Let Your Dreams Be Bigger Than Your Fears

We often put our dreams on hold waiting for the perfect moment; when we feel ready, when life is less chaotic, or when fear is no longer present. But fear will always be there in some form, whispering doubts and keeping us small. In this little message of hope, I remind you that your dreams matter. They are bigger than your fears, and the time to honour them is now. Let this be the encouragement you need to take the next step forward.

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My dreams are calling me to come through my fears and out the other side.

My dreams are a hint of my potential,

A hint of what this life has in store for me.

It's the universe calling my name.

We live only in the moment that we're experiencing right now.

The moments that are gone,

They're not here anymore,

They're over.

The ones yet to come,

They're not even a reality yet.

The only thing I ever really have is the present moment.

The only thing I actually ever own and control is the present moment.

We're creatures bound by time and we experience our life one little moment at a time.

With that in mind,

I want to try to make each moment something that I am present for,

Something that I'm engaged with,

And try to make as many moments as possible meaningful.

If I try to put off my dreams until I retire or for another day,

Then I'm giving in to fears.

I'm following my fears,

Making excuses too.

I need to be brave and take a stand for the things that are important to me,

To take this journey and the next one,

And the one after that,

Instead of avoiding them.

My dreams are like a hint of a journey that life wants to take me on.

I need to work towards a life that balances and honors the different sides of me.

My work is great,

But following other passions is just as good,

And I've got to do it now.

I never know what will happen in a few years time.

All the ideas,

Hunches,

Intuitions,

And dreams that I need for a meaningful life are already inside me.

I just need to let my dreams be bigger than my fears.

I never know what's going to happen in a few years time,

Or even worse,

When I retire.

I may not have the opportunity to follow the things that I want to do now at that time.

I might not even want to do them by then.

My priorities might change in those years.

I might have different interests and therefore I might be doing things I'm not even thinking about now.

The present moment is always experienced the same way.

I'm always going to have problems and other things going on,

And in years time it'll be just as easy to put my dreams aside then as it is now,

Even if those dreams are different to the ones that I have now.

Following my dreams is an attitude,

A mindset,

A choice to stare the fear in the face and say to it that it is welcome to come along in the passenger seat while I do the thing,

But it doesn't get to drive.

It's making a choice to live by my values every day.

If I don't know how to go through that process now,

I won't know how to do it in 30 years either.

It's like how water always wants to flow to an empty space.

The tide of life and events and other people will always fill the gaps in my life if I let them.

I have to draw a line in the sand and fit my own dreams and priorities in first,

And when I do that the other stuff fits around it like water going around a rock.

Also I need to have some faith,

Faith in myself and faith in the good in the world.

I have skills and talents inside me that I'm ignoring and under-utilizing,

And I need to tell myself and believe that all the ideas and hunches and intuitions and dreams that I need for a meaningful life are already inside me.

I just have to make the choice to let those dreams be bigger than my fears.