Eyes on the Prize

Tonight I'd like to talk about keeping our eyes on the prize. Often when things get hectic in our lives, we forget our goals and our dreams. We forget the things that used to drive us. We get caught up in the nitty gritty of every day life that we don't allow ourselves to dream, and dream big.

Tonight I'd like to ask you to take a moment, it can be even 5 minutes, but take a moment to remember what your dreams were. Remember what it was you really wanted to do with your life. Or perhaps remember what it was you wanted to create, teach, learn, anything. Is there a place you really wanted to go? Remember what you felt like when you've been to new places that exhilarate you, that get you really excited? Just remember, go back to that place where you allow yourself to dream. Really get specific and remember that dream. The contours of that wonderful reverie.

Look around. Who is there? What are you doing? What have you accomplished (or perhaps not accomplished if you're at the beach)? How do you feel?

Are you feeling it now? Are you in that place, in that dream that you've always wanted but just have not had the time to think about or dream about? Really feel it. Be there.

When you look around and dream a little bit more, then there is a much better chance of actually experiencing the dream. I'm not talking about today, or tomorrow, or maybe not this month or this year. But the more you dream and really fill in the details of that dream the more likely it will come about.

And let's be honest, in the worst-case, and I mean absolute worst-case scenario (and I know a lot of us think this way), you "wasted" a little time feeling good about something, and that is something nice, a little emotional candy in the middle of your day. That's not so bad, is it?

So keep your eyes on the Prize. Allow yourself to dream like you used to, just for a little bit. Try it every day. I promise you will not regret doing so, and there's even a great chance something magical will happen.

If you want to talk with me personally about this or anything else, please feel free to contact me or email me at alec@operationoptimism.org.

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