Have we lost our ability to dream?
As parents, we tuck our kiddos in and tell them every night, “Sweet dreams.” 
Our parents did that with us. Their parents did that with them. It’s tradition.
But as we get older, does our ability to dream go away? Do we constantly need that reminder from our parents that it’s okay to dream, and that sometimes dreams really do come true? Cue the song from Cinderella here.
Yesterday I had lunch with a good friend who told me flat out that she didn’t know if she had it in her to dream anymore. She was exhausted. She was unmotivated. She was tired of hearing all of the “no’s” before she could get to that “yes.” She didn’t want to go home after being rejected by client after client and tell her husband that the money she was counting on wasn’t coming.
Nothing saddened me more than to hear her talk this way. It literally broke my heart.
It’s true things are harder than they were before, especially if you’re an entrepreneur struggling to make ends meet. Can’t speak for all, but for most. The economy is lousy, our homes are worth less than what we paid a few years ago, and that client you’ve come to depend on? Hate to break it to you, but it may not happen.
Brace yourself.
No one ever said that living your dream would be easy.
But if we don’t have our dreams, what do we have? We have nothing to look forward to. Nothing to motivate and challenge us. Nothing to pick us back up to try and try again. Just a bunch of empty days.
It was then that I conducted what I call a “dream intervention” on my friend. She needed to be reminded that her dream WAS well within reach, but that she had to work hard to get there. She needed to know that there would be some, or several, road blocks along the way to try and stop her, but that she could and would overcome them. And she needed to know that having more than one dream was okay.
Hey. Who says you can only have one dream? I have plenty of them.
We left our lunch meeting and I could tell that the dream intervention had done a complete 180 on her. She was smiling. She was confident in her own abilities. She was ready to make her next move.
Yep, sometimes a friendly reminder is all we need to hear we’re headed in the right direction.
So I ask, are you living your dream? And if you aren’t, what can I do to get you back on that road?
Hi, Tisha!
Love your blog! Regarding dreams, my wife and I have learned this along the path of entrepreneurship: “Big dream, big struggle. Small dream, small struggle”. I think most of us will agree that the first choice is is a better one. And, looking at it this way puts the difficulties into perspective.
To your success!
:)
Scott and Bozena
Thanks, Scott! So very true. I’ve taken some pretty significant risks in my life due to the dreams and vision I’ve had, and although I’ve had some struggles here and there, it was all well worth it.
Appreciate you chiming in. Here’s to your success, too!
TIsha