Dream

I have been receiving messages from all over the place encouraging me to pursue my dreams. I saw the movie about Walt Disney’s life and was so inspired by the brilliant man that Disney was. He suffered such hardship as he bashed against some pretty tough walls in his attempt to make a success of his cartoon movie strips.

The profound thing that resonates for me is Walter’s desire to help humanity and make a difference. He shared with his aunt as a child that he thought he needed to do something worthwhile like joining the Red Cross in the 2^nd World War. His wise aunt told him that his drawing had the power to transform peoples’ lives and make them happy, and that too was helping people.

If Walt had given up after each rejection and defeat, humanity would never have benefitted from the empire that he later went on to build. There were numerous times when Disney had no money for food or rent. He lost his apartment and moved his bed into his office. His employees all left him to find greener pastures which paid. 

Walt had a dream and the dream never went away. The final straw was when all his family members upped and left to settle in California where the weather was more favourable for his brother’s health. Walter, in a moment of what looked like defeat, packed it in, pawned his cameras and all his possessions and followed his family to Hollywood. The rest is well known history.

You see! The door was open, but he wasn’t open to see it. He was trying so hard to force his will and make it happen the way he envisioned it to happen. How often do we try and Trojan on and fight the circumstances that are signalling a closed door? We are so stubborn as we cling fearfully to our conditioned ways.

The lesson for me is that we need to stand back. We need to believe in our dream and commit to it, but we need to hand over the outworking of it to the Divine.  

Our ears and eyes need to remain attuned for the subtle signs that present themselves. Whether these coincidences or signs present themselves in the form of quotes from literature, movies, nature, gifts, advice from friends, change in circumstances or whatever, they are all working together to shepherd us in the direction of our open door.

So often our dream takes us along another strange and not so obvious route, but in hindsight we will always look back in wonder at how incredibly important each of the detours and set backs were in informing us and growing us in the culmination of our dream.

So my lesson to myself today is this:

1. Keep up the faith

2. Be brave

3. Be open to receive

4. Think more laterally

5. Get creative.

6. Study and learn. (The old method of trying to force it to happen my way will continue to have me ramming my head against the same old closed doors.)

Here’s to you trusting your intuitive powers and sticking to your dreams, this week!

All my love

Nicolette

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