- A lot of achievements today were once just dreams. The “dreamers” chose not to sleep on them, literally, but to pursue their dreams as ambitions and desires that would change their circumstances. This led to the next stage of actualization. The result; humanity is much the better for it…
- Achieve the “warmth” of success by turning your dreams into white hot desire, form a mastermind alliance that will walk with you on this journey and with focus and hard work, go on, change your “cold” circumstances.
By Sylvester Oluoch.
Back in the day, when Chiru was transitioning from a boy to a man in a village in the Savanna, he wandered into the “firehouse of the gods.” According to his village’s legendary tales, those who got to this house of the deities, and basked alongside the gods, lived to be among the wealthiest of their times. They amassed countless heads of cattle, major currency of the day. And years on end, their granaries could barely hold the harvest of their grains.
The boy was alight with joy.
He greeted the gods heartily then asked to bask in the fire, for the winds had summoned much cold from beyond the Savanna grasslands.
To his dismay, the gods demanded that he brings firewood before he can be allowed to warm himself. When he asked how far the wood was and how he could get it, he got instructions that spelled an arduous journey. He requested to share in the warmth and set on his task at the first cockcrow. This received a unanimous “no” vote from the gods.
His was forlorn. He had failed to convince the gods. Then a voice came to him and said; “you are not the only one unwilling to undertake the firewood errand. That is why this Savanna is full of dry bones, which is testament to the staggering number of those who choose to die in the cold rather than take this challenge that guarantees them warmth.”
He made up his mind at once. “I would rather pay the price to be warm than sit and watch my bones chill into the sphere of the unknown.” Then he set out on his pursuit.
Part of this effort required him to work with at least two more people. This part was called the caves where hyenas eat men – a dark, slippery, winding path with a thick overhead canopy. No one living remembered ever seeing the sunlight go past this canopy.
He was terrified. However, he looked at the option, and concluded that it is better to die trying than trying to die, by doing nothing. The more he thought about that warmth, and felt the biting cold, the stronger his faith grew. He believed he would make it.
Facing this improbable cause, Chiru knew he had to do more than he had done before, he had to summon all his courage and all his strength. He had to develop force and initiative, and to entice others into coming with him he had to develop the kind of personality that was not only attractive, but also reassuring.
He reached out to his friends and was able to bring two along. Through out the troubles on his path, he charmed them with his enthusiasm and belief to help them visualize the warmth that awaited them – a final salvation from the rigors of the cold that characterize the wilderness.
Chiru kept his focus on the warmth and thought creatively on ways to save him time and effort on his attempt at this special firewood – so rare that it was reserved only for the gods. He persisted. He thought only of the warmth, and fueled by burning desire, he muscled up, enthusiastically encouraged his friends, and kept strengthening his faith.
Their feet were sore, and their lips cracked and hurt from dehydration. They tapped water from tree roots.
Having overcome all the challenges, Chiru got back to the gods with a bundle of firewood, so big, the gods said no one had delivered that much firewood, ever before.
Just as he settled down to start enjoying the warmth, Chiru woke from his dream. His heart raced.
Then he started to think: What did the warmth mean in that dream? Why did the gods require the wood before he could share in the warmth? Why such a treacherous path? Is anything worth such trauma? Why did those friends come to his mind? How did he get the strength to endure?
Just like Chiru, you have a dream. Snap from it and start asking yourself, if you have not yet: what your dream means, and which people you can count on. Then visualize exactly how you plan to move from the dream stage to a goal you can aim at.
