Regrets or Dreams

Want to know what is sadder than sad?

Want to know what is sadder than sad?
Taking the safe route.
Safe does not EQUAL happiness.
And really...Safe in today's society doesn't even EQUAL security.
So why do so many folks take the safe route. The path with no resistance. The path traveled by everyone else.
Why do so many push their big dreams to the back burner and settle for what they can get easily without any thought, work or meaning?
I'm guessing because the "guess work" has already been taken out of the equation.
You don't have to figure out where the next paycheck is coming from.
There isn't a whole lot of creativity involved showing up, punching a clock, doing your well defined job and leaving.
You don't have to think outside of a box.
And it that path doesn't work, you simply apply for another path already cleared for you.
I get the ease of following the path already traveled. I understand fully why folks stay on this journey. I see the security as long as you are willing to continue to show up.
I also see................
A limited future.
Meaningless days on end.
A future that you are NOT fully in charge of.
Building someone's dream.
While slowly letting your dream fizzle away.
A cold hard structure that once sucked in, escape doesn't come easy.
A prison with all the modern comforts you've acquired.
A place to look at and wish you had the time to sit & enjoy.
A prison of following the status quo. Conforming to what the masses, leaders and experts have shown you to do.
You showed up. Sold your soul & dreams.
It sounds harsh...
It's not meant to be. You didn't know. I get it.
It's so damn subtle. Little by little. With every minor purchase you NOW owe your life to the path everyone else is on.
It happens. To almost ALL of us. It's drilled into us from birth. No one ever says.........
Grow up.
Go to college.
Take that good paying job.
Do your best.
Work lots of hours.
Buy stuff, then more, than bigger....
Work MORE hours.
Stuff is expensive.
Stuff those dreams down, now.
You've got a lot to pay for.
And folks relying on YOU! Don't let them down.
Guilt, vicious circle, dream killer.............
How do you get off the roller coaster?
How do you bring your dreams back to life?
How do you make time for what is really important, not what the masses have told you is important?
It's simple....
Reverse the process.
Stop buying into bullshit beliefs that hold you prisoner.
Get rid of the clutter.
Don't allow guilt to drown you.
Be ok with wanting crazy dreams.
Sell stuff. Give it away. Downsize. Prioritize.
When your priorities become about your real inner dreams...
Life becomes more aligned with who you really are.
It gets radically simplified.
You are NO longer the prisoner of a shallow, conforming society.
You become your own trailblazer.
Deep down that is what MOST of us want.
To be our own person and to create a life of meaning with a simplified version of security & safety.
Sadly we get caught up in society's definition of what to do and feed that instead.
Our dreams starve.
If you could live ONE day in your perfect dream world, what would it look like?
What clues are in that dream day that you could start implementing today to bring you closer to having that day...EVERYDAY????