What are dreams? And can we live them?

I was a guest on The Breaking Free Show with Marilyn Shannon tonight.   We were talking about freedom and breaking free from the ideas and mindsets that keep us captive.

At one point in the interview, Marilyn turned to me and said, “So what are dreams for you? If you’re living your dream, then what do you dream about?”

It was an interesting question. If you are living your dream, then what are dreams?

I think the idea behind dreams is simply making conscious decisions and living intentionally. It’s waking up every morning and making a mindful decision about what to do with the next 24 hours.

And I think it’s possible to live that way now. Not just at some point off in the future.

I spent a total of four years cycling 27,000 miles with my family; three of them pedaling from Alaska to Argentina. We made it through by making conscious decisions each and every day. When times got tough, I knew turning around and going back home was an option, but I decided I wasn’t ready to give up yet. Maybe I was close, but I wasn’t quite at the quitting point yet.

Now that we’re living in Idaho, we’re living exactly the same. Each and every morning we wake up and decide what we’ll do with that day. If, at some point, we wake up and feel that our needs will be better met somewhere else, then we’ll move on.

Unfortunately, American culture and society tells us that we need to toe the line and live a certain way. We are expected to want the white picket fence and two cars in the driveway. Having the security of a well-paying job should bring us enormous amounts of satisfaction.

And if it’s doesn’t, then there must be something wrong with us. I beg to differ.

We can define our own American Dream. We can choose what kind of life we want to live. We can break free from the trappings of modern society that tell us we should want something we don’t.

We can live intentionally and purposely. We can make those choices. We can live the dream.

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