the Impossible dream
Most of you (maybe not my younger followers) would know the timeless song “To Dream the Impossible Dream’ sung by the renowned Andy Williams. Here are the soul-rousing words of that song:
To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star
This is my quest,
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless,
No matter how far.
To fight for the right
Without question or pause,
To be willing to march
Into hell for a heavenly cause.
And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest
And the world will be better for this
That one man, sore and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To fight the unbeatable foe
To reach the unreachable star
It all starts with an impossible dream …..to reach an unreachable star. It is the DREAM that gives the writer the motivation to fight the unbeatable, bear the unbearable, right the unrightable, to strive with his last ounce of courage, and ultimately leave the world better for his/her efforts.
The most impossible dream I have ever had so far, has been to go on a cruise. As far as I knew, only VEEEERY RICH people go on cruises, so I did not even fathom that I could EVER be able to afford to go on a cruise. The only exposure I had to cruises was in the movies and watching the television series ‘Fantasy Island’. Exactly! Fantasy!!!
Not just that. I fear the high seas…..and the low. After all, I cannot swim. My only experience being on a ship was sailing from my home island of Trinidad to our sister Island Tobago, and that was a horrible experience because I was left giddy for two (2) whole days after the journey.
A cruise was therefore never even a remote desire, or part of my frame of reference, much less a dream. When friends introduced my husband and me to the idea and my husband was very interested (who knew?), I decided to give it some thought. I decided to dream BIG.
I have been learning to ‘dream’ and to create vision boards. Going on a cruise vacation became a part of my vision. I placed a cut out picture of a large cruise ship along with other pictures, on what was to be my vision board. In my true perfectionist style, I was waiting until I found all the pictures I needed, so I did not even paste it on, nor did I get around to hanging it up. It remained on our center table in the living room where I would see it every day. I began to believe it was possible and to plan toward it. I was therefore ready when an opportunity came our way.
Success Coach Terri Savelle-Foy says “Whatever gets in your mind and stays there, you will attract it in your life.
”VOILA!!!
These are NOT cut-outs!!! These are actual photos of me on a cruise to Nassau, Bahamas which I went on with my husband and a group of friends with a very affordable package deal.
Ladies, we must give ourselves permission to dream BIG. Terri Savelle-Foy says “you have to see it on the inside before you can see it on the outside”, and “if your dreams are possible, you’re not dreaming big enough.”
Abraham had never had any children and was 90 years old, and his wife Sarah 80 years old and barren, when God told him he would be the father of many nations. Abraham was a man of faith. He trusted in God and obeyed God, but God knew Abraham needed to have a VISION of his future offspring to encourage him and keep him trusting in what seemed impossible.
So in Genesis 15 God gave Abraham a vision and a vision Board. It says that “....the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision…And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.”
Every night Abraham was able to look at the stars in the sky, see what the number of his offspring would be like, and trust God to fulfill His promise to him. Ten years later at 100 years old and Sarah 90 years old, they had their son Isaac. Abraham needed that vision to believe God for the impossible.
What is your impossible dream? What will you have the audacity to dream? Join me for my free Vision Board Workshop - ‘See it. Achieve it!’ You will learn how to DREAM BIG, and create your own vision board for a life of purpose, passion and fulfillment.
This weekend start gathering the things you will need for your vision board.
The Weekend Reset tip is:
If you have not already, take some time to write a plan and a budget for what you want to accomplish this month. KEEP IT SIMPLE. Don’t let the Christmas fever get you by starting early and tackling your plan in bite size pieces. Give yourself the gift of “Christmas on a budget”. This Christmas, do NOT hang your hat where you can’t reach it …… so you can realize your dreams sooner than later.
Click here to learn about my free online Vision Board Workshop - ‘See it. Achieve it!’ which is coming up next week where you will learn how to DREAM BIG, and create your own vision board for a life of purpose, passion and fulfillment.
Sharon Carruthers, the author of the ‘Weekend Reset’ blog is a child of God, wife, mother of 3, a Human Resource Management and Development Consultant, and owner of the firm, ‘Bold Consulting’. She is sharing from her own experiences for women who are holding back, or living on autopilot; who believe their identities are in others and, or in what they do; or who neglect themselves while sacrificially taking care of others. She hopes that together Christian women can embrace the future with the beautiful hope of transformation one step at a time.
