Fulfilling Your Dream in Sobriety

Fulfillment of Dreams

Now you have come to peace-of-mind through your efforts of living in sobriety with love in your life. It is a glorious place in which to hang out, to rest.  It is a haven of calmness.

Once you can live with more peace in your mind and heart, then you are able to focus more on your dreams. What are your dreams, or even just one dream?  Go ahead. Think to yourself what that dream is… say it out loud or write it down.

When you speak your dream out loud or in writing, you open the door that allows the Universe to start presenting you with that dream. It’s the Law of Attraction in motion.

The thing is, you will need to take action to fulfill your dream. Notice things that are presented to you on which you can follow-up, things that get you closer to that dream.

As you take action and follow-up on what is presented to you, you will know you are headed in the right direction because things will fall easily into place. You will get the green light to continue on that path.

For example, my dream, one that I’ve had since the mid-80′s, was to go sailing and to live aboard a sailboat. My dream was to do that in the Caribbean. The opportunity to own a used  26 foot boat came about, and my husband and I acted on that by buying it. We spent the next 3-4 years sailing on weekends in the summers on a Colorado lake. We even renovated the boat.

We held the dream to cruise one day, and soon the opportunity to move to California came to us… my husband was offered a job in the Bay Area. We took the opportunity, and moved from Colorado. After a year, we found a 45 foot boat that needed a lot of work, work that we were skilled enough to do ourselves. So we bought and renovated it, and moved aboard, still with the dream of cruising one day.

Here I was, living the first part of my dream. Unfortunately, there was a lot of verbal abuse and after three years of living aboard, I left the failing marriage and  continued on my own. I do not yet have a boat of my own, nor have I sailed in the Caribbean, and I still hold both of those dreams in my heart. One day, I believe one or both of those things will happen.

The key is to keep your dream in your heart, and speak it out loud periodically. Talk to other people about your dream, which sets the intention to the Universe. Keep taking action that moves you further to your dream, and recognize those opportunities as they arise. Thank Source when they arise.

What is your dream? Go ahead, dare to say it out loud, as far-fetched as it might be. Talk to others about it, then start noticing things that occur which, if you follow-up on them, will lead you closer to that dream. Thank Source for listening and hearing your intention. Keep doing that again and again, and one day, you will see that your dream has come true.

You will need to take some risks, perhaps, which will be a test of your commitment. You will need courage most of the time; in sobriety, you will find that courage. In sobriety, you can be honest with yourself about your dream.

The thing is, once you are living your dream, which I believe is your true purpose, life will take on an even calmer state. You will experience even more peace… a deep knowingness that what you are doing is correct. So, go ahead, dare to dream and reach for your dream. Surprise yourself! 

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Fulfilling Your Dreams in Sobriety

Fulfillment of Dreams

From my experience, I have determined that, in sobriety, it is possible to live your dream that you have held in your heart forever. 

Even when not in sobriety, our dreams can come true, although we may not be grateful for them at that time. Instead, we want more than is given.

But, if we remain sober, do our healing work, and take action in the direction of our dreams, one day we just find ourselves in the middle of them. 

The key is taking action in the direction of our dream, saying yes to ourselves, and acting upon those things that come across our path to align us with that dream.

It takes courage, despite the fear we feel. It takes being self-responsible and holding ourselves accountable for our stumbles. It takes surrender to and acceptance of where we are being led.

We each, after all, have our own unique gift that we are intended to share with the world and when we align ourselves with our unique gift and stay sober, opportunities will arise for our taking. 

When we begin to see our dream coming through, our sobriety allows us to express constant gratitude, which results in abundance that further leads us on our path. You may not be sober and your dream still comes true. It will have a different feeling than if you were sober.

For example, while I was in the middle of my drinking heyday in 1995, I moved from Colorado to California to live aboard a sailboat and to go cruising one day. I did live aboard for three years, at which time I left my troubled marriage and the boat.

I had held in my heart the dream to sail since the mid-eighties. Suddenly, here I was, about to live my dream to cruise and enjoying the boating lifestyle in the meantime.

Instead of spending each day in gratitude and wonder that my dream was a reality, I was always finding fault and wanting more. More things, a nicer boat, more happiness… I could go on, but you get the idea, I’m sure.

This picture is in such sharp contrast to what I am experiencing today in sobriety. As a result of God’s grace and keeping sober, my childhood dream to become a photographer has been fulfilled. I photographed and published the book Opening the Gates of the Heart: A Journey of Healing

Now, I am living my 1980s dream of being a speaker, empowering others to gain the serenity and peace I have found. All I am doing is taking the next indicated step that comes along my way that moves me toward my dream.

Today, get or maintain your sobriety. Reach in your heart and find your dream that is held there. Make the decision to live your dream. Gain the courage to stay sober and to take action on those things that will further your dream.

Don’t push, just let things evolve naturally. Do the things in front of you to do, day in and day out. One day, you may be surprised to find yourself living that dream. 

 

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A Stellar Day In Sobriety

CJ at the helm

It was wonderful… the sail! Great to spend the day with my friends and former dock mates.They were so kind to take my friend and I out. I had the wheel when we first went out, when the sails came out.

There is something so peaceful about cutting the engine, getting rid of that frenetic, clacking noise of a diesel and just hearing the wind around you in the sails, just hearing the gentle slap of water against the hull.

After a time, I gave the wheel back to Captain Glen, and went below to fix some food and mimosas. Yep. The only alcoholic in the bunch, making the mimosas. lol

I had a sudden urge to pour myself one, and then I thought of where that would lead me, thought of all the years I would be throwing away, all the days. Thought about starting over to gain days sober. And I smiled, happy to pour their mimosas with real champagne and mine with sparkling grape juice.

Annie O and CJ

I calmly arranged cheese and crackers on the sailing plate… the plastic one that I hang on to, hoping one day to need it again on a boat I own. You never know what may happen. I just tuck that dream into a snug and safe place in my heart, where it can live until one day it comes true or one day it dies…

I talked to my friends, my former dock mates, and my friend from Colorado, about the dream to one day own a boat again. I discovered that one of the marinas I was considering keeping a boat is not a good one, so now I am narrowed down to one marina at which one day, I hope to have a boat.

The thing about a dream is… if you keep it in your heart and just keep doing the next indicated thing to do, the days and years pass, until one day, your dream silently creeps up on you and you are doing it. It’s a most delightful experience and I wish it for you.

Behind all of this is sobriety, for without sobriety, I would not be able to 1) even identify my dream, 2) find the time or energy to plan it out and 3) implement it, put forth effort for it…

Hmmm. I really meandered away from the sailing day… hope you enjoyed the trip. To sum it up, it was a really nice day with really nice people. Nice sun, nice wind. Just stellar. How did you spend the day yesterday?

 

 

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