People are always talking about the dreams that they have. Not just the dreams that they have when they sleep, but the dreams they have when they are awake. Most of these dreams have to do with what they want the future to bring. They dream about careers, marriages, kids, life long plans, traveling, and so much more. Some dream these dreams for others and others dream them for themselves. And then there are those who dream the dreams for the world. They dream of a better place and of amazing wonders to come. But whatever they are dreaming for and whoever they are dreaming for, the point is that they dream. And not just that they dream, but that they dream with their eyes wide open.
I once heard a quote that states this "Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that all was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous people, for they may act their dreams with eyes wide open and make it possible." The dreamers of the day, the ones who dare to dream with their eyes wide open, are the ones who have the potential to make great things happen. The real forces to watch out for though, are those who not only dare to dream, but they are those who also dare to act. For it is only those who act on their dreams that get to watch them and experience them becoming a reality.
Now I haven't been the most avid dreamer. Don't get me worng, growing up I thought about where I wanted to head and what I wanted to have some day, but I also just lived my life and enjoyed it along the way. I was never waiting for a dream to come true to be happy, but I did dream. And over the last year or so I have looked around and realized that I am living my dream.
I don't know how many people can say that. Maybe it means that I didn't dream big enough or maybe it means my dreams were pretty easy to accomplish. I don't know. But the point is that, whether you think them to be big or small, I am living my dreams. Are they excatly how I thought they would be? No. But do I enjoy them just the same? Yes.
Growing up I had dreams of graduating from college, having a job I liked, working with kids, singing in a choir, going to the temple, having friends I loved, and so much more. I never really made plans or set goals as to how I was going to accomplish any of those dreams. I realized recently that I am not really the goal setting type. I am more of the living life at the moment type. But recently there have been days that I have stopped and looked around and realized all that I had accomplished and all the dreams that I was living. I have graduated from the U of U, I currently work with kids of all ages and I enjoying going to work each day. I can say that I like my job. I have been through the temple and it was one of the best things I have ever done and I have great friends that I truly love and love to be with.
All of the dreams that I am living are not what I thought they would be. The life I am living now is not the dame as the one I dreamed about in my head. But the point is, that I am living my dreams. I am just living them in a whole new way. A way that I didn't think about until it was happening. But also a way that I can say I am loving and is so much more suited to who I am then my ideas could ever have been. I never thought that I would be working at the Sylvan Learning Center, I never thought that I would get endowed without getting married right after, I never thought that I would graduate from college and not know what to do next, I never really thought that I would have as many people as I do that I can call my friends. And even though I never thought of my dreams turning out this way, I can honestly say that I am living my dreams and that I am loving it. I love the way my life is turning out and I kind of love who I am. OK, I really love who I am. Just sayin.
Now, I know I am not perfect in anyway. You could probably spend less time counting the blades on grass in a park then counting and adding up all of my flaws. And I also now that my life is not the perfect dream. But my life is perfect for me and it is perfect for me to continue to learn and grow in and I love who I am getting the chance to be and become. So the next question would be what do you do when you realize you are living your dreams and loving them? I will tell you......you dream again. You open your mind up and dream with your eyes open. You ask yourself "what to do now?" and then you take the time to answer. And then, once you start having the new dream, do you know what you do?...... You act on it. You take that first step to accomplishing it and then you run with it from there and if it happens to crash and burn in the middle, so what, you get yourself back up and run again. Then one day you will stop and look around and realize that you are living that dream too and it will feel good. So go ahead. Dream. Dream with your eyes wide open and then dare to act. " For it is not enough to stare up the steps-we must step up the stairs."
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