It all starts with a dream!

A peek into the story behind the success, fame, money or happiness of any man or woman reveals a single passionate and magical propeller – The Dream!

Dream is what keeps one alive, dream is what makes one lose sleep & achieve and dream is what makes one feel not just successful but also self-fulfilled and in-sync with her being.

We all survive the span of a lifetime; a few short, others a little longer. However not many of us really live our lives how we once dreamed to and not many of us depart happily with a contented feeling of having lived life wholeheartedly or atleast having done all to pursue our dreams and our passions.

At the end of it most people are known to have more regrets for having NOT done what they desired to than for having done the things they did in their lives.

As Allan Rufus puts it, “Life is like a sandwich! Birth as one slice and death the other. What you put in between the slices is upto you. Is your sandwich tasty or sour?”

Life is indeed what we make it! We can fill it with our huffed-puffed days or line it with ecstatic moments experienced only when we do what we WANT to do and work towards fulfilling our personal desires and dreams!

Most often we get so engrossed in our daily routines and making the ends meet that the DREAMS WORTH LIVING are left far behind! Then there is not much left in our lives when we cease to dream!

So… DREAM!  And dream BIG! Revive your dreams and paint new ones! And then… Chase Your Dreams!

Set up goals and work towards those on a daily basis and soon enough you will be living your dreams!

Don’t be afraid of failure. Don’t be afraid of obstacles which might come across and don’t be afraid of sarcasm or criticism which you might have to face.

Just work insanely towards living your dream! Keep the fire burning within you and when you feel the flame go low fuel the fire by envisioning your destination. Imagine how it would feel to be there… exactly where you want to be!

Live that moment in your imagination and let it feel real. Let the ecstasy of the dream-come-true-feel run all over you and energize you to do better than the best. That is when work will feel like play. That is when you will be propelled further towards the fulfillment of your dream!

And then there will be no stopping you from Living Your Dream!

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

                                                                        -A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

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