The Wisdom of Dreaming

“Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.” – Black Elk

What does it mean to dream?

What does it be to awaken?

How can you know the difference?

Good question – you might find the answers within yourself one day.

For now, here are a few more quotes about dreams and the power of imagination:

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.”
— Albert Einstein

“Imagination rules the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”
— Carl Sagan

“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”
— Einstein

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.”
— Buddha

“Thoughts are but dreams till their effects be tried.”
— William Shakespeare

“Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”
Mahatma Gandhi

The JOY Of Missing Out

Most people exist and never truly live.

The funny thing is, at some point in your life you’ll realize, if you ever had FOMO, that you weren’t missing out on anything important.

Most people never Truly live – most are only spectators – watching others live & commenting on other peoples’ lives…

Most exist, but never live.

Do you need other people to enjoy life? Or can you enjoy life with yourself first? 

If you don’t enjoy spending time with yourself, do you think others will?

Love yourself first.

Look within before you look without.

The important question is: “Are you a spectator in life or are you a participant?” 

“Are you merely watching other people live their life? Or do you have any life of your own within you?”

Enjoy time you have with yourself – it’s some of the most important time you’ll ever have in this life.

Don’t know where to begin?

Start Dreaming

Trusting Life

What does it mean to trust life?

Well, it probably looks different for everyone, but for me, to really trust is to let go.

Let go of how we think things should be, and trust them as they are.

When we are able to do this – able to let go and trust, then we are able to see clearly, and make a real difference in this world.

What does trust mean to you? Comment 🙂

A Million Dreams

A Million Dreams…

This great song by Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, and Ziv Zaifman expresses dreams of a new world.

A new world that we are creating, together. All the time.

Every day we are creating reality – our reality, which contributes to the collective reality.

What are you contributing?

Here are a couple posts I’ve written about dreaming, to help you begin:

The Power of The Dream

Your Dreams Are Yours

& here is the beginning lyrics of the song A Million Dreams🎶

“I close my eyes and I can see,

The world that’s waiting up for me

That I call my own

Through the dark, through the door

Through where no one’s been before,

But it feels like home…

They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy,

They can say, they can say I’ve lost my mind,

I don’t care, I don’t care, so call me crazy,

We can live in a world that we design…

‘Cause every night I lie in bed,

The brightest colours fill my head,

A million dreams are keeping me awake..

I think of what the world could be,

A vision of the one I see,

A million dreams is all it’s gonna take..

Oh a million dreams for the world we’re gonna make…”

I prefer Pink’s version, here.

Know Your Why

Why are you doing what you are doing?

Are you just staying busy or are you actually being productive?

And more importantly, what is it that you actually want to do?

What dreams do you have?

And how are you achieving them?

There is a big difference between being busy and being productive.

And we all have experienced both.

What’s important is what you do Today.

Know your why and then take action.

Patience

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
– Aristotle


Where are you going?

What’s the rush?

Sometimes a sense of urgency is necessary, and sometimes it’s not.

And sometimes we’re all so busy rushing around that we forget the joy in this moment.

Take a deep breath.

Be here, now.

And from here, you can go anywhere.

Direction

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”
– Lao Tzu

The direction of your life depends on you and your vision.

(if you aren’t happy with your life currently, a new vision might help) 

Dream.

Pray.

Dream some more. 

Pray some more.

And now you’re on your way.

Do It Today

“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
– Lao Tzu


What dream do you have?

Are you taking actions towards your dream?

What is one thing you can do today to begin turning dreams into reality?

It won’t happen overnight, but it won’t happen until you first have the dream.

4 Important Pieces Of Career Advice I Learned While Interning With Ryan Holiday

When I landed an editorial internship with Ryan Holiday in 2018, I felt like I made it. Fame and wealth were on the way!

At the time, I felt like I had accomplished what was necessary and was on my way to the top. What I didn’t know at the time was the heroic responsibility that comes with this type of work, and I momentarily lost sight of my purpose.

What I learned is that the life-changing writing work we do as authors, writers, transformers, and creators is why we do it

It’s not about getting famous and wealthy. It’s truly not. 

It’s about becoming the best version of ourselves and creating work that helps others do the same. The fame and wealth, if meant to be, are by-products.

Now, as you adventure toward your purpose, your why, here are four things I learned while interning with Ryan Holiday that may serve as guides.

Read on, here.

This article was first published on the Collective World website.