We all have dreams—things we want to do, things we want to have. They might be big, loud, amazing things that will turn the world upside-down or they might be whisper-quiet, reserved only for you and you alone—but no less amazing.
So if we all dream, why do so few of us actually ever see our dreams come true?
It is all about luck? Are some of us more talented or smarter? Maybe it’s about education? Maybe God loves some of us more than others? I don’t think so. Dream achievers are no luckier, loved or learned than the rest of us. If you were to study all the dreamers who had ever made a dream come true, you would see that they all did it the same way—they started.
Just Start
Yep. If you want to do something, just do it—start it. I know that sounds cliché if not incredibly impractical. “How am I supposed to just start?” you ask. Well, you take an action—any action; something that breaks you out of your regular routine and moves you toward the dream. The Tao says to simply take the first step. Read a book about it, research it, write it down–anything!
That first step is so very important because it represents the primary domino in you reaching your dream. Even if, at this point, you may not even have a plan.
High achievers don’t concern themselves with all the weight of how to do something. They just do it. They don’t say things like: “I’ll start tomorrow.”, or “I don’t have enough money.” or “What if it doesn’t work?” or “Nobody has ever done it before.” They just do
You don’t have to know how you are going to do something, you just have to start. The how’s will reveal themselves along the way.
Rumi once wrote: “As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.”
If you never take action (that first step) you will
never get started and your dream will stay a dream.
Non-starting is biggest of dream-killers. You have to take the first step. Be prepared to make some mistakes. Learn. Pick yourself up and move on. Start again if you have to. But start!