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It’s when we start to replace dream for desire that we start adopting the typical way forward. The common mantra of how desires are achieved, through drive and determination. Drive and determination above anything, above everything. If we don’t accomplish our “desires” or “dreams”, we don’t have enough drive or determination and see it as a failure, a short-coming of reaching our potential.

When we embrace the dream we at risk of replacing Dream with Desire. We start to confuse desire for dream, we start to think the are the same thing.

When we look at our dream, stare at it, accept it. When we commit to our dream, we are committing to go on a journey of self-realization. The visible, quantifiable measure of success is an internal, spiritual manifestation of growth and potentiality. The Journey is simply an opportunity for growth and development based on a physical, visible North Star. Direction.

Or maybe sometimes we embrace the dreams as if it is or will be validation of our greatness. Dreams are not to be confused with a desire to be great. The desire to be great, the desire to be better than others, or even better than yourself is the narcissist’s journey. If we follow the path of “greatness” it will only fulfill a narcissist’s desire. Delusion.

Dreams sometimes are too overwhelming, scary for us to even think of, the beauty of it makes us doubt our worthiness. The magnitude of it makes us question our potential. So sometimes we look away. But when we look away for too long, we’ll forget we even had a dream once. Denial.

Dreams are visions of our destiny, a taste, glimpse of what our lives can be. Dreams are real, dreams are a divine beckoning, a dream for something more, bigger than ourselves.