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'.' ér!YL%4L... . b ; .f- ..w :.J!y.c'-*5' . . ''< -.' !:)-Y, .4'J' . .#' '.'-1#R.;# .# ru.' 6 W- . .' .> : y , ytIxl u'i't #.Ce.'.6.vp%.or.5.saving to btly a boat or w'orking tobtlild o 1'1e a1so ta k e s serio usdedication. A. sustained effort, areftlsalto letgo of the drealm,and aNs'illingness to order one's w'hole lifearound the process of lmaking thedrealn colne true. W llatever thedreanl, it is not going to col-ne trueurithotlt the eftbrt, dedication anddeterllination to Inake ithappen.Itisnotluck.Pal4 one isthedecision to take a hardlook at recent day dreanns to see ifany are Nvorthy enotlgh to takeseriously.Solne are l'nere Nvhinzs oru'e are contlicted about them . Forexanaple,Ialvvaysdreal-n aboutbeingthin butt<strong>here</strong> is:1contlictw ithin l'nehaving to do Nvith crackers,cookies,ice creal-n, etc. As long as I al'ncontlicted Ns'ithin nlyself that drealnu'illnotconle trtle and Ideserve NvhatIgetbeeatlse thatdreal-n isnotstrongenotlgh to hold l-ny attention.Ian'lnotnlobilized to do anythillg abotltit.Iu'ould also like to paddle a kayakbtltnly shoulderNvas injured and Iac ttlalIy can1'1ot do it satk Iy . Iprobably w'ill buy a plastic footoperated kayak to get around n)ydisability btlt itw'ilInot qtlite be thekayak dreanl the u'ay lw'ant it.BtltI'l'ly footoperated kayak Nvi11 still beftln ald healthy even ifplastic.H alf :1dreanl colne true is better than nodreal'n eolne trtle. (Perhaps it Nvilleotlnteract solue of the cookies andicecrealn'?)Sonletilues t<strong>here</strong> are contlicts ofresponsibility.N ev could notsaiItbrdecadesbecause l-alnily lnelmbers hadhealth problel-ns and he had to stayhonle to help. H e drealned anddrealued ofsailing,butitdid notlookprolnising. Yet he did l'nore thandrealn, becatlse he read and studiedalnlostalIthe saiIing books he couldfind.Then lappeared in hisIifeaboutthe tilue he Nvas 1'1(.)Iollgerneeded bythe fa naily,and o ffNveNventi1-1I'ny o Idbo at. B e ing avai1ab le an d a 1soprepared forthe tim e w hen the dreamcom estrtle isessential.Sitting and drealning is fun aII byitself and l-nany tblks gain enoughsatisfaction to m ake it wrorth w hile.M any dreal-ns t5t that category andrelmain conlfortable atthat level.Butother drealms sincerely wantto connetrue.They seeln to gain theirovvn IifeNvithin tls and w,e begin to feelhelpless to resistthelu.These are thedreannsto follow'into a new 1ife.Ioncespenttheevening svith :1trampw'ho w as operating a vvelIrotted boatdow'n the Intra Coastal W aterNs'aycom pletely happy and free. H isphilosophy w'as that if l'nore peoplewould allow'the hidden and denieddream s deep in their souls to conletrtle, the Nvorld w ould be a l'nuchbetterplaceto livein.T<strong>here</strong> Nvould beIess frustration. less resentm ent, andgreatjoy to share.Thistralmp had atreluendous i1'1tluence on n)e. Irealized that I vvas standing in thewray of I-ny osvn drealu conling trtleand a yearlater Ilefthol-ne and u'enteruising by I-nyself.(-lnce the t'irststepsare taken to I-nakea drealu col-ne true, others u,iIIbecolne energized and u'ant to helpyotlsuceeedjtlsttotakethatIitleparti1'1the effort.W e1lNvish ing,lending ahand, sharing sol-ne l-naterial neededorteachingaskilu'illbringthel'njoy.The hope luay grosv Nvithin theln thatthey also lnight have the cotlrage tol'nake a dreal-n col-ne true in theirosvnlives.For solme reason Nve deny thesesecret and cherished dreanls. M ostlythey are innocentand itis tragic tlatNN,e d e n y o blrse 1ves t1-1e su'eetsatisfaetion of l'naking thenn col-netrueandsharingthejoyu'ithothers.L f)1,'t.2,.V/1l(11161/Y(.2l'The risk is to getthe happiness...#lekltlyuber20()8* *TheS ttaIàt!()p lt2 1'(ptrt-l7,
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