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Are you a Dream Doer or a Normalite?
I used to be a Normalite.
A Normalite is someone who just tries to fit in, stay the same and be normal. Even if being normal means you have to hide your dreams.
Now what it means to be “normal” is different for everybody. What’s normal for you might not be normal for me.
Being normal means you’re settling for what is easy and comfortable for you instead of challenging yourself to be better, use your talents and pursue your dreams.
Some Normalites are Dreamers.
Some Normalites are Doers.
And some Normalites are Duds (like Zach and his buddies in the story).
But the only ones who can beat Normalcy (the enemy you’ll learn about tomorrow) and gain the confidence they need to live their dreams are Dream Doers.
I’ve been a “Dream Doer in Training” for the last 10 years.
Everything I’ve learned about being a Dream Doer is what Alex and Tyler are learning in The Dream Doers and the Summer of Secrets.
You see, my big dream is to be a #1 best-selling author. Only I didn’t always have the confidence I needed to do something about my dream.
When I was a kid, I loved making up stories. But they were only for my imagination. I was sure my friends and family would think my stories were strange or weird or just plain awful. So I hardly ever wrote them down.
I hid the stories I did write. I had to. I didn’t want anyone to think I believed I could be a writer.
By the time I reached high school, though, even I had stopped believing in my dreams. When I got to college, I almost let myself start believing again; I considered picking writing as my major.
Then I told myself that was a silly dream and chose to major in Bible instead.
I didn’t know what kind of job I wanted once I graduated, but studying Bible was better than studying about some subject I didn’t really care about.
As a senior in college, I still didn’t know what I would do when I graduated. I just knew I couldn’t be who I wanted to be: a writer. At least that’s what I thought until I attended one of my Bible classes on FEBRUARY 12, 1999.
That day, my professor talked about the difference between Dreamers and Doers:
· Dreamers dream about what could be done.
· Doers make things happen.
I wanted to be a Doer. I wanted to believe my dreams were possible. But I couldn’t. I was just a Dreamer who imagined great things but kept them to myself. Because I didn’t have the courage to share them or make them happen.
Then my professor quoted Psalm 37:4:
“Delight yourself in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”
God wanted to give me the desires of my heart? Was that true?
I was stunned. I was almost too stunned to breathe. I was definitely too stunned to pay attention to the rest of the lecture.
As soon as class ended, I went home and read the first six verses of Psalm 37 over and over and over. They were real. These words were actually in the inspired Word of God.
My gracious God wanted to give me the desires of my heart.
My greatest desire was to be a writer. So that’s when I realized I could, with God’s help, make that happen.
I could do what I dreamed. I could be a DREAM DOER. And I am! My book, The Dream Doers and the Summer of Secrets, made it all the way to #13 on the Amazon best-seller list in its category in June 2008.
But as soon as it hit #13, I did something a Dream Doer should never do…I STOPPED sharing my story. I was afraid it might actually make it to the #1 spot. I was afraid I might actually become the successful, #1 best-selling author I always wanted to be.
I was afraid I might actually DO what I DREAMED.
You see, my self-confidence was shaky. Because I had shaky confidence, I let my dreams break and stopped myself from being successful. I stopped writing. I stopped talking about writing.
And I stopped being a Dream Doer. All because I was scared, didn’t believe in myself and had no confidence.
But a few months ago, I found my confidence. I learned how to dream up unbreakable dreams. And I chose to live with unstoppable success.
Now that we’re friends, I’ll have the chance to share with you how I found my confidence and what you can do to find yours, too.
Then you can be an unshakable, unbreakable, unstoppable DREAM DOER.
Being a Dream Doer is all about dreaming big, staying true to who you are and taking action. Just like Alex and Tyler.
They know that to make their sports dreams happen, they have to practice and work hard. They don’t want to be Normalites like Zach, Anson and Clay who sit around all day and just stay normal.
In tomorrow’s chapters, though, Tyler and Alex are going to meet an enemy that is far more dangerous than Zach and his bully friends…
This is the enemy that stood between me and my confidence, dreams and success. Once you learn about him, though, he’ll never be able to stand between you and your confidence or dreams or success ever again.
Until then, enjoy the story!
To your dreams,
Bonnie Jean
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P.S.S. What about you? Have you ever been too scared to live your dreams like I was? Join the conversation by leaving a comment below!
