Five Impossible Dreams Before Breakfast
Five Impossible Dreams Before Breakfast is a take -off on the conversation between the Queen and Alice (yes the Alice as in Wonderland). I was recently challenged to do this by one of my teachers and it should be no surprise that I came to a full stop. I noticed my mal-functioning thought generator offering things like…”Are you kidding me…in the middle of restrictions galore”…”Aren’t you a little old for this dream stuff”….”there isn’t a market for dreams these days Baby – haven’t you noticed”…and on and on that generator goes. Of course I realized that the it was the thought generator spouting cultural nonsense but it didn’t get replaced with lots of ideas, possibilities and collaborators. I even considered re-listening to the I Have a Dream Speech for motivation.
As I look around, I don’t’ see much dreaming going on – I see a modest effort at coping and I hear a lot of “It is What It Is”..as sort of a dumbing down version of resignation. Some braver folks are saying well wait til the election is over – or wait til the CDC finally tells us something useful and doesn’t change their mind a few months later. It feels some days like a giant collective holding our breath until…until…until. WE are in a state of flux and as one friend said…we are all fluxed up about our lives.
There are many choices about what to do about this – some of which I have offered in this blog in past weeks. For today, I think first and foremost – please notice that thoughts are not real. They are mind generated energy that comes from so many places including the collective thoughts and all the media and device thoughts that you get hit with as soon as you turn on your smart phone. Changing thoughts can be tiresome – so I have found noticing them AS thoughts (not reality) is usually the most helpful starting point and then …whew…let them go.
Next consider the dream aspect…and play with some what ifs… What if this was the most perfect time to be alive so you can see the transformation as it occurs? What if the breakthroughs in consciousness were already happening and we are just a little slow at noticing? What if everything is perfect already and we can’t see the perfection in the seeming imperfection because we are too focused on the events and not focused enough on the possibilities. What if each day is a chance to dream a new dream…to begin a new project…to spread a new idea. What if you were the exact right person to take that to the next level?
Many times in my life, when I have felt stuck – I have turned to taking a course or going back to school or getting a certificate in something. For those of you who know me, you know, I have gathered enough of those to wallpaper your bathroom. And that thought was generated during the malfunction…what ..again Debora ????? This time I more quickly discarded that thought and went for the dream. For a long time, I have wanted to shift my work to more spiritual counseling and healing work. I won’t bother you with the noise that created in my head. But somehow, since the age of 8, I have been wanting that same work to show up and yes a lot of my work has been in that vein but with some secretive (maybe they won’t notice) approaches. But what if this were the time to go full out and be bold…what if this is what people need more than ever…a path with Spirit through these times. So this Saturday, I am attending an orientation on that exact program..Maybe I will write more about the outcome of that in future blogs.
For now, remember the closing line in Pretty Woman – the scene of LA and the sound of the Jazz man saying out loud…Whaz Your Dream??
Join me and go for 5 impossible dreams before Breakfast.
