Dreams and Bios.

I looked at my dog bella this weekend and realized that at age 4, she may very well be at her halfway point in life.

I’ve loved her as much as I could possibly love and yet I’ve wasted a lot of time and moments with her taking for granted that she will always be here and that I’ll always be here.

I realized that while I have a full and active life filled with friends, love, work and outdoor activities I enjoy; I’m not where I’d like to be and not where I thought I’d be at this point.

Let me first say that I want to avoid another “to do” on our already full, over-achieving list.  I’m not speaking of the mental list we keep in our heads of what we “should” be doing, I’m speaking of using our time here in this life to enjoy ourselves and remember what we love and once dreamed of doing.
If we spend our time working, raising our kids, staying in shape, doing our chores, saving for the future and improving our homes; it’s easy to wake up one day well past our “half way point” in life and realize that we haven’t been having any fun.

Even what I often consider to be “fun” is goal oriented.
What happened to childhood dreams?
I dreamt of building an adobe on lots of land with an outdoor green house when i was a kid.  I dreamt of writing a book, of blending my own aromatherapy products, learning to photograph the moon at night in black and white, and of visiting the pyramids in Egypt while exploring on an archaeological dig.

I’ve done a lot of things in my life, but I’ve done nothing on my list of dreams!  I’ve traveled, I’ve lived well and I’m happy, but something is missing.  My half way point is approaching (or past for all I know!) and I feel like I’m spinning my wheels wasting those glorious dreams once daily visualized as a kid.

A friend of mine told me today of a “Dream Bio”.  He explained that when he hires someone at his company UPsidEo.com , he requests they write their biography from a future point ~ the end of their life!

So, when I’m done with this post I will be sitting in front of my computer imagining the far off future ripe old age of I’m not sure when yet.  I’ll be writing of the dreams I lived and the things I’ve done, what I’m proud of and what I’m grateful for; all from a future “looking back at my life” point.   Seems to me whether you believe in the power of manifestation or not, this is a very good idea.

There have been many mentions of the Harvard study on goal writing and the high % of success years later with the students that did follow through and write them down.

I can’t help but think that if we take the time to write the story of our lives in our “Dream Bio”, we’ll have a high chance of actually living those dreams.
Maybe it plants a seed, maybe it manifests once we’re clear on what we want; or maybe it just gives us a check- in point.  What I do know is that I care very much about living this life as fully as possible.  Like my dog bella, our lives are passing by in every moment.

xo

Images courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net

Clock by Salvatore Vuono

Egypt by M_Bartosch

Book signing by Bill Longshaw

Man by Andy Newson

Kids in Ocean by Dino Deluca