Live Your Dreams Today
January 19th, 2009 |
Published in
Know Abundance, Positive Thinking
by Lanell Dike
Happy Monday!
What transforms a dream into reality?
Do you think Martin Luther King Jr. believed his dream would come true? Do you think Barack Obama believed he would be president of the United States of America?
Some dreams seem impossible.
Like peace in the Middle East or an end to poverty, no more violence against women and girls or industry that helps instead of harms the planet. We are full of dreams.
Martin Luther King Jr. told us, “I have a dream today.”
Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Not someday. Today. I have a dream today.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama not only believed their dreams were possible. They knew their dreams were possible. Someday, for them was today.
What are your dreams? What dreams are you raising money for? Are you waiting for someday for them to come true?
Stop waiting. To transform a dream into reality, simply realize that what you dream already exists.
How can you live equality when you don’t see equality in the world around you? Look to yourself. You know you are equal. You know you are as fully human as every other person. You are living equality.
How can you know peace when war and conflict seem unending? Look to yourself. There is peace inside you. Find it. Know it. You are living peace.
When will there be justice? Look to yourself. You know compassion for the tortured, for the imprisoned, for the raped. You are living justice.
How can we heal the planet? Look to yourself. You have learned the impact of our way of life on Earth; you are changing habits and creating new ways of existing. You are living restoration.
When will poverty end? Look to yourself. You know it is only fate that differentiates you from another. You know the same breath of life moves through you and every living being. You know there is enough for everyone. Don’t hold on to what you have. You are living abundance.
How can we forgive when there is so much to forgive? Look to yourself. Let go of past hurts. Don’t just wipe the slate clean, get rid of the slate. You are living forgiveness.
When will we see change? Look to yourself. You know today is not the same as it was yesterday. You are living change.
When will your dreams come true? Look to yourself. Your dream is alive inside you. You are living your dream.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama lived the reality of their dreams long before they saw them reflected in the world around them. They worked to create in the world the reality they knew inside themselves. What they dreamed was possible because they were living the dream already.
Make your someday, today. Live the reality of your dream now.