Greetings Peeps,
My post a couple of days ago got me thinking about something. What is the difference between dreaming the dream and living the dream? After some careful consideration I came to following conclusions.
I think that dreaming it and living it are both important parts of a dream. Dreaming it is the foresight, determination and passion that are necessary to get the ball rolling. It is the ability to believe that your dream is a possibility which usually involves seeing past present circumstances.
Living the dream is the part of the process that happens once the dream has been set in motion. Living it takes courage, resilience and gratitude. Living it is going with the flow of where the dream takes you and sometimes requires letting go of some of the vision from the dreaming stage. Letting go of it not because it is impossible but letting go of it because the river has taken you to other possibilities.
Before I moved, I believed I would arrive here, settle in, have a job within weeks and be living in a land I love with financial freedom to boot. Well, it hasn't happened quite like that. The thing is if I had thought it would take months to find even part time employment, I'm not sure I would've made the move. The fear of financial instability would've paralyzed me from living my dream. That's why I think dreaming the dream is as important as living it.
There is an old Suzy Bogguss song, "Hey Cinderella" that I think illustrates my point. A line from the chorus goes, "Hey Cinderella, maybe you could help us out, does the shoe fit you now?" And although there seems to be some snark intended in the song, maybe the shoe doesn't fit now. Perhaps Cinderella and Prince Charming have 3 great kids and Cinderella's feet are too wide to fit into her glass slipper. However maybe having kids has been even better than wearing a glass slipper. Dreaming the dream and then living it.
Until next time...
Peace, Love & Dream Big,
Hope
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