THE GIFT OF A DREAM (20); WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR DREAM II?

"Let the man who says it cannot be done not disturb the man doing it." - Chinese Proverb

Dreams

As we continue to answer the question “what happened to your dream”, recall that I mentioned that a great dream could easily succeed or fizzle into nothingness depending on the people around it, either dream helpers or dream terminators. One indicator that you have a dream terminator around your dream is that you have a constant destructive critic around you, someone that never says or sees something positive about your dreams.

The story is told of a judge who had been frequently ridiculed by a conceited lawyer, who never saw anything good about the judge’s judgments. When asked by a friend why he didn't rebuke his assailant, he replied, "In our town lives a widow who has a dog. And whenever the moon shines, it goes outside and barks all night."

Having said that, the magistrate shifted the conversation to another subject; finally someone asked, "But Judge, what about the dog and the moon?" "Oh," he replied, "the moon went on shining--that's all."

There could not be a better response to a destructive critic. Be like the moon, keep shinning and pursuing your dreams. The moon doesn’t go into hiding because of a barking dog. Let me leave you with 6 pointers to a destructive critic who is a dream terminator. How they bury a good dream;
1. It will never work,
2. We've never done it that way before,
3. We is doing fine without it,
4. We can't afford it,
5. We are not ready for it,
6. it’s not our responsibility.
Always remember that "your dream is your dream", you should strive to fulfill it irrespective of other people's opinion; for the world reckons with those who fulfilled their dreams, not those who "only" had dreams.