…Makes no difference who you are. The song written for Walt Disney’s 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio, rings so true when it comes to our dreams and happiness. We forget the “makes no difference who you are”! We do not dignify our dreams and wish for happiness. Perhaps we ignore our wishes out of feeling embarrassed, undeserving, or just too busy to give our dreams and longing for happiness the recognition and time. We live as if it really does not matter that much.
We instead choose to play it safe.
When we play it safe, there is no fear of embarrassment in pursuing the dream, no fear that someone will ridicule us about our wish, no fear of failure that the dream may not be exactly what we had hoped. We sit safely on the wish side lines, thinking happiness not worth the risk of stepping out into the playing field.
Too undeserving to dream? What a lie we tell ourselves, “I am too ____( fill in the blank)_____ to have dreams, hopes for happiness”. Would you tell a child they are undeserving? Of course you wouldn’t, so why would you tell yourself that? Age is not a factor.
Too busy to dream or wish for happiness? Make time! There is time if you want there to be time. If you invest that time in that wish or dream you can jump start your creativity, step a little lighter, smile a little brighter. Heck, maybe just start smiling. Happiness is for everyone, and it CAN be obtained. But you cannot obtain it if you do not recognize the wish for it. I am not saying it won’t take some work. But isn’t your wish for happiness worth it?
Wishes and dreams are not just for children. As a parent, how can you truthful encourage kids to dream and wish if you yourself do not believe that wishes & dreams are for everyone and that they can come true?!
Dreams & wishes DO matter. Perhaps even more so when we are older.
So, what is your wish or dream? Write it down and start making your own dreams of happiness come true.
PS> Now that we have settled that… remember dreams have a bill of rights too!
