Dare to dream; Dare to fail; Dare to Understand; Dare to Embrace

Yesterday I witnessed two really moving moments - one was from something I learnt from Anderson Cooper's podcast and the other a Hindi movie I watched. Both have really powerful messages to awaken viewers' senses.

How often do we dare to dream big and follow through with it in spite of the fears and uncertainties that creep in to steal our dream away?

Quite often for most the latter is the master.

The 47 year old aspiring singer introduced in the podcast mentioned above is one inspirational example to show us TO DARE TO DREAM at whatever age you are. To see her mind blowing performance, go to Susan Boyle - Britain Got Talent 2009 show on YouTube. See how she lived her dream and wowed everyone. Just spectacular! One that will surely inspire to live your dream!

On the other moment; found in the Hindi movie - titled "Taare Zameen Par - Every Child is Special"; it tells about a little boy who has dyslexia but his parents, teachers and himself didn't have a clue that he was suffering from that. And his parents kept comparing him with the boy's older brother who was normal and smart. Due to that, the parents and teachers thought he was plain naughty and like most parents and teachers with kids of such behaviour; would "lash" out negative remarks.

He could not progress no matter how hard he tried and the negativity from the parents continued till the boy ended up totally lost, despaired and lifeless. He was "reborn" when one day the temporary art teacher took notice of him and his condition - took time and cared enough to put his parents in their place and helped the boy understand his condition and that he was still someone special and he was once again lively. The caring teacher coached the boy to become a functional boy that excelled at school. The boy was a gifted artist. All it takes was someone to care enough to bring the best out of the child and have the child understand he/she is special.

How often as parents we expect our children to live our dreams and fail to understand them to realise they are unique beings that are meant to live their own dreams with our support - that it's OK "if they don't want to live our dreams for us"?

And just because you think that may be best for them may not really be; there's no harm introducing the ideas to them however forcing it on them without deeper understanding of the uniqueness of your child and his/her special abilities is just not the way to go. Embrace their talents and help them excel in them in a positive manner.

All parents want the best for their children and that's OK however we must remember to not expect them to live our dreams for us and punish them if they fail to do so. It's not their job; it's our duty to live our own dreams!

Stay in the moment and see what is right in front of you, understand the unique being in front of you and ask yourself how can you be better parents in guiding and assisting your children in their unique journey of life - awakening their greatest unique potential that they brought with them in this lifetime.

What is your dream?

What are you doing about it?

Fear and uncertainties set in; SO WHAT!

Are you helping your child to awaken his/her real potential?

Are you embracing your child's uniqueness or are you forbidding it from unfolding?

Are you really listening to your child's "cry" or are you shutting them up and out?

Are you "reacting" with negativity?

Published on: Apr 19, 2009 @ 0:17