A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien started working on his book, The Hobbit, in 1919 and continued writing the story from there. In 1963, he completed the "Lord of the Rings" as it is now known. For a while afterward, he tweaked it and corrected a few things.
As J.R.R. Tolkien explains: "...the story grew in the telling..."
Like every great storyteller, Tolkien envisioned the story unfolding in his head and put it all to paper. The end result, much to the horror of Oxford, is a literary classic.
Dreams are like that. They grow in the telling.
When you daydream, do so with a purpose. If you can imagine it, you can make it happen. So, dreams are a great tool to bring good things to life.
Write your dreams in a "dream book" or journal set aside for that purpose and don't neglect it. Let the story grow in the telling. Add to it. Refine it. Expand it.
Bill Gates once asked the question: "Where would you like to go today?" as a marketing tool for Windows and Internet Explorer. I'll borrow that.
Where would you like to go today?
It you could be anything you want to be, go anywhere you want to go, do anything you want to do, and money is no object... What would it be, where would you go, what would you do?
Can you imagine it? If you can, you can make it happen. Now, imagine how you are going to make it happen and how long it will take you to get there.
Daydreams are like a window with a view of your future. Use your daydreams wisely. You never know where they might lead you... or maybe you do.
