This is What Dreams Are Made of...

"Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, and determination.  Remember all things are possible for those who believe."

If you read that quote closely, you'll see how much truth that it holds.  Keeping your dreams alive and important is so critical if you hope to achieve them.  Sometimes it's hard to have goals or dreams and stick to them because it's easy to get lost along the journey and see those dreams die out.

No one ever wants to see a person's dream fade away, but unfortunately, it happens each and everyday to someone around the world.  They lose hope in something they had their heart set on and give up.  With all the dreams and goals I have set for myself, it's hard to imagine not achieving some of them.  I know as well though that at any given moment, anything can happen and my plans could get pulled out from under me.  I think the best way to ensure that your dreams and goals are achieved are exactly as the quote said, by believing in yourself, working extremely hard, and having a deep determination to accomplishing what you truly want.

I know that when I played basketball in high school, we always made goals for ourselves as a team.  We would write down what we wanted to accomplish or win and keep those goals posted so that we were reminded of them every day.  Sometimes, things didn't go as we had planned and hoped, but we pushed forward and did our very best.  My senior year was a rough year because we had a player down and we were extremely close to going to the place every basketball player dreams of:  The Big House.  Losing my last game was one of the hardest things I've come to face, but even though I failed to reach one of my goals, it wasn't going to stop me from dreaming up even more goals I could try to accomplish.

My sister is now a sophomore and she is on the same team as I played on last year. At the beginning of the season, everyone knew that they were going to make it to the Big House and have a high possibility of winning the gold ball. Unfortunately, they have also encountered some serious hardships this season as well, but it's nothing that they can't overcome.  They all have a dream to go to the Big House and win that gold ball, but because they have had some bad luck, doesn't mean their dream is impossible.  I know that they want this bad enough that they won't give up.  Not only are they playing to win for themselves, but they are playing for their teammate who wishes more than anything, she was out there too.  I believe in my Lady Jackets with all my heart.  If they believe in themselves, in their dreams, and work hard everyday, they are going to get to that Big House and I'll be sitting in the stands when that announcer announces, "It's championship Saturday and you have made it to the Big House."

I know a lot of people that are dreaming big and hoping to achieve their goals.  Some have smaller dreams, such as receiving straight A's, graduating school, or getting over a fear, but some are dreaming bigger by wanting to explore the world, win a gold ball, or even make it on a hit TV show.  No matter how big, how small, how difficult, or how impossible a dream might seem, anything can happen and be accomplished by believing in the dream as well as yourself.  Nothing is impossible if you just believe.

So to my Lady J's as playoffs start soon (LJKA) and to my favorite group of boys that have a huge dream, good luck these upcoming weeks.  I believe in you and I know that you all can do it! I'll definitely be praying for you. :)