"You have to dream before your dreams can come true." -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Having a dream is like having something in front of you that is taking you by the hand and pulling you into your future. If you don’t have a dream, a desire to be, have or do anything different in your life to what you currently have then you will find yourself in 5 years from now living in exactly the same circumstances you are currently in.

If there is something more you would like, even if there’s just one aspect of your life you would like to be different to what it is, then that change starts in your mind. This is where you need to be clear on what you want for yourself as not being clear is like going into a train station and saying you want to go somewhere but not knowing where.

Having a clear idea of what you want will give you the energy to move towards it and create what you want in your life. Once you get started on your journey of making your dream happen, your dream starts working on you. Once you set the wheels in motion, you can enjoy the ride while being present in your day to day life, safe in the knowledge that with every small step you take, your dream is getting closer.

So think about what it is you want for yourself if there was nothing that could get in the way of it happening, imagine what your life would be like in your wildest dreams. Don’t hold back, lose yourself in your dream life and then write it down. Knowing what you want is the first step towards moving from the life you have now to the kind of life you dream of having.

It’s the seeds you plant now that grow into your future life

What have you got to complain about? Most people can find at least one thing, one part of their life or themselves that they would like to change in some way. Knowing what you don’t like about your life is one thing, doing something about it is something else.

Quite often, we sit in a situation we don’t like claiming to be stuck or trapped with no way out. Well thinking or believing that you’re trapped is half the problem as it stops you from opening yourself up to possible options that are otherwise being ignored. Yet if you just consider where you are this very second, not the entire situation but just in this moment, how bad is the situation right now? Accept that in this moment, this is what it is but then think about what you can do right now to help remove yourself from the situation or start to change it in some way.

If any action is out of your control or involves a particular person behaving in a particular way then this is not something you can influence. However, if you start from the present moment, right here and right now and consider all your possible options, then narrow your options down to ones that you can act on straight away then you have started to crack through the shell you think you are trapped in. By taking one small step right now that can take you towards the change you desire then you are setting in motion the wheels of change.

Try doing this once a day or if not then do it as often as you can and you will build

momentum towards breaking free from the place where you feel stuck, using the power of where you are now to make the change happen. It is only with what you do today that change of any kind will occur in your life.