, began to believe in their dreams. When you believe in your dream and you take the required action towards that dream, you release an energy that could overcome almost any obstacle. It is not a lack of willpower that makes realizing your dreams difficult: It is a lack of dream power (The passion that drives your actions).
4.) Strategies to make your dreams come true
- Be clear about what you want, describe it in as much detail as possible and write it down. Don’t assume that you know what you want: Get it on paper where you can see it.
- Get clear about where you are in your life and about what needs to change. Complete what needs to be done as this will free you to work on your dream.
- Share your dream with others that can support you, and let them know that you are committed to your dream.
- Prove that you believe in your dream by taking daily action steps to move closer to it.
- Practice to choose empowering beliefs and practice believing it by acting on it.
- Manage beliefs and fears which no longer serves you: Fear of change may be disabling, but you can use it to empower. It is a measurement tool that indicates the space between your old life and your dream.
- When obstacles seem un-surmountable, ask yourself: What am I more committed to, my dream or my reality?
- Plan your steps towards your goals. If you want to write but can’t type for example, consider taking lessons to learn the skills. If you want to be healthy and learnt that diets alone don’t work, consider getting a life coach to teach you the necessary skills.
- Allow your passion for your dream to be your guide when you have to say no to anything or anybody that come between you and your dream.
- Develop Integrity. Make and keep small promises to yourself to increase your sense of honour. Listen to that small, inner voice of your conscience. We tend to keep the promises we make to others, but often let ourselves down.