Everyone's got a dream!

I love the line subtly placed in the beginning of Pretty Woman .." Everyones got a dream? What's your dream?"

Dreams are the proof of possibility! We have all heard “ If you can dream it you can do it!” Why then are so many dreams not made manifest and people left frustrated.

Here are 3 common reasons dreams aren't coming to fruition!

1. Goals Dreaming is easy! it’s the designing of the dream that takes work. It’s the goals that you set to get to the dream. People often don’t take the time to formulate, write and commit to the goals! Goals are the blueprint to the dreams you want to build! Goals require discipline and consistency! Are you consistently setting and focusing on the goals that are most important, the ones that are the steps to your most important dreams? Commitment to doing the things you need to do over and over and staying focused is critical and often where people fall short. Some people set goals, put them away after a few months and get sidetracked until their frustration creeps in and they realize they need to go back to the Plans/goals and start working them again. The steps you must take to climb and get to your mountain top dreams all start with designing the goals, for they are the steps to your dreams. You must make daily goals, weekly, monthly and long-term goals, always asking yourself: are these the steps that will take me to my promise land, my dream?

2. Distraction- Life is full of distractions, work, acquiring material possessions, entertainment, people, politics, crisis, are only a few of the common distractions that vie for our focus. We start down a path with our goals in mind and before you know it we are at the whim of the forces, faces, and factors around us. We lose our center and zig-zag through our days with occasional thought of our goals but more attention on our current storms or sunshine. Yes, I said storms and sunshine because problems are not the only distraction that holds us back from focusing on our dreams, contentment and complacency are also detractors and keep us from living out all that is meant for us. Have you settled?? What are you doing daily to be intentional with your time and energy, to focus on the most important things that will keep you on the trail to your dreams? How are you managing the distractions and complacency that may be derailing you from your dreams?

3. Discouragement- As I mentioned earlier, dreaming is the easy part the discipline and diligence is where the work is and then my friend there is the matter of mindfulness. Are you tending your thoughts and emotions, so they don’t take you off into a state of discouragement? As you work on those goals and the results seem to be coming slow or not at all, do you lose heart? Do you give up and give in and run back to distractions as a way to run from a sense of discouragement or do you dig into your goals and correct your mindset? Where do you draw a dose of faith when you start getting weary? If you do not have a well to draw from, I highly recommend first doing that work. The same source that gave you the dream in the first place is the source of all the faith and strength you will need to achieve it. People often just stop focusing and believing in that source and think they are the source and must make it all happen themselves and discouragement will follow (often) with that way of living. Now don't get me wrong, I am all for work and effort but lone wolves are best in the jungle and though it may feel like it, this is not the jungle and we are not wolves disconnected and alone even when we think we are. Tap into what you know as the great source of all good and if you don’t know what that is or haven’t found a faith , let that be your first goal because it will make the journey far less lonely and more rewarding I guarantee. I personally am a believer in a loving powerful Creator that is supporting and supplying my dreams. Maybe just try that thought/affirmation on and see if it takes you a step closer to your dreams. Make your own affirmations/ or memorize some prayers to fight off those lies and illusions we call discouragement!

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