Chasing A Dream

When we make up our minds to do something, whether it's to become a better shooter, get stronger, lose weight, promote to another position, etc, we are excited about what's going to happen. We are excited about reaching our goal. We are even visualize part of the journey, but mostly how life will be and feel once we reach our goal. And in all that excitement, often times we feel like it will happen rather quickly! We know it won't happen over night, but we also don't think that it will take too long. We treat our goals and aspirations like they are a 200 yard dash instead of a marathon... and that's when we get in trouble.

We don't have small dreams, so why would the work associated be small?

We don't have small wants, so how can we expect that the process be short? 

When we have set expectations regarding accomplishing our dreams, we sometimes are faced with disappointment. Why? Because we don't really know what to expect. We haven't been in this situation before. We have to prepare for the unknown. We have to prepare for physical, mental, or emotional setbacks. We don't know (depending on our dreams/goals) the climate of our surroundings, so we don't know how it will effect our progress. 

When we set ourselves up for a quick, effortless, no drama, no roadblocks kind of process, we actually are setting ourselves up for disappointment. We must know that when chasing our dreams, there will be miles and miles that we have to run. Meaning... work and more work that has to be completed. Without that understanding, we may stop before we get to the finish line. And that will be another dream chased, but never caught. 

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