The Death of Your Dream
Death changes you. It changes everything, forever. Whether it is that of a parent, or a child, or of a close friend or family member, once that person is gone you are never the same. What I want to discuss is a different type of death, but one that will nonetheless change your life and your perspective forever.
What I am referring to here is the death of a dream.
This type of death may sneak up on you. It is like a cancer that has been growing inside your body for months or years and suddenly appears. One day you thought you were fine and the next you realize you’re not.
Or it can be a death that occurs when you let go of the dream you once held close in your heart and in the recesses of your mind. All at once you detach yourself from your dream and allow it to float away, like a butterfly released from an enclosed space who is now free to flap its wings and explore the world it has been waiting for and anticipating for as long as it can remember . You can almost feel and hear the movement in slow motion, tiny wings causing a hollow flutter as your dream literally flies out the window.
I observe this type of death in the clients I work with in my business. They come to me with big dreams and goals and I take them by the hand to help them turn their dreams into reality. Then the fear steps forward from their inner…
