Dreamers dream, winners follow through by @6aliens

Today we have a lovely community post from 6aliens.com writer and Give A Brick friend, Ben Lumley. Why not go and say hello to Ben on Twitter? Or if you haven’t already, check out his blog. It’s great! And now Ben, over to you …

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“Dreams are wonderful but they’re not enough” ~ Jim Rohn

A wiser man than me once said “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”

But what happened after Martin Luther King gave this speech? What if everyone who listened on that day walked away and never followed through? In retrospect, the power of that speech wasn’t just about the words King used but in the galvenising of a people who went out and took action to make it real.

Dreams are truly amazing things that some people never have or that they hide away because they don’t want others around them to feel insecure. In the words of Marianne Williamson…

“There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”

Jim Rohn said, “dreams are wonderful but they’re not enough”. If you want to live the life you want to have, manifest the things you want to happen for you and your loved one; you have to follow through. There’s no winning without running the race. There’s no point in being on the starting line and wishing a victory to happen.

The problem is we’re conditioned into believing that we need to live a prescribed life and that it needs to not involve our dreams and ambitions. I’m here to tell you that that’s garbage. You were born to live the life you want to lead and fulfil the dreams you want to have for you and your loved ones.

But you can’t just hope they happen. You need to truly decide on what you want and go full tilt at it until you get where you want to be. You need your dream to galvenise you into action so that the fear of failure and rejection isn’t sometime that affects you. Go after your dreams and create your own legacy.

I learnt a great lesson once from a great man. He said if you want motivation to chase the dreams you’ve been having then imagine what people say at your funeral when you’re gone. What do you want to happen when you slip of this earth? For a few to turn up and say some nice words or would you rather lots of people came to speak so fondly and passionately about you that you’re legacy lives on in them for years to come.

Go chase your dream and make it happen.