I Believe in Dreaming

Today, I got to have coffee with Hannah! I loved hearing about her life, her struggles, how she faced them with courage and strength, but most of all, I loved hearing about her dreams. I love that Hannah listed off to me all the things that she wants to do in life, regardless of how impossible those things may be. :) 

 

I believe in dreaming. I believe that each and every person is created with unique and special gifts, talents and abilities that only he or she can use to the utmost. I believe that we all are capable of so much but instead, we settle for less—for the norm. We follow the crowd. We stop ourselves from saying something just because other people are giving us weird looks.

I believe that dreaming is so powerful. When you allow yourself to get carried away by your passions, you get excited.

 

Nowadays, you always hear people say things like “be realistic” or “is that actually possible?” People say that to be mature and grown up means to be practical and have a step by step plan. But I think these constrictions are holding back the many awesome things that could be happening every day. I think that as we grow up, there is always a valuable lesson we can learn from kids. How to dream.

 

When kids have an idea, they will talk on and on about it. Kids don’t let the practicality or the doubt or the possibility of it not happening stop them from wanting something. All they know is that they feel strongly about something and they will do everything in their power and ability to get it. Until then, the crazy ideas keep flooding in.

I think that each person has the potential to change the world in a radical way. But big and radical changes don’t start with being realistic. They start with dreaming. They start with finding what your heart is most passionate about, expanding every area of your mind and imagination, exhausting all options. Then going after it without holding back.

I have had enough with being so realistic and practical to the point where great movements and changes that this world could have had is suppressed. My dream is that I will one day start an orphanage in China in which every orphan is cared for and loved the way they should.

 

I want to challenge you to allow yourself to dream, allow yourself to get carried away by your passions. I believe that YOU have the potential to change the world in a radical way.