How Building Dreams Can Motivate You
Today after work I stopped in the mall while my friend shopped around for some running shoes. As he searched for the perfect shoe, I stepped in a department store called Nordstrom. Now if anyone know about Nordstrom, you know the clothes aren’t cheap at all. I mean I saw a clothing line called Pyscho Bunny and a damn polo shirt cost over $90! There were even socks in there that cost more than the Nike’s on my feet.
The reason I visit Nordstrom on occasion is not because want to cry every time I look at a price tag. It’s because I picture myself one day soon leaving with as many items as I want. I build a dream each time I look at things I want visualizing one day they will be mine.
I look at cars, houses, paintings. If I want it and can’t afford it, I just tell myself, “one day…”
I see myself with all those things. Some I have achieved while others I am still working on, but I will never let myself fail…
Dream building motivates me to get up in the morning and be productive as possible that day. The more motivated I am the closer I get to reaching the goals I have set for myself. Whether the goal is small or large, it is a goal I pursue.
Once you reach your goals, the dream becomes reality. There is nothing wrong with visualizing where and who you want to be in life.
There is a difference between dream building and wishing and feeling sorry for yourself. Building a dream is an action in which you are seeing yourself in the future in a more positive situation. Feeling sorry for yourself is looking at your present and past conditions wishing you were in another place in life. Nothing of value comes from feeling down on yourself.
Feeling sorry for yourself is very dangerous because you will NEVER see the opportunities around you that will help you change you life. You will continue to blame others for your misfortune and that negativity alone will spell your doom.
Mary Morrissey at powerfull-living.biz states, “It’s hard to move confidently into the life you have imagined if you’re lugging deadweight. When you persist in carrying the baggage of your childhood, your shame, you have no room for greater possibilities.”
Staying positive and building dreams are essential to success. Many successful people will tell you visualizing themselves as successful help them tremendously in becoming successful.
So are you a dream builder or do you walking around feeling sorry for yourself? You definitely cannot be both so take a look at in the mirror and ask you that question.