Shape Your Dreams
Our dreams are often large and grand. They stretch our horizons and push us to accomplish things we once never thought possible. Yet without us, the dreamers, our dreams would amount to nothing at all. This is why it is so important that we improve and build upon our skills while we reach for our dreams.
Our dreams provide a lot of services to the dreamer. They give us hope. They can give us purpose. They can give us a community. Our dreams can also challenge us in ways we never expected or even considered. Our dreams have the wonderful ability to stretch out our horizons and skill sets in a way few things can.
I recently spent some time at a friends house breaking in their new fire pit. It was a great time roasting marshmallows and hanging out. However there was a problem, the fire wasn’t burning very well. In fact, in spite of our best efforts it never really became the flaming conflagration we imagined it to be. You see we had built the fire pit to… →
Back in January people all over the world set new goals for themselves to achieve in 2015. They put down a plan to attain new heights, there were new languages to learn, or new exercises to get out and do. Maybe you were one of these people. You set out with high hopes and the determination that this year would be different. Before the end… →
Every year I am asked about those that have no dreams. What if I don’t have a dream? What if my dream is broken? What if my dream is lost? Life is hard and dreams are fragile things. Sometimes they are left behind, sometimes our dreams don’t work out. Does this mean that we are somehow broken or deformed? Does that mean we can no longer dream?
When I say the word “dreamer” what is the first thing comes to mind? Maybe you think of the artists; painters, musicians, sculptors and writers that have filled this world with so much creativity and beauty. But have you ever thought about the scientist as a dreamer? What about the architect? How about the doctor, or the pilot, the truck driver or the stay at home mom? Are they dreamers too? What about you?
Welcome to the DreamAnvil! Did you know that every year something amazing happens? On the New Year everyone in the world looks forward, trying to define what they want to do for the next year. Now that we have set forth on new adventures and journeys it is time we sat down and talked about drew us to this place to begin with. Let’s talk… →
We’ve spent the past month looking at what it takes to reach for our goals. We’ve set up our goals and planned out how we will achieve them. We learned to accept our failures and we began the first of our journey. Now comes the most important part. Don’t. Stop.