Dreams Come Alive

In a scene from the movie The Pursuit of Happyness, Christopher Gardner tells his son, “You got a dream…you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can’t do it. If you want something, go get it.”

A life worth living is a life of passion in the pursuit of our dreams; it is about what excites our spirit and our energy. When we’re doing the thing that we love and that we’re good at, time takes on a different dimension completely. If we’re doing something we love, we come alive and an entire day simply flies by. Avid runners think nothing of popping out the door for a long run, while others dread just lacing up their shoes. If we’re doing something that doesn’t resonate with our spirit, five minutes feels like forever. The reason so many people go through life like zombies is because it doesn’t feed their spirit; it doesn’t feed their energy or their passion.

In the struggle between practicality and passion, many choose the former. They give up their passion and dreams in order to do a job they don’t feel anything for, so they can earn money and keep up with the Joneses. The alternative is to pay the price of sacrifice, perseverance, hard work and even rejection, in order to pursue our passion and do the job we love, and in the process earn money and create meaning in our lives.

What is your dream?