Dreams

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.
- Mark Twain, writer and satirist

Dreams do not have to be some ethereal and ungraspable thing that only happens to other people. They also don’t have to be something to let go of, because some disillusioned person tells you that dreams are just dreams and not something that ever comes true. Don’t listen to that junk.

We just watched the Kentucky Derby. The winner was a 50 – 1 shot named Mine That Bird. The horse was purchased for $9500 and running against other 3 year olds worth upwards of millions. He was driven up by his trainer from New Mexico to Kentucky – a 21 hour drive. The jockey ran this horse in the back of the pack until just coming around the last corner. Then he put him on the rail and drove him to win the race of all races. This horse was a total longshot, but the owners and trainer had a dream. They dreamed of winning the Kentucky Derby, and they did. Hard work and taking a chance paid off. Big.

If you have a dream and when you think about it, it makes you feel right and good, then don’t discount it. Sit down with paper and write it out. Break it down into smaller bits. Then break those bits down until you are able to reposition those bits into a plan of action.

Surround yourself with people who support you. Only listen to people who will help you make your dream come true. Persevere through discouragement. It’s like when I was trying to learn how to play chords on the piano. Other people clearly knew how to do it, why wouldn’t it come for me? Chords just didn’t seem to make sense to me. Then, one day, everything fell into place and made sense. From that time on, I could play chords.

In other words, don’t give up on your dreams. They really can come true.