It’s Find a Way to Do What You Dream Day!
This is “Find a Way to Do What YOU Dream Day.”
It’s not find a way to do what your friends dream.
It’s not find a way to do what your brothers or sisters dream.
It’s not find a way to do what your parents dream.
It’s not find a way to do what your teachers dream.
It’s not even find a way to do what your coaches dream.
It’s find a way to do what YOU dream.
To find a way to do what you dream, you have to start with rule number of the Dream Doer League: Be Yourself. That means you need to look in the mirror and be true to who you are.
What BE YOURSELF Does NOT Mean
Just so we’re clear, being yourself does NOT give you permission to do whatever you want whenever you want.
If you’re still living at home with your parents, you have to respect them and follow their rules.
If you’re still going to school, you have to respect your teachers, follow their rules and do the work they assign.
That’s all just part of being a responsible young adult. The really cool bonus is that when you respect your parents and teachers and other adults in authority, they’ll respect you, too and want to help you find a way to live your dreams.
What BE YOURSELF Does Mean
Now being yourself DOES mean you can choose how you think, how you feel, what you say and what you do.
It DOES mean you can choose to discover your God-given talents and use those talents to follow your dreams.
Whether you realize it yet or not, you are great at something. It could be a sport, a subject in school, a hobby you enjoy or a character trait you have developed.
When you figure out what it is you love to do AND have the natural ability to do it well, that’s when you are yourself. That’s when you have the power to find a way to do what you dream.
Being yourself is only the beginning of your path to unshakable confidence, unbreakable dreams and unstoppable success. You also need to be trustworthy, be passionate, be focused and be involved in order to find a way to do what you dream.
So in next week’s post, we’ll talk more about rule #2: Be Trustworthy.
Until then, remember, you always find a way to do what you dream when you stick to your strengths.
To your dreams,
Bonnie Jean
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Welcome to another edition of “Behind the Scenes of The Dream Doers Series”
The Dream Doers and the Summer of Secrets begins on the last day of sixth grade for Alex and Tyler and class bully Zach. But today’s edition is a flashback story of the day Alex meets Zach for the first time.
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Alex was three the day she met three-year-old Zach for the first time. Zach lived a few blocks away from Alex in the same neighborhood. Their moms met one day when they happened to both be out walking along the same street.
When they realized they both had kids the same age, the moms decided to meet for a play date one morning when Alex’s older sister and older brothers were in school.
And since Alex’s next door neighbor Anson was also three years old, Alex’s mom invited Anson and his mom over to Alex’s house, too.
Alex was excited about the chance to play with boys her own age. All of her brothers were older than her and thought she was too girly to play with them. So she usually just played by herself when her older sister was too busy to play dolls or have tea parties.
Alex dressed in a pink sundress and had her mom put a pink bow in her long brown hair. She wanted to look pretty for her new friends.
When they finally came over, the boys wanted to play outside. So the moms sat on the deck and talked while the three kids played on the swingset that had two swings, a slide and monkey bars.
The boys acted nice and friendly…until Alex, Zach and Anson all got to the top of the slide at the same time. Zach told Alex she needed to move so he could slide, but she said her brothers always let her go first.
For some reason that made Zach really mad. He yanked the pink bow out of her hair and pushed her over the side.
Her arm hit the ground first, breaking her wrist.
All three moms came running to help at the sound of Alex’s cries. When Alex’s mom asked what happened, Zach said that Alex just fell by accident. Anson nodded and said Zach was telling the truth.
Alex wanted to tell her mom that Zach pushed her, but she didn’t want Zach to get in trouble. Plus she didn’t want to believe any little boy could be that mean.
The only problem was that Zach just got meaner the older he got. But he was only mean to Alex. He was nice to her brothers and her parents, so nobody understood why she didn’t want to go to school when she found out they were going to be in the same kindergarten class.
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Stay tuned to more “Behind the Scenes” posts to learn more about what happened on the first day of school when Alex and Zach both meet the new kid in town, Tyler, for the first time.
To Your Dreams,
Bonnie Jean
P.S. In case you haven’t yet been in front of the scenes of The Dream Doers series, it starts with The Dream Doers and the Summer of Secrets. In this young adult novel, best friends Alex and Tyler are forced to battle bullies, face their fears and keep strange secrets the summer they learn to do what they dream. You can hear the whole “Front of the Scenes” story for FREE. Just visit TheDreamDoers.com and fill out a super short form. Enjoy the story!
It’s Find a Way to Do What You Dream Day!
I know, I know. You have to follow enough rules at home and at school. So when it comes to living your dreams, you want to be rule-free. You want to feel grown-up and have the freedom to make your own choices and do whatever you want. But as strange as this may seem, your dreams need rules. And when you follow these short, simple, easy to remember guidelines of the Dream Doer League, you can find a way to do what you dream.
Rule #1: Be Yourself
You didn’t think this could be a rule, did you? The reason this is the first and most important rule is because if you can’t be yourself, what’s the point of chasing dreams? You certainly won’t be able to do what you dream if you’re trying to be someone you’re not or if you’re trying to please everyone around you rather than standing up for who you are and what you want. That’s why this rule is to use your God-give talents to pursue your dreams.
Rule #2: Be Trustworthy
Be trustworthy. When you’re trustworthy, you live with integrity, you depend on your consistency, you lead by example and you act with wisdom.
Rule #3: Be Passionate
Be passionate. When you’re passionate, you express your passion, you ignite your enthusiasm, you unleash your creativity and you advance toward your dreams with courage.
Rule #4: Be Focused
Be focused. When you’re focused, you are clear about what you want, you concentrate your energy, you free yourself with discipline and you persevere with strength.
Rule #5: Be Involved
Be involved. DO what you dream. Help your friends do what they dream. And actively participate in your family, your church, your school, your community and your world. In other words, TAKE ACTION! Don’t hide. Get out there and get things done. Have fun being you and living your dreams!
When you choose to follow these rules, you’ll start living a fun, exciting, adventurous life. Because when you are yourself, when you are trustworthy, when you are passionate, when you are focused and when you are involved, you are an Unshakable, Unbreakable, Unstoppable Dream Doer who always finds a way to do what you dream.
To help you understand these rules better so that you can do what you dream, future Find a Way Day articles will unpack these rules and explain them in more detail to give you a better idea of how to follow them and be a champion Dream Doer.
Until next time, remember you always find a way to do what you dream when you stick to your strengths.
To your dreams,
Bonnie Jean
