The Power to Ignite

There is one final special quality about dreams. Something we don’t really notice, yet is in front of our very faces. When we see others going for their dreams we see them come alive. When we pursue our passions our own lives light up like a candle in a dark room. It inspires others. It makes us stop and wonder, “What if?” When a dreamer… →

Less Wishing, More Dreaming

A dream is little more than a wish until we decide to take action. Until we bravely stand up and say to ourselves that we can achieve this, it is just a bit of imagination. Without our actions to bring it forth a dream is nothing more than a figment of our imaginations. Without the dreamer our dreams remain where they can never be seen,… →

From the Heart

Dreams. They are special creatures. Pieces of our souls that inspire us onwards towards greatness. Without dreams mankind may have never invented fire. We may have never seen the beauty inherent in a diamond. The mountains would lay unconquered. The ocean depths still a mystery. The stars unexplored. Dreams are no mere aspirations. They are what make us human. Where do our dreams come from?… →

Let’s Talk Dreams

Now that we have set forth on new adventures and journeys it is time we sat down and talked about this site is all about! Let’s talk about what we mean when we talk about our dreams. What exactly is a dream? Well that’s an odd question because it seems as if everyone has a different answer. When we discuss dreams here at the DreamAnvil… →

Undeterred

It’s the end of January, and things are not going as planned. I have already missed one of my target word counts as well as my weight loss goal. Perhaps you are in the same boat as me. Maybe you haven’t even started some of your goals. Maybe you think some are just impossible or not for you. If we want to achieve our dreams… →

Make it a Habit!

While it is great and important to have goals and plans to actually accomplish them, the hardest part is yet to come. Actually doing it! One of the things that has really made an impression on me was when I was just starting out as a writer. It was hard. I never seemed to have time to write and my skill at combining words into… →

Plan for Success

You did it! You thought about it and you decided on a brand spanking new goal for 2017. It’s perfect, it’s specific, it’s attainable and it’s something you’ve been wanting to do for a really long time. You are super excited to get started but you have a nagging question. “Uhmm. Now what?” Everyone has goals that they want to accomplish but for every writer,… →

New Year, New You

Huzzah, it’s 2017! With a change in the year humanity collectively seems to gaze towards a brighter happier future (at least for a little while). We make plans and set our minds on finally getting around to losing a bit of weight, getting out of debt or just or changing our entire lives around. We look to the future and we dream, yet year after… →

Everyday Blessings

As 2016 begins to wrap up I find myself home alone. My flight leaves in about 18 hours and my bed is cluttered with outfits and electronics and plugs and cords. All is quiet. The mess and chaos subdued. Moments like this seem so rare these days. It is a moment to reflect, to take a look back at the road traveled. The past year… →

Hope that Matters

Perhaps it is the season, this oh so special time of year, but I’ve been thinking about hope these past few days. What is hope? What should we hope in? This Christmas thousands of people will put their hope in a little box under the tree and they will find that their expectations leave them short. I used to not understand hope. Until recently I… →