Toby Israel, Author of Vagabondess, Founder of Mujeres Fuertes @mujeresfuertescostaricar @vagabondesstravel
We often talk about making our dreams come true. The sky's the limit, that kind of thing…
But, going out on a limb here, what about the things we never dared to dream? What about the possibilities that didn’t even enter into our orbit of awareness? What if the sky *isn’t* the limit?
I’ve had a lot of conversations recently about the gnarled, labyrinthine trails we call our life path.
I didn’t dream up this life; I lived it into existence, one day at a time. In fact, I couldn’t have dreamed it even if I’d tried! So many key ingredients hadn’t come into my path yet.
I think it’s great to have goals and aspirations. They keep us focused and challenge us to grow. However, I would argue that when we limit (yes, limit) ourselves *only* to what we can dream, two things happen:
1. We dream small, because we are scared to dream too big. I notice this in myself all the time as I vision new projects. Why do you think it took me so long to write my book? A travel blog was an “achievable” dream. But a book… What if I failed? Or worse, what if I succeeded?!
2. We don’t know what we don’t know. I can’t plan a future full of people I haven’t met yet, experiences I have yet to live, and information I haven't yet learned. I can only set goals that exist within the realm of conscious possibility. But what about all the possibilities I can’t even imagine?
Ten years ago, I never could have imagined the life I have today. Today, I know that I have *no idea* what my life will look like ten years from now. The people, places, ideas, and projects that will populate it—maybe I haven’t even met them yet.
I certainly haven’t dreamed them.
Toby Israel, Author of Vagabondess, Founder of Mujeres Fuertes @mujeresfuertescostaricar @vagabondesstravel
editor of Regenerate your Reality,
& special contribution was featured in
Chapter 1: Dreams - Living dreams every day through action.
