“Each of us has a dream, a heart’s desire. It calls to us, and when we’re brave enough to listen, and bold enough to pursue it, that dream will lead us on a journey to discover who we’re meant to be. All we have to do is look inside our hearts and unlock the magic within.”
— Walt Disney, Magic Kingdom

Do you have a dream?
One that seems impossible?
One you are even afraid to begin?

I remember Bob Proctor saying something like, “If your dream doesn’t scare you, it isn’t big enough.”

Are we meant to dream big dreams, or to remain where we are, living lives, as Henry David Thoreau said, “of quiet desperation”?

I believe we are more than that. I believe, as the quote above suggests, that our dreams lead us on a journey to discover who we are meant to be.

I remember when I completed my college degree. What I gained was not simply the facts and figures that earned me that diploma. What mattered most was who I became in the process. It was about learning how to maneuver through stops and starts, through A’s and C’s, and how to pick myself up again and again.

The journey is not about the destination. That may sound like a cliché, but it is also profoundly true. When we begin anything, if we think too much about where we want to get, we lose sight of where we are.

There is a line in the song Move On from Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim:
“Think of what you want, not of where you are, not of what you’ll be.”

In other words, stop looking at all the reasons in the moment that prevent you from moving forward. Instead, stay focused on your dream—your intention.

Rev. Dr. Patrick, the man I am lucky enough to be married to, deeply believes in childlike wonder. So much so that he is leading a 21-day program on it at 6:00 each morning. Every day he explores a different aspect of childlike wonder—such as awe, imagination, or playfulness. Each of these qualities unlocks a treasure chest of light and magic within us.

Yet somehow, many of us were taught to let go of our dreams—to not dream too big, or perhaps not dream at all.

What I want to impart through this blog is this: our dreams are meant to be fulfilled.

Ernest Holmes once said—and I paraphrase—if our dreams were not meant to be fulfilled, that would mean there is such a thing as unfulfilled imagination. There is no such thing.

Going back to the quote at the top from Disney:
“All we have to do is look inside our hearts and unlock the magic within.”

It is so true.

I’ve been thinking about CSL Kaua‘i and how it came to be. It began as a dream—a dream two people shared about bringing the Science of Mind to life through their intense desire to create. There was no guarantee that what they were doing would succeed. There was only the dream, and the willingness to unlock the magic within. That magic is the energy of the Quantum stirred by intention and feeling.

The title of this blog is We’ve Got This – Final Chapter for a reason. There is really nothing more to say about our ability to demonstrate and live our dreams. These are the tools, and we all possess them:

• Imagination — the ability to envision
• Intuition — the deep knowing not reliant on the outside world
• Strong intention
• Feeling aligned with our intention
• Inspired action
• A committed and disciplined mind that keeps us on course
• Faith and trust in the Law of our being that brings our desires into form

We must become the dream. We do not get what we merely want; we get what we become.

However, if we continue to live from the outside in, and fail to understand that Principle is not bound by precedent, we will forever long for our dreams and wonder why they never manifest.

Life is a journey of becoming, again and again.

We are meant to expand.
We are meant to evolve.
We are meant to live our dreams.

Our dreams are the path to becoming all we are meant to become.

Love and Aloha,
Rev. Rita Andriello-Feren, Author, Co-Founding Director CSL Kaua’i