Dream Your Big Dream
Imagine Yourself Five Years from Now
All the things that are stressing you out today have been resolved. You did the hard things, climbed the mountains, slayed the dragons, and it all turned out perfectly.
Perhaps you’re not exactly where you imagined, but you have arrived. You’ve become the woman you wanted to become. You did the things you never thought you’d be capable of. You. Not someone else. You did it.
You Have What You Want and Need
You feel a deep and comforting feeling of competence, like you can count on yourself now and going forward. Life can throw anything at you, and you know you’re going to be ok.
You look at your life. You have the home you want, filled with beauty, peace, comfort, love. You’re strong and healthy. You have work that fills you up. You have like-minded people around you. You share, you laugh, you figure things out together. Maybe you disagree on little things, but you are bonded by the big things. There’s a fire within you all.
You're Part of the Future That's Being Built
You have money in your bank account, but most importantly, you know how to make money. There’s a flow. It’s a relief. You’re betting on yourself, and you now trust your intuition and your instincts. You’re the butterfly who doesn’t take the advice of caterpillars. You’re part of the new world that’s being built. You’re part of the future because you’re helping create that future.
You Found Your Way
You’re taking this moment to pause, to be grateful, to notice all the good, to acknowledge what you alone have created – the meaningful life you’ve always wanted.
You know it’s important to take these moments to notice. You do it regularly. You check in, you make sure you’re on track. When you get stuck, you find a way to work through it. You don’t beat yourself up, you don’t blame others. You find a way. Because tomorrow will be full – things to do, places to go, people to collaborate with. You come from a place of peace and deep knowing. There’s much to do, and not enough time.
This is your dream. Hold it. Don’t share it yet. Let it keep its power. It will build inside you. Let your dream keep you company on your journey.
Feel it. Really feel it in your body. Give your body this gift of deep knowing of that time when it all comes together. Your body already knows the feeling of stress, of worry, of not having. Let it have this other feeling too. Visit this feeling. Get to know it.
Maybe begin your morning meditation with it. Or imagine it when you go to sleep at night. Or visit it in the afternoon when you are low on energy. This is your future. It’s a beacon in the night, a siren song in the fog, a calling in the morning. Give it a name.
Breaking Surface
Let no one keep you from your journey
no rabbi or priest, no mother
who wants you to dig for treasures
she misplaced. No father
who won’t let one life be enough,
no lover who measures their worth
by what you might give up,
no voice that tells you in the night
it can’t be done.
Let nothing dissuade you
from seeing what you see
or feeling the winds that make you
want to dance alone
or go where no one
has yet to go.
You are the only explorer.
Your heart, the unreadable compass.
Your soul, the shore of a promise
too great to be ignored.
~ Mark Nepo
