By: Paula Torres
All human beings have dreams. When we stop dreaming it means we have lost our will to live. If humanity stops dreaming, the motor that moves the world will stop and time will lose its meaning.
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Every change anyone makes was once a dream. When we have dreams, we are able to see a different future from the one that beholds us, and therefore we will be deciding our future. Dreams are synonyms of freedom. There are no rules in our minds, there are no judgments, there are no limits, there is nothing predetermined. It is the only safe place where we can be ourselves without being judged.
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When someone decides to make a dream come alive, that person is going to make a change in his life. Even the smallest dream can change everything. Deciding to smile to everyone on the streets can make someone's life change. When we change our routine, even in a small proportion, we are changing the world. In order to change the world, there is no need to make a revolution or a world war, we construct a better world every time we make something different. The real change has to start from ourselves and from our hearts. We can't criticize others if we haven't done it with ourselves.
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If you have a dream that seems impossible, believe me, there is no such thing. John Heywood once said, “There is nothing impossible to a willing heart”. If you have enough passion, nothing is going to stop you from achieving it, because as Walt Disney also said, “If you dream it, you can do it”. There is nothing more powerful than dreams, passion, and perseverance. When you combine these three, you will end up having the most powerful weapon that exists. Even if some obstacles show up in your way, your passion and maybe some patience will allow you to get over anything.
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Time might be something that makes many people quit their dreams. But, at the end what is time? It is the way humans have created to in order to be able to organize lives. If you have been trying to accomplish a dream you have had for a long time, there is no reason to step back. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway” (Earl Nightingale). Martin Luther King once said, “You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
If you want to write your own destiny, you have to start by turning your dreams into plans and to change all the can’ts for cans. The way in which we can change the world is really simple: we can start by changing ourselves, and then turning our dreams into reality because “if you have a heartbeat, there's still time for your dreams.” (Sean Stephenson)
