daydream believer

today my cousin posed a question to his facebook family:

"I suppose there are only things such as hopes and dreams so you can hope and dream that they come true. I guess that's why they stay as hopes and dreams.

When is it when they become reality?"

this got me thinking.  when do your hopes and dreams become reality?  i answered that maybe it was when you started seeing them as reality.  to go after them, tooth and nail.. despite the critics, despite the letdowns, despite all those voices telling you no.  sometimes, the loudest voice you hear is your own.. and you have to dig deep inside to pull yourself out.

in my experience, whenever i really wanted something, i'd fight for it, instead of talking about what i wanted to do or what i thought i should do.  perhaps nike got it right with their slogan: just do it.  take action!  and for me, it typically was much harder before it became easier, and 9 times out of 10 i'd have to find a way to tell myself i could.  but that didn't mean to give up.  or to stop believing that one day what i wanted most could come to fruition.

i think once a goal is within sight, the road to get there doesn't look so long anymore.