Don’t Be Afraid to Dream
This may seem incredibly obvious, incredibly easy, but you
would be surprised how many people seriously limit their
dreams. They’re your dreams, for heaven’s sake. There should
be no limit to them. Plans have to be realistic; dreams don’t.
I worked in the casino business for many years and was
always intrigued that “punters” (what we should really call
“customers”) could never see it; that they would always lose
because they wouldn’t limit their losses but would always limit
their winnings. Don’t ask me why. I guess addicted gamblers
are seriously not well. They’d go in with the right attitude—
“I’ll just lose this $100 and then pack it in.” Result: They’d
lose the $100 and cash a check to chase it. Then another to
chase the lost check. And another.
I’m not advocating gambling, by the way—not now, not ever.
It’s really not a good idea, believe me. The point is that people
limit their dreams the way they limit their winnings. And yet
dreams are at worst harmless. Don’t limit them! You are
allowed to dream as high, as wide, as big, as extravagant, as
impossible, as wacky, as silly, as bizarre, as unrealistically non-
sensical as you want.
Yo u a r e a l l o w e d t o w i s h f o r a n y t h i n g y o u w a n t a s w e l l. L o o k ,
wishes and dreams are private affairs. There are no wish
police, no dream doctors who are on the rampage looking
out for unrealistic demands. It is a private thing between you
and ... that’s it. Between you and absolutely no one else at all.