Reclaiming Your Dreams

I went to a Christmas gathering this week with a large friend-family group. There were teenagers and adults, a beautiful mix of people who had traveled, studied, and lived all over the world.

As the finale of the long rich gathering, we were offered paper lanterns to write our wishes on and then we went out on the beach to light the wax below, and send them into the night sky...

I was shy to write my dreams...I wrote them small and compact, not really dreaming much, not sure how to word it, not wanting to be seen.

Looking around, I saw people writing big, multi colored notes. Dreaming big and opening up to their desires...

So I switched it up and started adding more... having fun, writing alive, intangible wishes that were more from the unseen holding magic and potential.

Looking back on it this morning, I had to ask, "When did I let go of my dreams? When did it become too painful to ask big and not receive?"

In business I have always played large and trusted, but in my personal life I ask for less, sport bigger losses and disappointments.

I realized I had quit, withdrawn, and started being satisfied with less...

In the end that paper lantern of mine was splashed with things like magic, fun, love, music, and travel written all over it.

It took a while for the wax to burn strong enough to bring the balloon up into the sky...but fly it did, propelled by a warm orange flame burning strong, burning bright, and finally flying high into the night sky...

I'm left with wanting to protect and nurture my innocence and trust, to hold that miracles are possible...I see myself standing on the beach with my sweet, small inner child, holding her hand as we look up into the night sky thrilled by the lights floating over head.

Do you have any dreams or hopes you've been shelving because it felt too big?

Maybe now is the time to dream your dreams...

Happy New Year!
Much Love, Kristina