The Road to Achieving Dreams.

I know it's been a while since my last blog post, but unfortunately, it takes a while for me to find something to blog about, and then it's even longer for me to find time to actually write. But continuing with last blog post's theme, I've been thinking a lot about dreams, and how to achieve those dreams.

Facebook and Twitter are some of the best places to find interesting information, videos, news stories, etc. My friend Caitlin posted this on her wall, and I had to steal it to share it with everyone. Yes, it may be 17 minutes long, but watch it all the way through. It is such an inspiration to everyone, or at least it should be. Most people don't go through 1/100th of what this man went through, and he's still living a life he loves. Matt Long - The Power of "I Will"

Some dreams I've achieved during my life, and I cannot be more proud of them. When I was younger, a big dream of mine was to have the greatest group of friends I could. Middle school and high school were a hard time for me, since I didn't always feel like I had that group of friends I could go to for support or really interact with. I made sacrifices for getting those friends with my academics and with sports, and while that time was hard, my work and determination put me in a position to go to Centre, and meet some of the best people I have ever met. Don't get me wrong, I still love all my friends I met at home, but I finally found people that wanted what I wanted and had goals of their own that matched mine.

This past weekend, a large group of those friends came up to visit and go out for my and Karen's birthday party. Though not everyone I wanted to come up could, a large amount of people came, and we had an absolute blast. I realized the next day at breakfast how lucky I was to find these people who I could count on day in and day out, and how much I loved them in return. I hope that everyone has people like that for them. My dream has finally come true, and I cannot be more happy with the choices I made to get to this point.

And recently, I've had dreams goals that have to do with education and the future. My dream to further my education is in progress, and I have to remember that sometimes I had to make more sacrifices to achieve this goal. While it may be hard, it is imperative for me to remember what I'm trying to get out of this experience. Hopefully, at the end, everything I wished for will come true.

What dreams have you achieved, and what goals did you set for yourself? What sacrifices did you have to make? From the video above, Matt Long talks about how successfully reaching your dreams does not come without sacrifices. To achieve the goals you made for yourself, you don't just wake up one day, and see that your dream came true. You have to push yourself to the limit, and then past that limit. The end result is so worth it.

And maybe that's what makes dreams so special when they do come true. Knowing that all the effort you put forth actually made a difference. It may be challenging at first, and even continue to be challenging, but working through those challenges make you a stronger person, and able to achieve anything you set your mind to.

Don't ever stop dreaming, making goals, going for the best things life has to offer. Living a stagnant life is one of the worst things we as human beings can do. If you find yourself living life going through the motions, be brave and do something to change that. Find something that makes you excited to live life. It's too beautiful of a thing to waste. Make goals, make the necessary sacrifices to achieve whatever it is you are working toward, and one day, reap the benefits of your hard work: that's my road to achieving dreams.

I'll be talking to you later, dreamers. Synthesis is calling my name, and that's part of my dreaming right now. Until next time.

Sometimes dreams are hard.

One thing we were told as children is that we can do anything we want to do, be anything we want to be. We as human beings were raised to dream at a young age. We all have dreams, though they may have changed through our lifetime. As children, we wanted to be astronauts, professional athletes, famous singers, actors, actresses, firefighters, doctors, etc. As we grew up, our dreams changed. We wanted to graduate high school, date the perfect person, dreams that seemed more attainable. Other dreams included finding a perfect prom dress, having a memorable summer with friends.

As we continued to live, some dreams we accomplished, some dreams fell short, new dreams were made. We continue to achieve dreams we've had for a day or for years. We continue to make new dreams. We continue strive for something bigger than what we are at this moment.

It can be too easy to give up on these dreams whenever things get hard, get complicated, get stressful. It seems to be too much, and to take the easy road out seems most sensible. But that's what makes accomplishing dreams so fantastic, the joy you feel from meeting a goal, getting one step closer to making your dream a reality.

Isn't that what life is about? Making dreams come true? Regardless how small or large these dreams are, whether you have to tweak an original dream to make it happen, or even "failing", making a dream come true is a magical feeling that only you can take away. Even by failing, one dream may close, but some many possible dreams can come from it.

No matter how frustrated you feel, how disappointed you may be, don't ever be afraid to dream.

"All dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney

"Dream and give yourself permission to envision a "you" that you choose to be." - Joy Page

What are your dreams you are pursuing? Have you achieved any dreams? How big do you dream? When did you become a dreamer?

Keep dreaming, dreamers. It's those dreams that make each person special, and those dreams that encourage and inspire others.