Monday Morning Inspiration: Dream Big
April 5, 2010 by Lacey Stone
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I’m a dreamer. I can’t help it. Sometimes I wish I wasn’t because BIG dreams can bring BIG drama. Lots of hard work, rejection, majoooorrr checks on patience, and the dreaded word … failure. If you want to be amazing, to be the BEST at something, failure is part of the equation.
I had a big “a’ha moment” about a week ago. I realized I was so afraid of failing that I wasn’t taking any chances. I wasn’t really going for it because I didn’t want to mess up. I was caught up in being so perfect that I wasn’t taking the risks necessary to differentiate myself from the pack. I forgot what had gotten me where I am in the first place… me. I’m different, I’m a little bonkers, a risk taker, yes a little crazy at times but that’s what makes me, me. We all have our inner core of who we are. The thing that no one else can copy or take away from us because it’s our essence.
Why am I telling you this? Because I feel free. I realized my fear of failing or making mistakes was getting in the way of my true potential. To be great, to be unstoppable is to fail. There can be no light without darkness, just as there can be no wins without losses. Making mistakes is what we learn from, what makes us grow into the people we were born to be.
This month, I’m going to focus on not just staying in the game, but dominating the game. Sure, maybe losing sometimes, but knowing in my heart that I SWUNG for the rafters, because I’m a home run hitter. I’m a dreamer. Do you hear me? Do you get what I’m saying? Are you a dreamer? Then DOMINATE. I say give it all you’ve got, dream big, and play to win.
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