What Is The Life You’ve Imagined?

“It’s never too late,” is a falsehood. There are definitely seasons of life and sometimes it really is “too late” to accomplish something that you’ve dreamed.

Let’s take an example from my own life. I want to be pregnant twelve times. I heard you gasp or was that the the soft thump as you fainted on the carpet? It was always my dream to have as many children as there are eggs in a carton.

I could still have twelve children because I could adopt or find a surrogate, but I can not be pregnant and give birth to eleven more. Therefore, that “dream” will go unfulfilled.

I’ll give you another example of something just as tangible. I want to be married one time and it last throughout the rest of my life. Guess what? It is too late for that one too because my ex-husband and I were divorced eleven years ago. Strike two on living the life I’ve imagined!

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.  Live the life you imagined.”  Those words by Henry David Thoreau are ones I have cherished my entire life.  Now I may have not quoted him exactly but the idea is at least there.  Note that Thoreau said to Go CONFIDENTLY.  

What does that mean?  It means we live in such a way that we are SURE that whatever we set out to do we will accomplish it.  Confidence means we do not doubt.  It does not mean that our plans along the way will not change.  They most assuredly will change whether by our own design or by outside influences.  It is how we choose to handle them that make for success and here is where confidence plays a part.

When things do not go according to plans, our end purpose has not changed.  Confidence gives us what we need to be determined to continue to move forward.  When plans change we will be confident that we will discover or create some other way of accomplishing our end purpose.  Never be afraid to tackle something simply because we do not understand it or plans change.  

Be confident in yourself and abilities.  We have a brain that scientists say is unlike anything else on earth and we only use 1% of 1/10 of it.  Can you even imagine what we could do with the rest of it?  The more we use our brain and the more confident we become, the more we will be successful.  Go CONFIDENTLY  in the direction of your dreams.  Live the life you imagined.  Be successful.

Dreams Change

As we mature, learn and grow, so do our goals for life. I will not be a concert pianist, sing with Elvis Presley, become the center for a women’s pro basketball team or perform as Clara to Tchaikovsky’s score for the Nutcracker ballet, but I can be successful and fulfilled in other areas.

The key is that I take the time to imagine a new dream with obtainable heights instead of dwelling on opportunities lost.

That was a really profound statement. Guilt and regret can fly out the window now. Right now! Every day is a fresh start and new beginning.

Where To Start

Maturity brings with it experiences passed and wisdom from failure. Without having messed up a few times in our lives, we would never know the deepest emotions of joy and thankfulness.

There is a price to pay for that wisdom. Outwardly, the skin begins to wrinkle like a Shar Pei, but not as cutely. Of course, the hair either falls out or turns gray, eye brows thin or grow bushier, the ears and nose grow inordinately larger, and there are diseases, aches and pains where vigor and energy used to rule. Although our mind is brighter and our soul more stretched in comprehension, the body disintegrates.