Chasing Dreams

What motivates you to chase your dreams??

There's just somthing about watching people chase their dreams that inspires me. I admit it. I get choked up watching American Idol or the Olympics. Why not? these people are real and thet are out theri going after thier dreams

When I saw the final night of American Idol last year, my breath caught in my throat, my chest got tight, and I sat alone in my living room grinning from ear to ear, as if it were my dreams coming true at that moment.

Some people denigrate these shows because they’re reality shows. But you know what? This isn’t just a group of strangers put in a house or on an island to fight over money. These people are going after their dreams. How can you NOT cheer them on?

Can you imagine how it felt for those people to get on that stage in a huge arena like that, on television, and sing with THEIR idols? Carrie got to sing with Rascal Flats, and Bo got to sing with Leonard Skynard. Those moments are DREAMS COMING TRUE.

And they happened because they went for it!

I got choked up when I was watching The Contender too. Remember the boxing show? Yup, that didi it. Last night I was watching Jack Osborn climb El Capitan. I don't even like the Osborns, but seeing his journey to get where he went made me all weepy and motivated.

Even the people that try out for these shows, and are absolutely terrible singers or whatever…you have to give them credit for chasing their dreams. It takes faith, perseverance, and guts to go after what you want. To face ridicule and rejection, and to keep on keeping on.

There are many days when I just don’t want to write. I don’t want to sit in front of a computer, I don’t want to think, I don’t want to open up an email . . . or an envelope and see a rejection letter. But then I think about what I do want. I do want to be self-employed. I do want to see my name on bookstore shelves. I do want to share the stories that fill my head. I do want people to read those stories, and find some enjoyment or escape from their own worries and troubles.

I have posters on my walls with motivational sayings like “All Glory comes from daring to begin.” And “Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it.” One of the things on the bulletin board in front of me, is a page from a sports calendar that is a couple of years old, but I keep it because it helps me stay motivated those off days. The saying on it; “Some people dream of worthy accomplishments while others stay away and do them.” The one below says "What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."


It almost makes me wish there was a big writing contest like that. But, with my luck it would be American, and they wouldn’t accept Canadians. Plus, it would probably pretty boring to sit and watch people read, not very interactive at all. I can say having Angela Knight critique The Devil Inside, and say she was impressed is something I’ll always remember. (And yes, I STILL have the email, and a printed copy of her critique to remind myself that if she liked it…I’m on the right track.) But, I have to say if I had a chance to live an interactive moment (or hour) with one of my idols, I think I’d choose to work out with Chuck Norris.

That man is amazing. There’s so much more to him than his movies and TV series (Walker; Texas Ranger) But that’s another post.

This is the end of this one…but I would like to know…What, or who, inspires you.... and what would you choose to do if given the chance to interact with an Idol of your own?