What will you do for your Dreams?

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So here it is – a rant a few of you have
heard me share, brought to you live,
uncensored and unsponsored !

How many of you have seen the movie “Up” ?
Cute movie. Unless you’re like me and get
something totally different than intended.
Here’s what the piece of paper I’ve been
carrying in my wallet for months now says;

“He let “things” get in the way
of his promise – his commitment.
“Things” happen all around us -
WE decide whether they get in the way.
The same thing that gets in the way for one person
galvanizes another to overcome & succeed.”

In a nutshell, the man promises to take his wife
on an adventure, and “things” kept coming up -
preventing the promised dream from being realized.
The wife dies – and THEN he finally makes the journey.

Do you know what circumstances are ?
It’s a word typically used by those who
have given up to describe the things
that have supposedly caused
their situation to exist.

So what if circumstances are never “right”
for you to take the trip of a lifetime -
what if it’s never the right time to embark
on the Journey of your dreams?

Are you just going to give up on them?

Are you going to say it must mean that it
wasn’t meant to be, and let the dreams die?

Are you just going to lower your dreams and
expectations until you find one that is convenient?

I know it’s easier to settle for the easier path -
I know it’s easier to find something that “fits”
with your current situation and familiarity.
I know it’s easier to fall in line than take a stand.

But is it worth it?

In your final days, can you be proud
that you gave up on your dreams and
ambitions for mere security and comfort?
Will you boast that you took the easy path?

I want you to seriously think about this.
Turn off the TV, the stereo, and whatever else
you have tuning out your deeper realms of thought.

This is your Life we’re talking about,
and you only have one of them.

And I will leave you with  this quote from Theodore Roosevelt -
and though it’s writing style is a bit out of step with how we
speak these days (watered down educational system – sorry)
know that the truth of these words will ever echoe True.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man
who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually strive to do the deeds;
who knows great enthusiasms,  the great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best
knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls
who neither know victory nor defeat.”
~Theodore Roosevelt

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