Fear, Hope, Courage, Faith and Dreams...

Where do the words Fear, Hope, Courage and Faith fit into your dreams and goals?

You want to dream big. You are full of excitement as you see the dream come true in your mind. You thrive on the excitement of the dream and goal for days, then suddenly something in your mind starts to doubt your dream, starts to question your dream and your excitement. A shadow falls over your dream...Fear and Doubt now start to reek havoc on your thoughts, Am I going to be good enough, will people like it, will I have the time, oh and here is the best one that Fear and Doubt like to bring up "What were you thinking!!"

You suddenly start to fear that so much will change for the negative if you reach your dream/goal and yes things will change, even if those changes are small, or big. So Fear and Doubt run a muck in your mind, how do you deal with them? Do you run and hide and say to yourself, "yeah they're right, its stupid to think I can do..." or are you going to stand strong in what you believe that you can do and reach that wonderful dream/goal and feel pride in yourself that you are worth the changes that the dream will make in your life and the lives of those close to you.

This is where Hope, Faith and Courage come into the journey of your dream. Though we do need a little bit of fear to keep us grounded, in my mind, though not enough to totally derail us from our dream(s).

Hope, Faith and Courage are sometimes a little hard to keep balanced while we are on our journeys to our dream/goal. They are the hardest to maintain, where Fear and Doubt just know how to wonder on in. We need to surround ourselves with like minded people whom are on the same or similar journey, These people help us keep faith, hope and courage within ourselves as we see that they are doing the same and in away we to are helping them in their journey to their dreams and goals. Fill space around you with what you dream of, so for instance being a novel writer, more books, writing equipment, magazines about writing, going to the library near you for inspiration, becoming a member of a writers group, and so on. Doing these things will keep your hope, faith and courage going in the right direction and yes there will still be moments where doubt and fear will try to prize the door open wider for them to fill more space, though by filling your space with your dreams identity, affirmations, vision boards, these will help keep you excited and seeking the path and journey to reach your goal and dreams.

Fill your space with that drives your dreams, make the choice between faith and fear, having a little fear in what you are doing is healthy, it becomes unhealthy when you let Fear take over and your faith, hope and courage can not grow and manifest to keep you on the path of your chosen journey.

Enjoy your week and live life to the fullest.

DoryBlu

The Inner Child and Your Imagination.

Looking at a picture of an abandoned mansion in America on Facebook the other day triggered something in my imagination, I managed to sit in my favourite coffee shop this morning and put pen to paper. I got the outline of a new story down and when I have time to sit and start filling in the gaps of the outline. That moment when you feel excited about something, something that is within you, something that only you can see at this point. You know others might not like it, but you will and do already. That is your imagination, and for me that one picture was enough for my imagination to run riot and have fun.

Your imagination. That is your way, That is your way to escape one reality into another.  Find something that catches your attention, let the inner child grab it and take it where it wants to, you might find yourself giggling at something and others have no idea and start giggling with you for no reason. Your imagination can take you to so many places without leaving where you are right now. We get so bogged down in our world of work, study, paying bills, family and so on that we don't remember how to imagine things as much. I know it has taken me a long time to let myself re engage with my inner child and imagination.

Now Dumbo is a very well known character and he believed he could fly, lets be kids again just for a moment and believe we can fly as well. Where would you fly to and who would your fly with? let your imagination run away with you just for a little while.

Looking at the picture of Dumbo, does it remind you of your childhood? does it tug at your heart strings? Or are you just saying, that's kids stuff and I don't have time for that?

What ever your week brings for you, please stop and let your inner child and imagination just wonder, and maybe you will see something you haven't seen since you were a child, before the world got to real.

Have an awesome week.

DoryBlu

That Moment of Clarity

Today was one of those days, heavy rain and hail storms. I sat in my local coffee shop, eating my amazing lunch of lamb shanks with french beans and mash potato. I sat thinking initially as I was going to write in my journal, but then decided it was time. Time to start my novel properly.

Pen and paper ready to go, then the thoughts started, it was like a tap was turned on, and off the pen went.  The words just kept flowing page after page after page. It was so amazing, that I could sit and just let it all flow, it was meant to happen.

This past week has been a bit rough emotionally and it was great to sit and make the decision to start. I had written in my journal just yesterday that it was time to start, and that I did. Four hours went by so very quickly, I had finished and was due to go back to work, I had this amazing feeling of tiredness, but not being tired from stress or frustration like I have been, but that feeling of just being tired because I was busy, but I wasn't having to force the thoughts, they were just flowing through me. It was a strange kind of tired. I was happy and excited at the same time.

I had been in a mood for the past few days and to go back into work and feel like nothing was wrong and that all was good in the world, was so awesome, a feeling I want to hold on to so tightly and keep forever. I saw that writing for me is my way of escaping my stresses, to be allowed to become my characters, even if it is just for a few hours a day.

Have an amazing weekend

DoryBlu

Building Your Dreams

The universe puts so much in front of us for many reasons. We are never given more than we can handle, even if we feel at the time we are drowning. Its these times when we wonder if chasing our dreams is worth while. It all seems to hard, working, studying, family commitments and so on, where do we find the time we need to chase our own dreams?

At times our dreams might feel that they need to take a back seat for a little while to allow us to get through times where we just can't fit them in with other commitments. Don't let your dreams completely fade away. Leave a light on in your mind, body and soul for them to know you will come back to them as soon as you can. Or do you just say "hey, you are a dream I need to work on every day to reach the final outcome." If you need to work on it each day and feel you just don't have the time to put hours into it, take at least ten to fifteen minutes of your time that you can. We can't give up on chasing our dreams when life becomes busy, we need to still have them or we will feel our lives have less meaning to them.

Dreams can be made up of so many things, a better career, a bigger house, a better car, writing a novel, completing an Ironman, running a marathon, swimming in the ocean, and the list goes on. We need to look at the process that we need to go through to make it to the end or result of that dream. The process is part of the dream as it is part of the journey we take to get there. We will hit lumps and bumps in the road, we may even take a slight detour to get there, but no matter what, we will one day make it to the destination we know is our dream.

 Chase your dreams, enjoy the journey and learn the lessons.

DoryBlu

Creative Journal Writing

Today I finished reading "Creative Journal Writing" by Stephanie Dowrick. The universe picked the right time for me to read this amazing book. It is beautifully written. I have journaled previously in times that were dark, filled with sad times of feeling like I didn't belong. I stopped journaling when I came out of that time of my life and we had moved house. It is obviously time the universe is letting me know that I need to return to this beautiful creative endeavor.  It has allowed me to have a private place to feel safe and comfortable to put my thoughts down. I have a safe place to ask the universe the questions that I need answering, the ideas that come to me for writing, the areas I want to go back to in my life and be creative once again, without the negatives that were there once before.

Journaling is allowing me to take the steps that I need to, still in my recovery and to see that I am safe with in my own feelings and thoughts and even if my thoughts are not always positive as I need to process the negative thoughts as much as I need the positive thoughts.

For the first time in a long time I am seeing where I want my life to go and what I need to let go of, not stress over, and pay more attention to. It is time for me to spend part of each day writing what is within my heart, mind and soul to help me in my journey through life. I have come to see that I don't need to conform to what is all around me, but to be happy to have similarities to others that we connect in the jigsaw of life.

Be true to how you are, be authentic to what you believe to be true. Take the time for yourself.

DoryBlu