how to follow your dreams

You have a dream. I know it! I know you have a wild dream that is underground or emerging. You don’t have to tell me, you don’t have to tell anyone. You only have to know what your dream is and hold it close to your heart. You only have to be brave enough to admit it to yourself. Yes - I have a dream right now and this is what it is!

Now that you’ve admitted this exciting truth, ask yourself a few questions. How does it feel to have this dream? This dream, dancing and parading inside you like a supernova ready for the space to expand gorgeously! Where do you feel this excitement? What is the difference between your life now and your life where this dream is alive? In what big or small ways can your dreams enter your current reality? How can the simplicity of the present moment also be the infinite dream?

Now let’s explore, how can this dream, the same magical beast dancing inside you, exploding with joy and possibilities become what you fear, avoid, and deny? Maybe for reasons our mind cannot conceptualize. Maybe for some it can. What does your mind say to you about this dream?

Sometimes our mind comes up with reasons of why the heart is endlessly silly and the brain is so smart. How the known is safe and how change is not. How worthiness of dream living belongs only to those who are insert reason here.

Well, if your brain comes up with these things you definitely aren’t alone! We all know many a brain have stopped many a dream, sadly. So I will share some word tools to get ‘out of your dang mind’ while honoring that our minds are trying, at least.

Our dreams are not meant to be understood. They are meant to be felt and followed, maybe to realization, maybe to another dream. Our dreams are magical and soulful and so the path to our dream is magical and soulful as well. It reveals itself as we take one step, then another.

Because our dreams are not meant to be understood, not even by the individual, why would we then find a way to make it important how others perceive it? How can dissolving this block free us in the path towards our dream that also becomes the path to our authenticity?

Notice the difference between feeling into your dream and then thinking about it. Where does the dream live happily? Where does your creativity live? In logic or in a realm of curiosity? In a balance of both?

Is it really more dangerous to fail a million ways or to leave this world not knowing what could have been? And what if there are no failures, only lessons?

Maybe the path, however it unfolds, IS the dream. Maybe our dreams are leading us to the path. Maybe fear is just excitement and wonder if we allow. When we choose ease radically, life becomes such, because we have commanded our creative energy to make it so.

What arises from the heart and soul can never be truly silenced by logic. Say, I am inherently worthy of my dreams!

We don’t have to know how it’s all going to go, in fact we could never know - it’s part of the fun if we decide. If we’re honest with ourselves, we don’t know how any of it is going to go on any day and never have - so holding on to a life pattern masquerading as certainty serves who/what exactly? Maybe we can transfer the trust we have in false certainty towards surrender to the divine and self trust.

What’s interesting is that the very thing that causes our hearts to skip a beat can become a thing we avoid and deny ourselves of.

Where do we find the audacity to choose ourselves daily? Moment to moment? Is it simple or is it complex? Is it selfish to choose me? Who am I to stand powerful and sovereign?

When you choose your well being, you choose the well being of everyone around you and beyond. Because we are all connected, when you choose yourself in the most loving way, you choose everyone in the most loving way simultaneously. Then you become the lighthouse for others to do the same. Magic! When we walk in compassion for ourselves it naturally shines onto others, when we deny ourselves, we deny others as well. We can all walk in harmony authentically as one, individually empowered.

Sometimes you will experience resistance from people for choosing your joy, your dreams. Know that, anyone against you following your heart just feels like they can’t do the same and they fear change. Nothing is personal. Be loving. Continue! Because when you walk in resolve, and shine with abandon, it gives everyone permission and an example of what is also possible for them, and truly those who do not believe in themselves need that living example the most.

We all need living examples of people in different phases of dream following! Because - it’s not always easy or joyful, we know this. It takes a lot of courage to stay committed and we always need each other as positive mirrors when things don’t go as ‘planned’ to stay inspired.

When things don’t go as ‘planned’ and we ‘fail’. This can break us open to truths of where we are holding on to certainty and gives us an opportunity to step back into curiosity, trust and new choices. It is important to feel all that you feel, and it’s okay to be disappointed, sad, angry, confused - all of what you feel is allowed. Love yourself there and give yourself grace and modes of expression to transcend it. This will build self trust as your resolve and heart centered dream continue to lead. This will make every win that much more full of gratitude and joy.

Choosing our dream is choosing the divine within. We have to let go of the fear and conditioning that is holding us to our non-dream so then we can realize what we truly desire and live a life of authenticity and fullness. The path to ease and joy is choosing ease and joy now. What feels good to you, now? Choose it! With love, we cannot chastise or force our way into becoming happy or new. It is natural unfolding when we consistently make the choices to show up for ourselves with love. The commitment we have towards our vision increases and stabilizes when it’s enjoyable.

We can set the circumstances of bravery, ease, focus and freedom by intentionally practicing these energies whenever possible. We are open to the limitless potential of our existence.

I could express about this all day- truly! And in fact, I love to and it’s my dream that you live yours too. So if you’re interested in living your dreams, and you are READY for personal guidance, accountability, and a lighthearted friend dream following alongside you, please schedule a free consultation with me!

BIG love to EVERYONE.

Your friend,

Sarah Joy