Make A Decision To Dream Again
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
To Dream Again…
We go about our lives living day to day, going to work that 9-5 living for the weekend. Living for the escape.
What if the whole world made a decision To Dream Again?
What do you think would happen? As you read, my intention is to get YOU to realize there is more, My intention is to get YOU to dream again.
What Would It Be Like To Dream Again
Let’s go back to when you were a young child. What did you desire to be? I know it wasn’t an accountant, a waitress, a receptionist, etc. Go back to before you were told you had to go to school get a good job, before you were told there weren’t enough jobs out there, before you were told life isn’t easy.
For me my passion, although this may seem silly to you but hey everyone is different, I wanted to be a stay at home mom. I was never into working a j.o.b(Just Over Broke). I was fortunate enough to have a mom who was able to stay home with me, and I knew that is what I wanted for my kids. I also had a passion to travel. I loved going on vacations, I couldn’t wait to grow up and go out and adventure on my own and see the world!
I knew I never wanted to be stuck in an office or warehouse, or stuck getting up early in the morning just to leave the house and not get back home till late in the evening. I knew I didn’t want to get stuck only being able to vacation 1 week out of the year.
After school my dreams were crushed. I was told I needed a job or how would I survive. I didn’t know anything else, I didn’t know how to make my Dreams come true. I didn’t know how To Dream Again.
Your dreams may be crushed right now, you may have to think really hard about what it was that you were passionate about before you got stuck in the rat race. So think, and get in your mind that dream you had, think back to the bliss of your childhood, get the image, the feeling, see what it was that got you excited about growing up, and hold onto it.
Now, Make That Decision to Dream Again
What if I told you that whatever your dream is weather it be, Big or Small Many or just One, It can come True.
My husband and I are living In Costa Rica. We don’t have to go work for someone else. We get up when we want, we create our own paycheck, and we are able to do cool things like adventure and go see beautiful waterfalls!
And I am here to tell you, If we can do it…
….YOU can Do it!
And All it takes is a decision. A decision to go after what you want and not settle, a decision to say “this is not all there is”, A Decision To Dream Again!
One thing I encourage you to do is make a dream board. What do I mean Dream Board? Put together a collage of all the things you want in this life, all the things that you see and think “I would like to have that”…Here is an example.
My Dream Board
Make The Decision Right Here, Right Now…..
To Dream Again!
To All your Success,
Caitlin Russo
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