Are you a dreamer? Or, like me, are you a terrible realist? Perhaps it's time to start embracing the seemingly tiny hopes and wishes which come to us each day? Can we find the magic that way?
I've been wondering about this a lot lately. I've always been a dreamer and envisioned elaborate worlds and adventures for myself. Granted a lot of them were also where I had superpowers, but dreaming up something different than the reality I was in, helped me to make sense of a lot of things. And in a way, elements of my enchanted dreams did came true, only slightly different. I mean, I might not have any superpowers, but I like to think that creating my art is a superpower 😊 My main challenge has been to translate the feelings of my dreams into reality as I bumped against stories and coping mechanisms that I collectled throughout my childhood & teenage years. Being the oldest on both sides of the family, my dreams got tinged with a heavy dose of reality and expectations that came from others. For a long time I battled this as I kept feeling the need to dream bigger than the life I was living yet with no examples around me, I felt I wasn't allowed to, you know?
I'm not sure when I began to let go of having my dreams unfold in a very specific way. Maybe because the plans I scribbled on paper were a tad too strict and I closed other doors that the dream could open? Not sure, but I began to learn to live in the essence of my dreams as it's easier for me to amplify vibes that make me happy than to only focus on wild dreams. Because whether I like it or not, it's still work, because the 3D can show a completely different scene than what you'd love to have, haha. Whatever you have on your mind and heart, I've all the faith that it can be achieved through allowing it to flow through all the mundane in life, to surround yourself with the ones who made it happen and to trust that what you'd love to be true, it will be a reality eventually. <- a reminder for myself as well, hehe.
I'm so saving this note for a future post for myself, haha! 😂
Thank you for this lovely and thoughtful piece of writing David. I think dreams can show up in different and unexpected ways. Not exactly as we imagained in our minds but more like parts of a jigsaw coming together. Parts of past dreams and imagainings over the years forming in new and surprising ways.
In my experience, dreaming goes hand in hand with living. It’s hard work. It requires paying attention to each moment. And it is being aware of the richness of life along the way. You can make it happen.💫✨
It is easy to start to feel discontented with the things we have if we are constantly dreaming about something we imagine as being 'better'. There is no point having a dream if that is all it is ever going to be because it's either totally out of our control or we don't actually do anything about attaining it, but if you have a dream you can do something about, like getting that little cottage you desire, make a plan and go for it, David!
Thank you for this David 🙏 I have always found dreaming hard ... For many reasons, my anxiety and I think losing my Mum suddenly when she was just 52 has changed me, and my ability to think so freely about the future and plans for the future. This year my word of the year was DREAM because I wanted to challenge myself to reach for the stars a little and dream big ... It doesn't come so easily to some of us ! Reading this certainly has given me more to think about ... But I love also the idea that you can dream for the slow and simple life too and honestly that stability, safety, peace and calm for me is the most important 💕
Thank you so much for sharing this. Reading this made me realise that growing up, I had parents who were the polar opposites - one a big dreamer, one very safe and risk-free. Mum’s dreams always quashed by Dad’s desire t maintain to status quo. I can see a little now how it’s been a challenge for me. But I agree, slow and simple can offer stability 🌿✨
Yes, and once we are on stable ground and more at peace with ourselves then I think we can start to seek out and live our own dreams. Thank you David, so much to muse about from this!
Thank you so much for replying 🙏 This sounds like a wonderful philosophy on life, and I’m sure that in the times to come will be happy and fulfilling 🌿
I've been wondering about this a lot lately. I've always been a dreamer and envisioned elaborate worlds and adventures for myself. Granted a lot of them were also where I had superpowers, but dreaming up something different than the reality I was in, helped me to make sense of a lot of things. And in a way, elements of my enchanted dreams did came true, only slightly different. I mean, I might not have any superpowers, but I like to think that creating my art is a superpower 😊 My main challenge has been to translate the feelings of my dreams into reality as I bumped against stories and coping mechanisms that I collectled throughout my childhood & teenage years. Being the oldest on both sides of the family, my dreams got tinged with a heavy dose of reality and expectations that came from others. For a long time I battled this as I kept feeling the need to dream bigger than the life I was living yet with no examples around me, I felt I wasn't allowed to, you know?
I'm not sure when I began to let go of having my dreams unfold in a very specific way. Maybe because the plans I scribbled on paper were a tad too strict and I closed other doors that the dream could open? Not sure, but I began to learn to live in the essence of my dreams as it's easier for me to amplify vibes that make me happy than to only focus on wild dreams. Because whether I like it or not, it's still work, because the 3D can show a completely different scene than what you'd love to have, haha. Whatever you have on your mind and heart, I've all the faith that it can be achieved through allowing it to flow through all the mundane in life, to surround yourself with the ones who made it happen and to trust that what you'd love to be true, it will be a reality eventually. <- a reminder for myself as well, hehe.
I'm so saving this note for a future post for myself, haha! 😂
Thank you for this lovely and thoughtful piece of writing David. I think dreams can show up in different and unexpected ways. Not exactly as we imagained in our minds but more like parts of a jigsaw coming together. Parts of past dreams and imagainings over the years forming in new and surprising ways.
Yes, that’s a lovely way to think of it ✨
In my experience, dreaming goes hand in hand with living. It’s hard work. It requires paying attention to each moment. And it is being aware of the richness of life along the way. You can make it happen.💫✨
Very true ✨
It is easy to start to feel discontented with the things we have if we are constantly dreaming about something we imagine as being 'better'. There is no point having a dream if that is all it is ever going to be because it's either totally out of our control or we don't actually do anything about attaining it, but if you have a dream you can do something about, like getting that little cottage you desire, make a plan and go for it, David!
Very true, I think it’s a question of balance…which is not always easy ✨
You are both very young, you will find that balance and will have plenty of fun finding it.
Thank you for this David 🙏 I have always found dreaming hard ... For many reasons, my anxiety and I think losing my Mum suddenly when she was just 52 has changed me, and my ability to think so freely about the future and plans for the future. This year my word of the year was DREAM because I wanted to challenge myself to reach for the stars a little and dream big ... It doesn't come so easily to some of us ! Reading this certainly has given me more to think about ... But I love also the idea that you can dream for the slow and simple life too and honestly that stability, safety, peace and calm for me is the most important 💕
Thank you so much for sharing this. Reading this made me realise that growing up, I had parents who were the polar opposites - one a big dreamer, one very safe and risk-free. Mum’s dreams always quashed by Dad’s desire t maintain to status quo. I can see a little now how it’s been a challenge for me. But I agree, slow and simple can offer stability 🌿✨
Yes, and once we are on stable ground and more at peace with ourselves then I think we can start to seek out and live our own dreams. Thank you David, so much to muse about from this!
Thank you so much for replying 🙏 This sounds like a wonderful philosophy on life, and I’m sure that in the times to come will be happy and fulfilling 🌿