So, you have a dream.
Something that lights you up, makes you smile and gets your wheels spinning.
Now, what do you do with it?
Keeping your big dream to yourself is generally not a good idea in my opinion. You need to get out there and share it with the world.
This can be scary. Sometimes really freakin’ scary!
But it must be done. Trying to keep it to yourself and work on it in secret doesn’t let the dream get big. How can it expand and grow and blossom if no one knows about it?
Yes, there will be people who nay-say your dreams, who tell you it can’t be done, or laugh at you, or say we’ll see….
But who cares about all that? This is your DREAM! You have to find a way to have strength in your own sharing voice. The voice of your heart, your dreams, your passions. The voice that is going to tell people what you want, who you are, and what you are up to.
The best way to build up that strength is to practice.
Get our there and start sharing with as many people as you can. Some people will get excited and will encourage you. Others will look at you like you have a toaster growing out of your ear. Doesn’t matter.
The point is to just share. Feel your own excitement, notice how it changes when people don’t love what you are saying. See if you can be excited anyway. Build up that strength to just share yourself and what you dream about. This is an important skill to have if you are really going to live your dreams.
Sharing your heart can be scary, I know, but when you do and people get it and what you are all about – that is a great feeling. Not only does it empower you to keep going, you will probably gain some real partners that will help make your dreams a reality.
I have a challenge for you….
Share your BIG dream with at least 10 new people this week. See what happens- notice if you feel empowered or if you shrink back, notice if you share your dream in a BIG way or a small way. Practice sharing from your heart and really letting go.
You can start here, in the comment section. Let the readers of Visionary Mom know what you are up to.
This, for sure is a safe place to share, an encouraging place to put your dreams out there.
So, go ahead, tell us, What is YOUR big dream?
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I’ll go first.. I have a couple of dreams that I am working on right now and one that is percolating.
The first is to live on the road in an RV with my family. Totally crazy, not sure how it is all going to work out, but we have said we will be officially on the road by this summer. I just love, love, love the idea of homeschooling our kids from the road – teaching them to explore to learn and to discover. Plus Don and I just feel in our element when we are on the move. We like change, it does good things for us each personally and or our relationship.
The second thing I want is to be a kick-ass photographer. I want to be able to take pictures that blow me away – that not only capture beauty, but also celebrate the mood, the spirit, the soul of the moment.
Then the thing that is percolating has something to do with making movies. This is a dream that I dropped out of college for and never did anything about. For many, many years I have “forgotten” about this dream. But, lately I keep encountering people who are making movies or I keep coming across short films that are blowing my mind. That film making dream has started to come up to the surface again. Not sure what exactly I want to do, something about telling stories, capturing who people really are, giving them a chance to be known and honored for their unique contribution in the world. Kinda looking forward to what comes of this…
I’ve always dreamed of being a mother, having a family and a place to call home. I have that now and I feel fulfilled for the most part in this.
There is another side of me though, a creative side and lately I’ve felt so hazy and out of touch with that side of myself, I’m not sure how to find it again.
My big dream is something other people tell me I should pursue all the time, other people believe in me more than I do it seems. I want to not only write a novel, I want to publish a novel and I want people to like it. That’s a very big dream and I have quietly kept it to myself, writing in spurts, in letters, in small poems and short stories. It’s a dream that demands a lot of work on my part, a lot of practice and a lot of dedication. It’s a dream that would require me to get out of my head, stop beating myself up with negative self talk about how I’m not good enough and just shut up and write. Perhaps your wonderful idea of sharing my dream with others will help me get back on track. I started a blog and haven’t written on that since November. It’s a goal to get back on that as soon as possible.
My other dream is also photography, I want to continue to grow as a photographer consistently strive to capture the god I see in other people with my camera and help them see it in themselves.
Big dreams.
That living on the road dream, seeing the world while teaching your children sounds awesome!
Sarah, I love this so much, I love you putting it all out there like that! AWESOME!
Lisa, maybe you should get out your camera and follow Visionary Mom for a year. Or make short films on it and put them on youtube…yes Visionary Mom should have its own youtube channel! I would post video responses to you on it!
My dreams include getting my family out of the city and into the wild! I dream of writing Some sort of activist type book and I dream about just being happy and content! I also dream of finding my niche in the natural health and wellness world. I am going to start culinary school soon which is me following a dream!
I wrote out a bunch of awesome dreams here, but then couldn’t publish it (trouble with google account).
The short version might sum it up better anyhow:
I want to live a life filled with art, beauty, and expression.
I want to help people become their bad-ass beautiful selves.. stepping into their aliveness fully head-on.
I want to mother my children so wisely and beautifully well.
I want to feel all the cells of my body tingly, open and alive, expressed in a radiant face, much of the time.
I want to be tenderly compassionate to those around me.
I want to love my life.