Friday: Do you have a dream?

"If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a tiny one, but trust that it may be the largest one possible for now." --Mildred McAfee

Do you have a dream?


A dream that sounds too wonderful to be possible?


All great accomplishment starts with a dream followed by action. It is sometimes scary to risk taking that first step. However, it is better to take that first step toward accomplishment than to live in a world of forgotten dreams.


Maybe you have forgotten your dreams because of being caught in the day to day world of survival. If you are feeling a bit low, stressed out, or just downright unhappy, it may be that you have lost touch with that inner dream -- that sense of purpose.


All is not lost… It is just that sometimes the dreams get put on the back burner until a later time in life when we are able to begin to take those first steps to achieving that which is our special talent.


When I was 18, I went to college but I quit after a year and got married, had children, and worked. I still felt that something was missing. So at age 30 something I went back to college.
I was absolutely terrified. My hands shook when I first asked a professor to sign an add slip so I could join her class. I started out easy. I went to a local community college and took four courses. It was frightening at first but then it became a real joy. I learned a lot -- mostly about myself.


I learned that I could do mathematics -- till that time I couldn't do basic arithmetic without a calculator but I discovered the magic behind mathematics.


I learned that I could give speeches.


I learned that I could express my opinions in writing and be appreciated.


After that first semester I transferred schools and went on to obtain two degrees in four years plus some advance graduate work.


All because I remembered my dream and risked taking those first four classes.

"Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in." --Katherine Mansfield