Living Your Dream

I was sent an email by a coachee this week who congratulated me on living my dream. She wrote "I am so envious of you, I wish I could live my dream." The magical, tropical, paradise island of Bali may seem like a dream to many people and there are times when I have to remind myself of the leap of faith it took to follow one of my dreams to live here. It doesn't mean to say though that dreams come without frustrations.

How often do we dream about all the frustrations that go with living our dream? I hear you say,  'how can you possibly have frustrations when you live your dream?' Our mind is very good about fantasising how wonderful life will be when we finally live our dream. So much so that we sometimes forget to 'be'. We pin alll our hopes on how wonderful life could be, rather than being grateful for what we have now and enjoying the moment.

So how has it been living my dream? Rather like being pinged around on a pin ball machine. There are the highs which create wonderful feelings of happiness and then there are the frustrations. Those moments when I feel I'm being pinged around in circles and not getting anywhere. I keep on going, enjoying the highs and the lows and living in the moment. Just by 'being', keeps my mind free of distractions and makes me appreciate the 'now', rather than dreaming I wish life could be .......

"He stands like a statue
Becomes part of the machine ....
...How do you think he does it?
(I don't know)
What makes him so good?

He ain't got no distractions
Can't hear those buzzers and bells
Don't see lights a flashin'
Plays by sense of smell
Always gets a replay

..That deaf, dumb and blind kid
Sure plays a mean pinball
"  Lyrics

My response to my coachee was "you don't have to wait to live your dream to enjoy life. Start enjoying and living in the now. The frustrations are just part of the journey."