The Biblical character Joseph had dreams of greatness. His brothers, envious of him and his potential, threw him into a pit in an effort to kill him, thus killing his dreams. Joseph managed to survive and his story has an amazing ending, because his dreams not only survived, they came to pass!
While it is not likely that anyone will throw you into a pit, the violation against you may be worse. ‘They’ may have convinced you to throw your own dreams into a pit – to totally discard them.
‘They’ are what I call “dream destroyers.” ‘They’ can be authority figures in your life who impose their expectations and judgments upon you. ‘They’ can be friends who press you with their opinions and unsolicited comments. ‘They’ can be the voices of your inner-self, that echo doubt, fears, self-criticism, reminding you of past failures and encouraging you to remain with the comforts of the known.
If your dreams are in the pit, you must recover them now; because to recover your dreams is to recover meaning in your life. Turn a deaf ear to the dream destroyers. It is time to bring your dreams into the realm of reality.