One unique aspect that distinguishes humans from all other creations is that humans have the ability to dream, work on their dreams and live the dream of their lives. Paradoxically, many humans dream but only a few live the dreams. The majority miss the train of the life of their dreams.
Dreaming is easy. Living the dream is hard. People are excited with what is associated with living a dream. On the other hand, very few people are ready to walk the path that leads to living the dream. People that crave pleasure can hardly live the life of their dreams. Life is not about goodies each and every Friday. Life is not about drives each and every weekend. Life is about working hard at the time most people are relaxing. That is what is called going the extra mile.
We get excited with the millions of dollars that sporting super stars earn. We admire them the most. We even calculate how much they earn per second. What we least see is that in as much as they swim in such financial comfort, their lives are dictated by their dreams. Often they are found on the training ground, practising highly how to continue being better. During weekend, while you are in the comfort of your house, they are busy on the football ground, tennis court, basketball court or boxing ring, working. While you are relaxing, they are working. Your idle time is their best time for making money.
To live the life of your dreams you need to be disciplined, working steadfast on achieving what you want, making sacrifices that make you seem more unorthodox and primitive. To live the life of your dreams, you should realise that you better have a strong skin that survives the stings of defeat, disappointment, failure, shame and belittlement. You have to be ready to live a lonely life as not most people will be ready to walk with you on your path. It is your path, remember. It is the life of your dreams, remember. It is the embodiment of your whole being, remember.
Every time you harbour ideas about living the life of your dreams, remember that elite sporting professionals train around three to five hours each and every day. These are elite professionals. That is the discipline they have. That is the discipline you have to emulate and beat. Life is 90 percent sweat and 10 percent pleasure. If you maximise pleasure, then you will, certainly, hardly live the life of your dreams.
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Be you. Be yourself and your dreams. Make your dreams a priority. Keep on polishing the dreams. When you fail, as indeed often you will, start again. Failure is the best teacher. Failure makes us stronger. Failure ignites our passion to live the life of our dreams. All super stars have failed in one way or the other. They used failure as the igniter of their passion and that made a difference.
Success is possible. Living the life of your dreams is possible. Just take off procrastination. Just minimise pleasure and push in a lot of hard work. To have a comfortable tomorrow, you better sweat today.
