This is part 1 in a 3 part blog series about turning dreams into reality.
The great American author, Henry David Thoreau observed, “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be, now put foundations under them.” We all have dreams, great castles in the sky begging us to ascend up to their lofty heights. But often our dreams go unfulfilled, we never reach that castle and we are left to exclaim as did the poet, “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’”
We all have the capacity to become great. But if we are serious about arriving at our castles in the sky than we need to be serious about the foundations we lay under them. Perhaps it is accurate to say that dreams are the blueprint through which the life we desire can be constructed. But if we fail to gain the skills, tools and materials to act on the blueprint than we can never expect our dreams to be fulfilled. Dreaming is a necessary step in the process but it is not the destination.
It is crucial to understand the difference between dreams and goals. It takes commitment and calculated actions to turn our dreams into goals and then into reality. I once read a quote by a man named Thomas Gaines that said, “It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty but action with faith is mightier.” When our dreams are combined with specific plans and a consistent diligent effort, we possess a powerful combination. We have the basic formula for greatness.
When you truly understand your dream in life, take courage and boldly go after it. The bridge between dreams and reality is built with hard and smart work. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Dare to live the life you dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.”
The great American author, Henry David Thoreau observed, “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be, now put foundations under them.” We all have dreams, great castles in the sky begging us to ascend up to their lofty heights. But often our dreams go unfulfilled, we never reach that castle and we are left to exclaim as did the poet, “For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’”
We all have the capacity to become great. But if we are serious about arriving at our castles in the sky than we need to be serious about the foundations we lay under them. Perhaps it is accurate to say that dreams are the blueprint through which the life we desire can be constructed. But if we fail to gain the skills, tools and materials to act on the blueprint than we can never expect our dreams to be fulfilled. Dreaming is a necessary step in the process but it is not the destination.
It is crucial to understand the difference between dreams and goals. It takes commitment and calculated actions to turn our dreams into goals and then into reality. I once read a quote by a man named Thomas Gaines that said, “It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty but action with faith is mightier.” When our dreams are combined with specific plans and a consistent diligent effort, we possess a powerful combination. We have the basic formula for greatness.
When you truly understand your dream in life, take courage and boldly go after it. The bridge between dreams and reality is built with hard and smart work. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Dare to live the life you dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.”
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