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                              FOLLOW YOUR DREAM

                                Author Unknown

  We all have a DREAM.  Unfortunately, most people are not pursuing
  their dreams.  They spend their time and efforts pursuing the things
  they think will make them happy; a new car, a bigger television set
  or some other fancy gadget.  In fact, many people are so far away
  from living their dream that they have forgotten what their dream
  truly is.

  The biggest obstacle to living your dream is FEAR.  We have been
  conditioned throughout our lives that there is something more
  important than those dreams.  It is the COMFORT ZONE.  We fear
  trying something new or different because it falls outside the
  barrier of the "comfort zone".  We prefer to stick with what we
  know, what is safe, and what is ultimately limited and boring.

  But you can change that.  It is your choice.  All you need to do is
  START.  You are going to spend the rest of your life doing
  something.  It might as well be something YOU want to do.  You only
  need to be willing to pursue those dreams.

  Now there are always obstacles to deal with.  They are called
  EXCUSES.  The human race has invented an excuse for practically
  everything.  We would rather take up time inventing a good excuse
  rather than try to create an alternative way of achieving the
  desired result.  We live the life we choose.  The question is do we
  pursue what we want, or do we do what is comfortable?

  Discouragement is powerful too and keeps us from our dreams.  It
  screams GIVE UP!  GIVE UP!  Change that to ENCOURAGEMENT which says
  KEEP GOING!  KEEP GOING!  Along the way to pursuing your dream,
  expect to be discouraged.  The goal is not to ever be discouraged
  again.  The goal is to catch the discouragement sooner and get out
  of it faster.

  We are going to spend the rest of our lives doing SOMETHING!  The
  tragedy in most people's lives is that they spend their time, energy
  and resources doing something other than their heart's desire.  Why
  not spend it pursuing our dreams?

  Today, many people are trapped in the myth of the 40-hour work week.
  People define a job as something necessary to do in order to get
  money to do the things we really want to do.  The meeting of our
  basic needs should be based on the fulfillment of our heart's
  desire, not on how to intensely fill the few "leisure" hours we have
  when not working at a job we hate.  Time is precious.  What we do
  with that time determines what we achieve in our lives.

  With your dreams you need to have GOALS.  And the more defined the
  goal, the farther you'll go and the faster you'll get there.  That
  is what happens when you pinpoint all your energy in one direction.
  To pursue a goal requires COMMITMENT.  Committing to a dream is not
  a one-time occurrence.  It must be done continuously.  And to commit
  requires ACTION.

  The willingness to do creates the ABILITY to do.  It opens the door
  to knowledge, direction and achievement.  Be willing to know, be
  willing to do, and be willing to take RISKS.  There are always risks
  in committing to action, but there are far greater risks in
  succumbing to inaction.  And understand that failure is a part of
  success.  We have heard of many of the successes of the great
  inventor Thomas Edison.  But to paraphrase Edison "I also know
  several thousand things that won't work."

  Know the value of ACTION.  First, if we don't do something, we're
  not going to get anything.  Secondly, the value of action is that we
  make mistakes.  Mistakes show us what we need to learn.  Many people
  live their lives in the same "avoid mistakes at all costs" manner.
  They continue to play it safe, don't learn what they need to know,
  and then wonder why they're not closer to their dream.

  Pursuing your dream requires WORK.  Some people live in a fairytale
  fantasy about the attainment of their dream.  They think that every
  step on the way to their dream should be effortless.  This is a
  fantasy you had best dismiss.  Pursuing your dream also requires
  PERSISTENCE.  Nothing succeeds like persistence.  The common
  denominator of all successful people is their persistence.

  This is your CHANCE.  It is up to you.  Giving yourself a chance
  gives you a sense of power and a realization that you know you have
  what it takes to realize your dream.  You learn by DOING.  What do
  you have to lose?  You have only your dreams to gain!

