Dreams come true today, not tomorrow

​I've figured something out the last few years. Dreams don't come true when we achieve an outcome. Dreams come true when we begin tackling the processes that gets us there.

Too many of us see our dreams as an end result.

It's a dream job or a dream house or a dream bank account or a dream relationship. When we think of our dreams, we think of the finish line.

That can quickly become discouraging. Because each day we wake up and that finish line hasn't arrived yet, we get discouraged. The further we are into the dream without that dream coming true, the easier it is to start believing it will NEVER come true.

You know, I no longer dream of writing a book. I dream of getting up each day and writing an article that can be used to put in a book.

I no longer dream of running a 100 mile race someday, I dream of getting up every day and running the miles that will eventually help me physically and mentally cover that distance.

I no longer dream of a cabin in Montana, I dream of putting a little money away each day that will help me get it when that time comes.

When you dream about the process that will make a dream come true, you wake up each day with the power to make your dream come true. When each day is a step in the journey to a dream come true, each day gets to be its own dream come true.

Each day gets to have its own finish line.

Last year I stood at the finish line of the 35-mile Georgia Jewel. It was the culmination of a lot of hard work, a lot of failure along the way, a lot of dreaming of that finish line.

In the moment of standing at the finish line, I knew I wouldn't have given back any of the gut-wrenching days it took to get there. I wouldn't have given back any of the process - the journey. Because standing there, I knew I was worth that finish line.

I knew my dream came true because I never quit dreaming about what it took to get there.

The reality is, if you have a dream but you're not dreaming of all it will take to get there, it's not a good dream. Because the greatest feeling associated with a dream come true is the feeling of knowing I'm worthy of the moment. I EARNED this feeling.

Well, you earn that feeling on the way there, not when you arrive. You make a dream come true today, no tomorrow.