The first week or two of a New Year is my time to review the past year (once it is over) so I can assess where I am today versus where I was last year at this time. What dreams have been actualized? What dreams no longer fit? What new dreams have been developing over the course of the year that I can now begin to create? I’ve heard this process approached from two directions such as in January 2015 what do I want to know that I have completed over the course of the year – and/or – what are my dreams for this upcoming year? Either works. Know which focus motivates you more. Having focus is the only necessity; the details can fluctuate.
Speaking of focus, have you noticed that when you focus on a dream that seems at the moment, too outrageous or too challenging, fear can quickly come into play? When or if that fear takes over, procrastination, distraction, illusions of powerlessness, and a sad, heavy, feeling of being stuck or lost move in and support your energy in collapsing. Know that the dream only appears too challenging however because you haven’t fully embodied it and made it your own. You also haven’t grown into it yet. Don’t question the dream if it comes from your heart, soul, and passion; you’re being called to it. It simply requires a higher level of personal growth which comes in time.
The reality is that by the time you have the dream actualized you will have gone through the Five Steps of Claiming Your Dreams. You will have put the negative messages (such as from this fear) in their place. You will have achieved a dream out-of-the-box from who you are now. You will have developed the clarity, focus, and devotion to your dream that was needed and finally you will have jumped off the cliff and made it all possible. When it comes time to live that dream you will have grown into it in all your glory. Developing your dream and bringing it into fruition is really all about bringing who you are meant to be into fruition as well.
