I was always warned not to daydream too much. I could not stop because this was the way to connect with the song in my heart, that sound that brings joy into my life.
Dreaming only, however, is dangerous because I was tempted in doing only that. Planning my dream is the journey to get there, the continuous test runs that hone my skills. This process is becoming part of my lifestyle and my thinking. And one step at a time closer to what I want to achieve. In planning and trying and keep going, I now find great joy because it keeps the sound of my heart alive.
The truth is that we are destined to do something great somewhere. This is that part that comes alive when you do it -painting, doing sports, writing, whatever. Everyone’s sound of their heart is unique, which gives us the task to develop and nurture. The sound of your heart requires your courage to plan, focus, practise and continue until it happens. A sportsperson achieving the “impossible” has practised many hours and sacrificed comforts many people would not live without. In the scorching sun, rain and cold these sportspersons continue to hone their skills, getting better by the day!
The best part of this journey to develop our greatness is what is happening inside our heads. We must train our thinking patterns more than we spend time in our pursuit to develop our skills. Our thinking patterns and mindsets are the actual places where everything is happening before a hand touches a paintbrush or a keyboard or a sportsman’s feet touch the ground.
At times I may sabotage my own chance of success with small thoughts – mostly because of fear and doubting myself. And if I don’t check and kill these thoughts, they may become big trees in my mind.
Despite these doubts and fears, I decide every day to keep dreaming while planning and practising, because if I don’t dream and not keeping at my dream, I may start to accept everything in life as is. Then I am in danger to forget the rhythm of the song in my heart – that one that makes me exceptional and different from the crowd. Without this song, I slowly die and suffocate without its life-giving oxygen.
I always feared not fitting in because my heart beats with a different rhythm, but a special sound from the rest of the crowd. What brought freedom to me is when I realised I would rather take the road never travelled with this song in my heart than be like the crowd. And go around the same mountain every day, dying with every step because my dream is withering away.
All this work happens in my mindset, while I am keeping my feet on the ground.
Copyright Annalie Anticevich © November 2022
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