Dare To Dream

One of the greatest gifts any of us are given is the ability to dream. The dreaming I am referring to is actually not the one that happens when we are asleep, it’s the one that can occur in any given waking moment. And it’s the one where the mind, body, and soul unite together solely for the purpose of visioning something truly special that each of us individually strives for in our future.

Children do this all the time…

I want to grow up and be a fireman.

I want to grow up and be a doctor.

I want to grow up and be a policeman.

I want to grow up and be a pro athlete.

I want to grow up and be the next President.

Somewhere along the line though, many of those children become adults and forget about their childhood dreams of things they once envisioned for themselves. They settle into jobs and relationships that only bring them temporary satisfaction, and all too often, more misery in life. That’s only because deep down within each of their souls is a bigger dream desired in life. Unfortunately, most never pursue them ever again and instead choose to remain uncomfortably comfortable throughout the rest of their life. Some choose to numb themselves from those distant memories of a life once thought about by falling into any number of addictions. Others accept it as the cards they were dealt. And then there are those who will say that they’re too old or too poor or have too little time to ever try to pursue any of those dreams once thought about.

I honestly can’t remember what my childhood dreams were for my future. I think that’s because I grew up in an environment that didn’t fully allow me to think completely outside the box. Along the way, I ended up becoming a businessman and following a career that was really a lot more like what my parents wanted me to pursue than probably what my inner self wanted. For years I went from job to job and relationship to relationship seeking more satisfaction. But even when I got that, it only lasted for a short period of time and always felt as if something was still missing. Today, I believe what was missing was my heart and soul in all of what I was doing and a closer relationship to God.

Through all the healing work I’ve been doing on myself, I have thought a lot about the inner child who still lives within me and what he wants to dream about for the rest of the time I have in this life. The Shaman I am a student under recently asked me to start visualizing that by writing down some things I want God to guide me towards as I continue to heal and spiritually grow.

The following is a list, in no particular order, of those things my inner child and I have started dreaming about of a future I am working towards with God at the helm. I wrote each of them with the phrase “I will” solely for the fact that it’s putting myself in a greater place of empowerment and manifestation in life.

1. I will be physically healthy and well enough again to fully play golf, basketball, bowling, and tennis, as well as to hike, bike, and jog.

2. I will be employed in a career that I look forward to going to when I wake up each day.

3. I will be earning a living doing something that is also helping make this world a more loving place.

4. I will be married to my current partner and strive in that relationship to help create a society that embraces same sex relationships rather than tear them down using religious viewpoints.

5. I will be a prominent author who is represented by a well known publishing company that also books speaking engagements to talk about what I’ve written.

6. I will be a spiritual motivational speaker around the world that talks about all the things I’ve gone through and healed from including addiction, codependency, racism and prejudice, bullying, growing up in a broken home, and more.

7. I will be meditating into deeper and longer states.

8. I will develop all the spiritual gifts that were blessed within me in this life.

9. I will be living in a climate that is more warmer than colder year round and have a house there on some body of water where I can sit out on a deck in peace and serenity.

10. I will be a beacon of hope, light, and love that naturally inspires others to find their own path to God.

There are plenty of other things I’m sure I could come up with that are also dreams for my future. But the most important thing is that I’m allowing myself to dream again and not numbing myself anymore from thinking about them. I believe that with God guiding my life, all of them and then some are possible.

I encourage each of you to take a moment today, breathe, and dare to dream again in your life by writing a few of your own aspirations down like I just did. Ask God to guide you life path towards achieving all of them. What do you have to lose other than the few moments of your time that it takes to write them out and say a quick prayer over them???

Peace, love, light, and joy,

Andrew Arthur Dawson

One of the greatest gifts any of us are given is the ability to dream. The dreaming I am referring to is actually not the one that happens when we are asleep, it’s the one that can occur in any given waking moment. And it’s the one where the mind, body, and soul unite together solely for the purpose of visioning something truly special that each of us individually strives for in our future.

Children do this all the time…

I want to grow up and be a fireman.

I want to grow up and be a doctor.

I want to grow up and be a policeman.

I want to grow up and be a pro athlete.

I want to grow up and be the next President.

Somewhere along the line though, many of those children become adults and forget about their childhood dreams of things they once envisioned for themselves. They settle into jobs and relationships that only bring them temporary satisfaction, and all too often, more misery in life. That’s only because deep down within each of their souls is a bigger dream desired in life. Unfortunately, most never pursue them ever again and instead choose to remain uncomfortably comfortable throughout the rest of their life. Some choose to numb themselves from those distant memories of a life once thought about by falling into any number of addictions. Others accept it as the cards they were dealt. And then there are those who will say that they’re too old or too poor or have too little time to ever try to pursue any of those dreams once thought about.

I honestly can’t remember what my childhood dreams were for my future. I think that’s because I grew up in an environment that didn’t fully allow me to think completely outside the box. Along the way, I ended up becoming a businessman and following a career that was really a lot more like what my parents wanted me to pursue than probably what my inner self wanted. For years I went from job to job and relationship to relationship seeking more satisfaction. But even when I got that, it only lasted for a short period of time and always felt as if something was still missing. Today, I believe what was missing was my heart and soul in all of what I was doing and a closer relationship to God.

Through all the healing work I’ve been doing on myself, I have thought a lot about the inner child who still lives within me and what he wants to dream about for the rest of the time I have in this life. The Shaman I am a student under recently asked me to start visualizing that by writing down some things I want God to guide me towards as I continue to heal and spiritually grow.

The following is a list, in no particular order, of those things my inner child and I have started dreaming about of a future I am working towards with God at the helm. I wrote each of them with the phrase “I will” solely for the fact that it’s putting myself in a greater place of empowerment and manifestation in life.

1. I will be physically healthy and well enough again to fully play golf, basketball, bowling, and tennis, as well as to hike, bike, and jog.

2. I will be employed in a career that I look forward to going to when I wake up each day.

3. I will be earning a living doing something that is also helping make this world a more loving place.

4. I will be married to my current partner and strive in that relationship to help create a society that embraces same sex relationships rather than tear them down using religious viewpoints.

5. I will be a prominent author who is represented by a well known publishing company that also books speaking engagements to talk about what I’ve written.

6. I will be a spiritual motivational speaker around the world that talks about all the things I’ve gone through and healed from including addiction, codependency, racism and prejudice, bullying, growing up in a broken home, and more.

7. I will be meditating into deeper and longer states.

8. I will develop all the spiritual gifts that were blessed within me in this life.

9. I will be living in a climate that is more warmer than colder year round and have a house there on some body of water where I can sit out on a deck in peace and serenity.

10. I will be a beacon of hope, light, and love that naturally inspires others to find their own path to God.

There are plenty of other things I’m sure I could come up with that are also dreams for my future. But the most important thing is that I’m allowing myself to dream again and not numbing myself anymore from thinking about them. I believe that with God guiding my life, all of them and then some are possible.

I encourage each of you to take a moment today, breathe, and dare to dream again in your life by writing a few of your own aspirations down like I just did. Ask God to guide you life path towards achieving all of them. What do you have to lose other than the few moments of your time that it takes to write them out and say a quick prayer over them???

Peace, love, light, and joy,

Andrew Arthur Dawson