Making My "Dreams" My REALITY!!!

When I came out to Colorado in July, I came with the intentions of turning all of my dreams into reality. But then life happened. I let work, settling down into my apartment, and numerous other things stand in my way. I put my dreams on the back-burner and kept busy so I couldn't (and didn't have to) focus on them. I have moments of wanting those dreams to come true, but then those moments disappear when I focus on every day life (paying bills, unpacking boxes, working as a server, meeting new people, etc.).  Those moments haven't been a priority: chasing my dreams and making them a reality have not been a priority over the past couple of months. And, if you know me at all, that is definitely not acceptable to me.

Too many times we dream about things, but that's all we do... we dream. Why do dreams have to be just "dreams?" I spent some time today researching the meaning of the word "dream." Here is what I found from the World English Dictionary:

1. sequence of imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; daydream; fantasy (noun) 2. to suffer delusions; be unrealistic (verb) 3. too good to be true; ideal (adjective)

Hmmm, let's ponder this for a moment... Too good to be true? Unrealistic? Fantasy? Is that because we believe our dreams are "too good to be true?" Why waste our time "dreaming" then? If we replace the word "dream" with the word "reality," wouldn't it then become reality? I say yes. If we change our way of thinking that things are too good for us or are too far out of our reach to the belief that we can achieve those things that we so desperately want, wouldn't we reach for more? Of course we would!!!

For my entire life I dreamed about backpacking through Europe. Then, last summer, I made that dream a reality, and ya know what?! The reality was so much more than the dream ever was!!! I have spent the good part of the past two years turning several of my dreams into my reality. But lately I have been stuck in neutral, waiting for my dreams to come true, but not making them come true.

I have such a hard time watching people with "so much potential" settle for mediocrity and just go through the motions, yet lately I've been doing that myself.  I have too much to offer this crazy world of ours to continue to go through the motions and wait for things to happen. It's time to make those things happen now: to turn my dreams into my reality now. Seriously, what do I have to lose? Thanks to an old friend, I realized that I have nothing to lose, but I have everything to gain. I have the potential of being extremely successful in life; everyone does. Now it's time to turn that potential (latent ability and capacity) and all my dreams into reality.

My reality is that I will become successful in everything that I put my mind to. I will work with adolescents each and every day, being a positive, influential part of their lives.  I will write books to help others. I will get on TV and become famous promoting my books and helping adolescents with their every-day struggles.  I will travel the world and experience as much as I can in the time that I am given. I will not take "no" for an answer. I will fall forever in love with an amazing man and be the best mommy on the planet. I will be happy, enjoy life, and never regret anything along the way. I will dream no longer; I will live an incredible life that some may only "dream" of.