Why Can’t You Get Your Dream?

When I was a kid I wanted to be  knight so bad I could bust.  I took it to nerdy levels, including making up armor (I looked pretty sick with my aluminum foil sword and cardboard shield), I studied the middle ages, and just knew when I grew up I was gonna defeat all the enemies, save the castle, and marry the princess (well that last one actually came true).

Somewhere I lost that zeal.  Now I’m not saying it would be practical to run around in tights (something everyone should be thankful for), and commute to work on a  horse.  But the general idea, the desire to save people, to defeat invading war-lords etc.

Now that I’m grown I still have a lot of that in me.  It just comes out in different ways, I still want to kick bad guys butts, and really want to help people out of slavery and human trafficking.

I can connect the dots and see how my childhood dreams and present state correlate, but actually making that a reality is tough for me.  I am my worst critic.  I rationalize things to a fault and it is not a healthy thing, I come up with all the reasons why it’s not practical.

I grew up with a very “practical” mindset. Not that being practical is all bad, we need to be responsible, which is a dying art  in our society.  But being too practical stifles our ability to dream big, and chase after what we want.

I am still working on overcoming this.  I have to constantly remind myself that I can do anything, that I can fulfill my dream, and that the world is not a ho-hum day in and day out world, but that opportunity is boundless if you look hard enough and work hard enough for it.

No it’s not easy, but it’s worth it and while I may not be going on raids on the back of my faithful horse, I will be rescue those who need help.  I can and I will.  It’s a hard road ahead to hit my dream, but again, we are capable of anything, we set our mind to.

Go out there and grab your dream.