The Magic of Dreaming Big

How many of you have dumbed yourself down because you have been battered into submission by all your past experiences?

How many of you have dumbed yourself down because of other people around you telling you, you will never make it? (who do you think you are?)

How many of you have dumbed yourself down and just ‘settled for’ because life is not so bad?

How is it that you are now living a life of constant negative emotions, surrounded by negative people, in a negative world and you have just given up on your dreams?

Are you constantly making excuses why you cannot, will not, and must no longer go after those ideas, dreams and visions you had for your life because that’s just how it is? It is too late, I am too old, I have missed my opportunity in life…

How do you think that is affecting your health? Do you have any idea how much damage you are doing to yourself and those around you by the way you are just existing? 

It is high time you gave yourself a good talking to, grabbed yourself by the shoulders and got that fighting spirit back…that sparkle in your eyes, that abundance of energy because you still have a dream…a big dream…big, huge.

For a long time I let others control what I could be, do, and have in life as I allowed them to dictate too many things, some simple to the outside but with emotional scars that took a long time to heal. 

Things like holding hands in public, not appreciating a bunch of flowers, or other romantic touches. There were also other issues in my life where I let myself be manipulated due to my damaged self-esteem and the need to serve.

It took special circumstances, and amazing Lady, my fiancee, and honest conversations for me to stand up and move forward into I life I deserve…one we all deserve.

That’s why it is time to say, no longer let outside circumstances determine who you are and what you can do. No longer let other people’s opinions become your reality. No longer live other people’s dreams and nightmares. It is time to stop existing and start living again. You owe it to yourself, your family, and all those around you.

Of course, you are allowed to think big, of course you will have some setbacks…and a setback is a setup for a comeback, of course you might not achieve all you set out to do but, if you go after your dreams with all you have, you will undoubtedly be a lot closer than if you’d never started at all.

Yes, you should have big goals, regardless what people tell you. My friend and mentor Les Brown always says: “The tragedy is not in having big goals you miss, it is in having small goals you hit”.

The magic is not in the achievement, it is in the journey; It is in the person you become while going after your dreams.

Rather than look at all the wrongs in this world, it is time to take a stance, a positive one. Make a decision that your past will not repeat itself and also becomes your future. Start to dream again, get that spark back in your life. 

Remember, what happens around you and what happens to you, pales into insignificance, compared to what happens within you.

You are a powerful human being with unlimited possibilities, with a kind heart and a compassionate soul. Light your fire again, you owe it to yourself and your sanity. Your health is important.

Here is the link to my video about this article: https://youtu.be/R6Fp72D6BFg

Jan Robberts