Your Dream Life

     When is the right time to live out your dreams?  The answer is always, now.  We can't count on tomorrow because this is an uncertain world.  Every day is a new chance to live your dreams. Your dreams may not be elaborate or dangerous, but there's nothing wrong with a simple dream.

     Sometimes we think of dreams only in terms financial success or achieving some type of celebrity status.  If your talent or ability leads you that direction, great but for the rest of us it is different. Dreams change throughout your life and you may have multiple life dreams or goals.  As a young boy I was inspired by John Wayne, I dreamed of being a cowboy but that wasn't a dream it was a fantasy.  Later in life I understood that there is a difference in dreams and fantasies, although both have value.

     Fantasies can inspire your imagination but many times they are not based on reality whereas dreams are an achievable reality.  I can never be a cowboy in the way John Wayne portrayed them or a Star Wars character but the fantasy helps escape the tensions of life.  We go to movies for that very reason to fantasize and escape the stress of our lives.

     Dreams can do that and more because you are focusing on a goal that is attainable.  Achieving your dream is a way of securing your legacy.  Your dreams may be oriented toward a career, family, social, financial, political, etc.  We have many dreams throughout life and achieving one dream may lead to another unexpected dream.  All dreams won't translate to financial success some may be for personal satisfaction, which is just as important.

     Everyone won't understand your dreams or agree with them but don't let others rain on your parade, these are your dreams, pursue them with passion.  Age is not a factor in reaching for a dream.  Enjoy your fantasies but live your dreams.  "Just Saying...."