That’s a great point Joel. Yes, sometimes we need to take a step back and give ourselves permission to dream. What we expect is usually where we end up. So if we expect negative things guess where we end up? If we expect positive things in our lives we’re more likely to get positive things.

Then when we do experience negative things, it’s a matter of asking ourselves what that made possible in our lives that otherwise wouldn’t be available.

I’m so glad to hear you gave yourself that permission and now have a happy present with a brighter future.

For the longest time, I didn’t feel like I deserved to have dreams. I was living with the belief that good things didn’t happen to me. It took some work, but I was able to let go of that belief, and now I have a happy present, and I’m very happily planning for an even brighter future.

You might need to start by giving yourself permission to dream. Maybe you’re beaten up by defeats or past failures and don’t think there’s any place for dreaming in your life. Maybe past dreams haven’t worked out or others tell you it’s impractical to dream. Whatever the reason is that you can’t seem to conjure up a dream, the first step might be to just relax, let go of any negative thoughts
regarding your “worthiness” of dreaming. Just letting go of the negativity can let something better take it’s place.

Joe