Self Belief the Magic Sauce
Dream your biggest, work your hardest, be your greatest
Are you a dreamer and do you have dreams that seem almost impossible? Or have you stopped dreaming because life’s realities have made you only believe in what is tangible? Well I am here to tell you dreams do still come true and yes I stand strongly by this because all great inventions came about by their inventors dreaming and having bold audacious dreams. What we now deem tangible were also at a point dreams in the hearts and minds of great inventors but they believed in its manifestation and even more they believed in themselves to bring these to light.
Having talked at length with various people from all walks of life and with different perceptions I have come to believe and understand why dreams are unique to each one of us. Spiritually I know God/Source won’t put a desire in our heart if you and I didn’t have what it takes to bring these to light. We’ve been given everything and the one thing we have to master is Self Belief.
Self belief because there will be times of doubt, disappointments and setbacks and the one thing that is sure to pull us through is believing in our dreams, our ability to see it through and our reason for wanting that dream. Sometimes no-one will believe in your dreams but yourself and that is absolutely fine. This is also when we have to hold that vision strongly as we work towards making this dream a reality. No one knows when a dream will manifest and even with strict timelines we still might not accomplish them to the set time but this is not a failure as long as we don’t give up. So many factors can contribute to a dream not manifesting at our appointed time or the first time we try our hands at something and that is OK. We course correct or keep taking action for by law what we put in we must reap.
There is a dream I have and have been working on for sometime now and I remember when I discussed this earlier on with some people who don’t have the same vision and understanding of goals as I do, I was discouraged. I was told to pick one thing to focus on and I couldn’t do what was on my heart because they were in two completely separate sectors. The comments that I received made me question myself and my dreams but I threw a question back to God/Source and asked why do you give me such passionate dreams that both serve humanity in great ways and then want me to choose? I kept pondering this for a good while and yes that made me anxious and uncomfortable as I worked on which to choose but I didn’t have to, for on a meditative walk, one day it came to me as clear as day and night. The answer to how I could marry the two passions into a single purpose was given to me and though it still sounded unconventional when I spoke about it, I made a decision to trust and not question much as to the how. Then things started making sense and then like Steve Job said - I could now connect the dots looking back as to why I experienced and built certain skills. I also stopped sharing my ideas with other people except my mastermind and accountability partner, my mum and sister. Yes I am very fortunate to have these people in my life who can understand, appreciate and support my dreams.
So as I work towards this dream which is a big one, I acknowledge my hard days, celebrate my great days and appreciate the lessons I am learning along the way. I am not afraid to dream big dreams but I also know that just dreaming without action is worthless and though sometimes we might not know how or where to start I always take consolation in the fact that I have what it takes to do this for out of 7 billion people I am possibly the only one with this exact desire on my heart and so I can make this happen. Yes believing I can do it is what gets me started and what has made me try my hands at a number of things some of which haven’t been successful but isn’t that what life is about? You and I are allowed to have big, scary dreams that no-one can understand but us, and for us to see it through we need to believe in ourselves and the fact that we are worth them and can do it.
So my encouragement to this is, let’s have big audacious dreams that scare us but with these desires must come inspired action however little these may be. Let’s believe in ourselves so much that any setbacks don’t keep us off track but gives us a chance to course correct for as in Habakkuk 2:3 the dream will happen at the appointed time it won’t delay though it’s keeping long it will surely happen. The dream might take time to manifest and there will be times when we feel that we’re not making progress but we have to keep on going because we can only see how far we’ve come by looking back not forward. If you also think this isn’t possible and have doubts trust and remember that “whatever the mind can conceive and believe the mind can achieve” you need to believe in you, in your dream and the fact that when you really desire it God/the Universe/ Source will move to help you. So for this week I am cheering you on to dream your biggest, work your hardest and you will eventually be your greatest.
Journal Prompt: What is it about my dream that makes me doubt it’s manifestation?