Dreaming

Why are so many of us afraid to dream?

Zig Ziglar told a story of fleas in a jar. You put fleas in a jar and put a lid on it. The fleas instinctively begin to jump, repeatedly hitting the lid in their attempt to escape. After about 20 minutes of constantly bashing their heads against the lid, they learn that they cannot escape and stop jumping as high as they originally did in order to avoid smacking their heads.

At this point you can remove the lid and the fleas will continue to jump at the same height, never escaping the jar. They conditioned themselves to BELIEVE that they can never escape the jar, so they just stop trying.

So many of us are like these fleas. We have bought the lie. From a young age we are taught that the path to success is to study hard, so we can get into good schools. Then we can get a degree and find a good job. Work hard at the job for 45 years and then we can retire.

We have conditioned ourselves to believe that this is the only way and that we can only get so far. Maybe you tried to go for your dreams, but were just met with pain and disappointment. So you have stopped dreaming of bigger things outside of this. You traded your dreams for security.

But what if there is another way? What if the "lid" isn't there? What if you can really accomplish and have everything that you've ever wanted and wished for?

What would you do if you had all the money in the world and time to do whatever you wanted?

Have you ever even thought about it?

Or have you taught yourself to only go as high as it doesn't hurt.

Friends! The LID is only there if we choose to put it there.

Working 45 years for retirement is NOT the only way. Dreams can and DO come true.

Problem is do you dare to dream?