Having A Dream Means You Can Achieve It

I have a quote on the wall in my office, attributed to John Assaraf, that says “The universe wouldn’t be so silly to give you a dream you couldn’t achieve.” I know talking about making your dreams come true in life can seem cliche and out of touch with reality, so let’s talk about it from another angle - let’s call them 'aspirations'.

Aspirations are what you want and desire in life. It’s the potential future that you’d trade your present for if you could. But just because you aspire for something to be better does not mean you’re ungrateful for what you have. Our aspirations drive our personal evolution.

You might have some pretty big dreams and crazy aspirations for yourself, and the very fact that you aspire for them means that you’re capable of it. Whether it’s to write a book, be an Olympian, retire in Europe, or whatever it might be for you… The fact that it has been planted in your consciousness as something that you want means that you can have it. Not everyone aspires to be an astronaut, but only those that do are the ones that become one.  “The universe wouldn’t be so silly to give you a dream you couldn’t achieve.” 

Branding and business expert Jasmine Star says it a little differently - “You wouldn’t have a dream if you didn’t have the capacity to achieve it.” But it follows the same sentiment. The reason you chose your aspirations is because they first chose you. Your mind wouldn’t be fooled into doing something that was actually impossible.

That’s not to say you’re going to achieve all your dreams or that success is guaranteed. It doesn’t even mean that it’s likely to happen. It simply means that it’s possible. In order to really give your dreams their fullest chance you might need to sacrifice, and other things might need to suffer in order for your one thing to rise. 

And that’s the beautiful part of the process. Once you’ve quantified the consequences of pursuing your dreams, you get to choose if it’s worth the cost. Is that dream actually what you want? With this new awareness you get to update your dream so that it represents the aspirations and future reality you actually want to live.