Dreams Written Down

If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.                        Zig Ziglar                                                                                         

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.    Brian Tracy                                                                               

 In my handwriting on the top of the piece of paper it says, “mid 1990’s.” Underneath were written the words, “Dream List.” It was buried deep within a file folder in my desk drawer.

• Travel to Hawaii and surrounding islands
• Travel to Europe—Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy
• Tour the country in a Winnebago for a whole summer
• Rent a beach house for the summer
• Travel back to Banff, Canada
• Explore Alaska
• Horseback ride into the mountains and camp for several days
• Learn another language
• Fly without a motor like hang gliding, hot air balloon ride, glider, etc.
• To have work that I love that makes enough income to live comfortably

Three years ago I had achieved all but two of them. Actually my priorities changed and even though I had opportunities, I chose not to pursue the final two. I believe that it is important to focus on what we want, but I didn’t know the power of writing it down, until I found this.

Today’s gift was to give a friend a “dream journal” that I had bought several years ago. I intended to use it for writing down my dreams, but had never taken it out of the clear plastic wrapper. I knew she needed a way to focus on the positive and towards the future. I hope she will also realize the power of writing down her dreams so that one day she will be a believer like I am.

In Giving and Dreaming,

Robin