Don't Let Your Dreams, Hopes and Future Joy Die!

Posted on August 21, 2008 | Filed Under Blog

A man named Jimmy is in a car accident and dies and goes to the pearly gates. Jimmy had lived a really average life, had been happy, lovely wife, 3.5 kids and a beautiful home in the burbs.

Jimmy sees Saint Peter at the gates and goes to walk in and Saint Peter stops him. He says " Hi Jimmy, welcome to the other side!" "Where ya going?"

Jimmy says…" well heaven of course!" Peter says " tell me about your life Jimmy".

So Jimmy tells him about his job, his family and his 10 days of vacation every year. Peter asks him" Is that all?" " Jimmy looks at him quizzically.

Peter asks "Was that everything?" Jimmy tells him "Sure, I mean ya can't do everything… after all I'm just a guy from the burbs."

Peter smiles and takes Jimmy to a huge banquet size room that's packed so full that the doors are bulging. Peter takes out his big old key chain and unlocks the door. When it opens Jimmy sees wonderful things spilling out, he sees love, he sees tropical Islands, He sees kids, he sees mansions,

Jimmy says "Wow this is incredible stuff, can I have these? Are these for me?"

Peter says "Well…yes they were yours, this could have all been yours Jimmy."

Now Jimmy is really confused.

Peter tells Jimmy "This room is where all your dreams were locked up." Now Jimmy gets kinda mad. " What do ya mean! You kept my dreams locked up? That's not fair. If these were my dreams why didn't you let me have them?"

Peter smiles,"He says I understand your frustration Jimmy, I get that a lot. Jimmy, we could not unlock the door. We didn't have the key to unlock them." Now Jimmy is really pissed! " Well what do ya mean by that, why are you showing me all this stuff if you can't unlock the door, geez this is just torture!"

Peter smiles… "Jimmy, only you have the key to unlock your dreams. No one else has access to them. Only you can unlock your dreams."

"Well. where was the key… I never saw it, where is it, why is it hiding"? Jimmy asks.

"It's not hidden" Peter tells him. "It's always been with you. The key is action, faith and courage. All you have to do is take baby steps towards these dreams and they can all be yours!'

Well now Jimmy is sad, he says "I did try to get some of these but I always get discouraged or overwhelmed. I hit dead ends, got bored and some of them I was just plain scared to try." "Man… if I had only known…!"

Then Jimmy realizes what Peter has told him…" Hey you said I CAN have these - how if I'm dead?".

Peter says… good news Jimmy…. it's not your time yet… you're going back… you're going back now…. dare to live your dreams Jimmy. You'll find out your not just a guy… you're THE guy. The MAN!"

"Remember Jimmy - your dreams are you reality waiting to happen - your dreams are what could be!"

Are you like Jimmy?

Is the future really in your hands?

I say YES! Your future is filled with the dreams you have today BUT you have to TAKE ACTION! Only the dreams you act on have any hope of becoming your future.

Simple? Yes! Easy - Yes and no. It;s really about choices. You choose what you dream about and how big. You choose what dreams you say "Nahhh… that'll never happen" and those that you say "yes… I can do this"!

I suggest you start saying yes to a lot more dreams. It's your choice.

Imagine if Bill Gates said "Nahhh… IBM will never want to deal with some kids in a garage" or John Kennedy had said "Nahhh… who would ever vote for me?" or Mother Theresa had said" Nahh why would they listen to me?".

The world would be a very different place if some of us didn't have the courage… or maybe it's not courage… maybe it's actually the confidence to say, "Ok I'll give it a good shot!".

Trust your dreams. Trust yourself. Develop your intuition. Trust your intuition. Dare to do everything you can dream and commit to doing it really well. Will some dreams die a miserable death? Sure… but they always open doors and take you down paths that create more dreams and successes!

Dreaming is easy! Acting on your dreams is easy too… you just have to decide to take action.

The saddest song ever sung is… what might have been.

Talk to me, what dreams have you had that you acted on in faith and are now a reality… C'mon I'm dieing to hear about your dreams and your successes and even the flops that took you in a life changing path!

Spread The Word!