Impossible…What’s That?

Part 1 of 2

As a young girl, I used to dream of being a big celebrity – lights, camera, action, applause…the whole nine yards.  I think just about everyone, at some point in their life, has dreamed of being, doing or having something special or really big.

What about you?  Go on, admit it.  Haven’t you fantasized about being the one who hits the game-winning home run? Or maybe you dreamed of being the homecoming queen? And how many times have we dreamed of being rich, or successful, or happy in our relationships?

So many times, we dream big dreams and entertain great aspirations. Yet most of the times, our dreams remain just that – dreams. And our aspirations begin collecting dust in our attics.

This can surely be an unfortunate turn of events in our life. Of course, as we grow, our values, goals and dreams change.  I’m not talking about that.  Those are good and natural occurrences.  I’m talking about that burning desire, optimism, expectation, and hopefulness that accompanied those wide-eyed dreams we once had.

Something happened along the way.   Instead of experiencing those exciting adventures in interest of ourselves, some of us deferred our own dreams in the interest of others’ dreams.  Or, we simply got caught up in the humdrum of living from day-to-day,  just barely existing.

When you were a child, you probably dreamed of running faster and harder than your playmates.  But guess what?  You can still dream of running faster and harder.  You can still dream BIG.  Life could be so much better, if only we learned to aim higher.

One of the biggest barriers to setting goals around our dreams is the word “impossible.” Most people get hung up thinking,  “I can’t do this. It’s too hard. It’s too impossible.” We dare not dream the impossible dream.  “No one can do this”, we say.