Identify the elements of your dream

Jan 10th, 2012No Comments

Young people have lofty dreams. Being a pro basketball player, fighter jet pilot, rock ‘n roll star, surgeon, CEO for a Fortune 500 company, or parent of eight children. Dreams of any type should be encouraged. But such archetypal dreams are often more about what they represent than the specific dream itself.

Many people take their dreams literally. There was a time of Eight is Enough. But now it is 2012. Having 8 children is not as practical as it was 75 years ago when the family needed farm hands. The cost of living has skyrocketed. There are 7 billion people on the planet.

So should this person give up their dream of having a large family? Absolutely not. But it may serve them to investigate the elements of their dream of having a large family. What does it represent? Is it having a lot of people around? Does it represent a sense of family? Is it correlated to a time when they were happy?

The dreamer can identify the elements of the dream. Then those elements can be adapted to the world as it is today. It may be possible to fulfill the dream of having a large family without having 8 children. Having a family of 2 or 3 children and being the home that encourages the neighborhood kids to come over may fulfill the elements of having a large family.

Identifying the elements of your dream also allows the rekindling of a dream later in life. What if my dream was to play pro basketball and I am 5 foot 10 and 40 years old? Is my specific dream likely? No. Does that mean I need to scrap the dream? Absolutely not. I merely need to define what my dream of playing pro basketball represented. What were the elements of my dream? Was it feeling the magic of being part of an excellent team? If so, there are numerous ways I can experience that.

It may be time to dust off an old dream…

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Michael Hoffman’s passion is guiding people to connect with their natural gifts. He believes that we all have innate gifts that hugely benefit others and the world when we offer them. The purest example of these gifts is the Native American concept of medicine or the gift you offer your people. Michael defines your medicine or gift as the natural effect you have on other people when your heart is open. Unfortunately, the demands of our current culture to comply and fit in often distract people away from their inherent gifts and the natural expression of their being. Michael believes many of us have forgotten our dreams and what we are about. This sadly results in a loss of purpose, passion, and vitality. As an innate gift specialist, Michael offers retreats, classes, and individual sessions to allow people to reclaim their natural gifts. These venues allow people to identify, awaken, and offer their gifts. This experiential work incorporates Zen thought, Native American ceremony, rites-of-passage, and releasing limiting belief systems. Michael also maintains his meta blog to provide knowledge, skills, and awareness for unfolding your natural gifts. He is currently compiling this knowledge and research into a college class and book. Michael earned his Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 1987 and Master of Social Work in 1996. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. In addition to his formal education, Michael studied and apprenticed with a Zen Master and spiritual teacher for 22 years to learn how to guide people to understand themselves. He has worked with people professionally since 1986 as a psychotherapist and teacher. Michael currently resides in Oceanside, California.

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