Tim's morning writing contained a particularly evocative phrase for me the other day - "the tomorrow of your dream" - and I began thinking about the life that our dreams have. Take my running. Its past has been a wish (to run a marathon) and one that never became a true dream because it was no more than a wish. Did your parents ever tell you that old adage, if wishes were horses then beggers would ride?
No matter how much I wished, the horse never appeared. Because in the past of my dream I didn't think it through properly, never truly believed I could do this thing, or would have the commitment to make it happen. It was just something I said to myself, that I'd like to do, but it never became a must. Dreams must become a must, if they are to come true.
My dream became a present reality when I scaled the wish down to a size that I could see, hear and feel in my imagination. Half the size, 13 miles not 26, and still a worthy goal, yet tangible now, do-able, sitting on the horizon of my 2007 vision, and oh so compelling. I believe I can do it, and I know it is mine for the effort and the taking.
Now, in the present of my dream, I can plan to enjoy each milestone along the way to make this present last a long lifetime moment. And the tomorrow of my dream is bright coloured with accomplishment and the knowledge that I have pushed another boundary for myself.
I needed the yesterday of my dream to get me to its today. Fully present to my dream, it has a life of its own and is right now flying triumphantly to its tomorrow.
jeni starfish
It reminds me of a quote you once sent me Jeni...
"Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare."
The very first time I dreamt of writing a book was when I was listening to a Brian Mayne audio tape in the kitchen.
From dream to action!
From action to reality!
And here’s a quote from it…
"It is my dream, my future, my reason to look forward and positive. And on the tomorrow of my dream people will say; You made it happen. YOU! You who were told it couldn’t be done!”
Sundown
Posted by: Tim Sundown | February 12, 2007 at 03:51 PM