I read something once, or maybe my husband shared it with...

I read something once, or maybe my husband shared it with me. Regardless this bit of information was this: Your dreams and your vision are just that, yours. Don’t expect people to be happy for you, encourage you or want to help you. In fact, if you are dreaming past their understanding, most people will condemn you and make fun, saying your head is in the clouds.





My message to you is this; if you have a dream, dream it. Don’t let anyone stop you, hinder you, discourage you, dampen your drive, disqualify your dream, talk down to you or beat you down with a stick. It’s your dream. The only way someone can take it away from you is if you let them. Don’t let them.



At first, some people may be excited for you, but results take time. They don’t happen immediately. Why the attitude of these people who are supposed to love you and want to see you succeed changes, I know not.



Maybe they thought they would benefit from your success. Maybe they do not have the persistence and the drive to make their goals happen as you do. Or maybe, they have no idea how to dream. It is a foreign concept to them. A language they do not understand.



My husband is among those who have a differing opinion. He believes there is an elite group of people who will accomplish what they go after. This group of people is not afraid to fail and because of that they will succeed.



He also believes those who are afraid to take chances, who feign happiness for those willing to take them, are in their most inward parts, jealous of those who are willing to lay it all on the line.



Part of these people see what us dreamers are going after and instead of being truly helpful and happy, they are burning with envy. They want what we are going after, but they don’t have what it takes to make it happen.



They become haters. They will say little things to discourage us, provoke us and to ultimately make us feel less than our worth because we are not like them.



And they are right. We are not like them. And, to be blunt, I never want to be like them. I’d rather fail a million times and get back up then be defeated before I ever start. It matters not to me what others think. It matters only that I am doing what I am supposed to be doing.



So, live this life like you are flying in an incredible flying machine, flitting from place to place and dreaming as big as the sky. You are incredible. You can make your dreams come true.



If someone has discouraged you today, please be encouraged. And try and encourage someone who needs your kind words. These dreams we are working so hard at accomplishing come from someone much much bigger than you and I and He knows we can get it done!



Blessings!

Darlene Shortridge

Author of Until Forever

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A little p.s. I want to share with you. Until Forever is going to be available as a free download from Amazon on Friday, May 11th, Saturday May 12th and Sunday May 13th. Feel free to check it out and please share the link with everyone. Thanks a bunch!




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