Dreams.

Dreams, we all have them. I don’t mean the dreams we have at night when we’re asleep and in an semi-unconscious state. I am referring to the dreams we have about our future and our lives. The dreams that we think would bring us happiness, purpose and fulfilment. The ones that kept us preoccupied during the day in the middle of physics at school when we needed an escape. The ones that were so vivid and which we were so sure of as kids. If you’re lucky your dreams don’t die or fade as you get older; they stay just as vivid and front of mind as they were before you were introduced to fear and the word impossible. 

But if you’re like most people, your dreams may have been crushed at some point by another person who had their dreams crushed or their heart broken by life when their dreams and hopes didn’t come true. If your dreams have been crushed, devalued and forgotten, I am here to tell you that it is time to start dreaming again.

I don’t mean it’s time to start thinking about your future, or forward planning your whole year and life or even putting practical goals into place. No, I am referring to day dreaming about all the things that make your heart light up and or your soul find purpose, the dreams that make your days colourful and bring a smile to your face. You need to breath the life back into your life; give your soul CPR through igniting your imagination, engaging your heart and going wild with your day dreaming. Day dream about anything and everything, small, big, shortterm, longterm, it doesn’t matter. Just do it. You owe it to yourself to believe in dreams, believe in the power of imagination and the power of wanting something so much that your heart will guide you down the path of making it come true. 

Be inspired, be hopeful, be your own believer and your own cheerleader. 

We all have dreams, deep down; some dreams are everlasting some change as we change and evolve through life. Some we know how to obtain and some we need the universe to guide us towards because heck, we don’t know where to start. The first step is that, to start, by allowing ourselves to go there and dare to dream without fear, without the thought that it’s impossible or what others will think. With the courage to comprimise and even sacrifice our day to day comfort for a dream that makes us fall in love with our lives. 

I know this can be hard, as adults we don’t really have time to daydream, or when we do we quickly refer to logic and practicality. Screw logic and practicality. They never make your heart dance. But we’ve all been there as children, we’ve all had a dream; so we can go back to that place and start creating a world of dreams and hopes if we want to. I know I struggle with doing so because I’ve let fear, ego, pain, worry and logic take control of my thought process. I’ve closed the door on my heart taking me on a wild day dream, because for years now I’ve been surrounded by people and or environments who are taught to follow a system. Get up, go to uni, study hard, get a job to gain experience, save money, plan ahead, apply for real jobs, get them, work hard at them for promotions that may or may not come and invest your energy towards doing your job well so you can earn more and ultimately buy the lifestyle that you think you want: the house, the car, the travel, the nights out, the clothes the iphones and the list goes on. 

In this cycle of what society has defined as norm, I’ve allowed anxiety to get the better of me and I don’t even know what I am anxious about because really it’s all internal and it’s all in my imagination. Pressures I put on myself to do more to be better. Well all this energy has evicted the positive imagination from my mind and without positive imagination I can’t day dream for more than 2 seconds before I start crushing my own dreams! 

So I’ve put on my stubborn hat and have refused to give into this viscious dream crushing cycle; everyday I try really hard to find my dreams, my passions my joy. Everyday I am exhausted and defeated but one tinnie tiny step closer to becoming free from my own fears and worries. Everyday I dream for a second longer. Of course it will take time, your heart is learning how to dance again; but my oh my when it does dance again you won’t want it to ever stop. 

So what do you do? Where do you start? Well, first you take a few moments throughout the day to be still and as calm as you can. Then you give yourself permission to build a set for your daydream, write a script of what will be and look for a supporting cast who will help the star of the show (which is you) shine on. You breath and stay open to whatever it is your heart desires as you start digging for the dreams you have deep inside of you. When fear, worry, logic or practicality come in as the villians of this show, you say CUT- because you’re the director and you decide if the villian is the lead or if the hero is the main focus. You decide if you will give the power to your villians or if you will liberate yourself as the hero and allow yourself to find joy in exploring the things that make you feel alive. Everyday you go back to this space and you try to work on daydreaming just a bit longer than before. Everyday, you make an effort to cheer yourself on and ignite your heart. Sure enough one day once you connect with the rhythm of your her; you can then start pursuing your dreams little by little. You will see opportunities and signs from the universe inviting you to make your dreams come true. 

I know to some all of this sounds like cotton candy and fairyfloss; most people will read this and think “pfffft.. yeah OK. Or what a hippie, lifes not that simple I don’t have time or the luxury for this stuff”. To those people I would say that I know you’re heartbroken because your dreams never came true; so you think there is no power in daydreaming. But be kind to yourself, believe in yourself, sure not all dreams come true but all dreams give you hope, life and joy. The simple act of it, makes life all the more bereable and opens the universe up to send opportunities your way. Don’t let all the hardships destroy your power to dream. Build a world of hope and let your heart dance.

Love Always,

Miss Dreamer