Sparkles and
Rascals
Well this week
has been a considerably difficult week in terms of this column, purely for the
reason that my mind is overflowing with topics I want to share with you. What is top of the ‘ever ready to over flow’
list of topic possibilities is the magical subject of dreams. I read somewhere, many moons ago, that dreams
have a shelf life and if ‘it’ is only a dream without taking action to bring
‘it’ to life, it will go stale and will eventually be removed from the shelf
all together, facing the looming threat of discontinuation.
Can you remember that magical moment the
first time you dreamt the dream? That
moment before worry, self-doubt and fear took over? We have all lived in that moment at some
point in our life, briefly even for some.
Writer Carrie Wilkerson once wrote, “Your only limitation is how much action
you are willing to take”.Ultimately, the life or death of your dream lies in
your own hands.There is a very popular saying, “If you can dream it, you can
achieve it”. Well the problem that I am
constantly faced with concerning this, often proclaimed quote, is that my
dreams are not only big but often humongous to the point of irrational
impossibility. Besides that ‘little’
hiccup of an obstacle, there is the issue of my stubborn determination.
Now
determination is generally not a bad character trait, however, combine that with
a pinch (okay...maybe a bucket full) of stubbornness and you have one of two outcome
probabilities: 1) A dynamic and award winning ingredient for massive success or
2) A dynamic and award winning ingredient for a massive downfall, obviously all
depending on the key factor, which is ultimately your motive and reasoning
behind your ‘full throttle, all or nothing’ drive force.
I have had the
pleasure of experiencing both of these dramatic outcomes as well as the sad discontinuation
of what could have been the ultimate, dream-come-true. Had I perhaps taken the necessary action at
the time and maybe checked my motivation and essentially, believed in myself a
little more, opposed to aligning myself with worry and fear, perhaps my magical
moment of the dream-come-true could have been achieved. Me being the Bohemian me that I am (The movie
character from ‘Me, Myself and Irene’
has nothing on my ever colourful,
real life drama - Me, Myself and I and Me and Me!).
All too often we sell ourselves short when
we look in the mirror, believing the negative illusions we condition ourselves
with. Yes the truth is that often the
action required to cultivate your dream is immensely challenging and to put it plain
and simple, very hard work. However,
once I read the following quote, my mind-set underwent a change in direction so
to speak. Joel Osteen, from Osteen ministries stated that, “When you have big
dreams, you are going to face big challenges.
If you were an average person, you would have average challenges”. Well....let me proclaim something right now,
literally on black and white, there is nothing average about me and I’m almost
sure that there is nothing average about you either. I adopted a ‘Paula van der
Lecque’ (from SA’s renowned house-hold name soapy, 7de Laan) attitude. I will
not settle for “middelklas en voorspelbaar” (middle-class and predictable)
especially concerning the magic moment of dreaming and the satisfactory and
proud eternity of bringing the dream to life. Yes the challenges are probably
terrifyingly huge, but as Joel said; “Big dreams face big challenges”, and an
honest truth which I have discovered is that a mere 20 seconds of bravery can
alter the entire course of your life.
Magic is mystical and dreams are magical and
taking action and perusing your big dreams will ultimately produce a
miracle. You (yes....I am talking to
you) are the sparkle between a dream and a miracle. So how about we stop
believing the nightmares and start believing in our own magic. Start expecting great things for and from ourselves. Maybe this week you can allow yourself to
dream big and be the sparkle not the dream discontinuing rascal!
Glitter
greetings (and all things shiny)
Bohemian B
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