Dare to Dream in 2010

Let me ask you a question can you remember a time when you were small, a time when you were an innocent creative child ?

Take a moment and think back to a time when you were playing and at the same time you were also living your dream. You may have been 5, 6, 7 or maybe even 8 years old and steering your old wooden fruit box on wheels down a big hill believing that you were driving the fastest race car in the world, or perhaps you were sitting inside a big cardboard box believing you were in a space ship on your way to the moon.

And look now - Now that you are all grown up can you tell me why you stopped Dreaming ???

Do you still think back to a time when you sat in a fruit box and believed that you were driving the worlds fastest race car, and do you still mentally climb inside a big cardboard box pretending that its on its way to the moon ..??

I guess some of you may answer this question with a reassuring yes!

Well with a smile, I commend you for nurturing that very special side of you that allows you to dream, and I commend you for nurturing the child within you.

But for most people its a real shame for as we grow older in years and experience we also become more serious about life and through those experiences we tend to become grown up and realistic in our thinking. Thing is when we do this, we opress our ability to create, to fantasize and to dream. We grow up and leave behind our child within. We leave behind the gift of seeing and believing in our dreams.

So lets just imagine for a moment, if right now, you could recapture all of those Magic Moments and live them as if you were really there right now, and i mean right now as you sit at your computer reading this message.

Remember how you were feeling at the time and what you were seeing and hearing. The experiences and the problems you had or created. I know when I flew to the moon it wasn’t all smooth sailing but I did eventually make it to Moon Base One !

See life doesn’t have to be so serious, and we don’t really need to be so realistic, nor do we have to meet the expectations of others in terms of behavior. I often smile when I see an adult acting silly for no good reason because I know they are living a dream, and that they are happy living their life, not someone else’s expectation of how they should behave.

So next time you see an old fruit box, or a big old cardboard box or maybe even if you find yourself sitting quietly watching children play out their dreams, realize that you too at any moment can Dare To Dream too ... Begin today and make 2010 your finest year of accomplishment yet !

Wishing You Continued Success ... !!!

Christopher Mark Shaw