How many times have you gone to an action movie, and after watching the hero pummeling all the bad guys into submission, left the theater imagining wha it would be like to be the hero?
Maybe he was an amazing martial artist. You see yourself blocking punches or dodging kicks and then swiftly countering with precise and lightening fast attacks of your own.
Maybe she was a cop, arresting and bringing the bad guys to justice, or possibly the morgue. You think of all the bad guys you could confound if you also had the training and the badge.
As a kid I used to love watching the old Christopher Reeve Superman movies. Well at least the first two. They went a little off track starting with number three. I’d dream of what it would be like to be stronger than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Being faster than a speeding bullet. I’m sure we all enjoy striking the Superman pose, or Wonder Woman for the ladies. I’ll be 48 in a few days and I still day dream from time to time what it’d be like to just go up, up and away. Flying through the air without a care in the world.
And there’s nothing wrong with any of that. A healthy fantasy life is, well, healthy. It’s great to have dreams, even if they’re impossible ones. No matter how much I dream about it or try to become him, I’ll simply never be the last son of Krypton.
The question is, with all the amount of time you dream about being this hero or that incredible person, how much do you actually spend thinking about being the best possible version of yourself?
Do you really want to be some martial arts master getting into fights with the baddies all the time? Probably not. Is it really your dream to be a detective like in the movies? I’m guessing you’d prefer not to have that many people shooting at you in the course of 2 hours. Besides, of all the characters you could be, why not be the one you were destined to be, you!
And if you’re going to be you, why not be the best you possible? Doing that will require you to think about what that version of you is. And it can be anything you want, even if it’s a cop or a ninja. You just need to spend a little time figuring out what you want to be.
So take a little time today, or in the next few days, to go somewhere quiet. Sit or lay down in a position that’s comfortable for you. Close your eyes and think to yourself, “if I didn’t have to worry about how I would get there, what kind of life would I love to be living?” Maybe you’ve always wanted to be a writer. Perhaps a millionaire. Could be money has nothing to do with your dreams. You’d rather be a healer or a teacher, even if it doesn’t mean big bucks for you.
Just keep sitting or laying there with your eyes closed imagining that future. What do you do each day? What’s your job? Do you even have a job? How do you spend your free time? What kind of clothes do you wear? Where do you live? What do you look like? Most importantly, how do you feel? If it’s happy or content or relaxed or it just plain feels right, chances are this is your best version. The key is while doing this, don’t worry about how it could come true, the limits you think you have to live within, or the probability of success. Just dream about living life as the best version of yourself.
And once you’ve decided, then you can spend time figuring out how to get there. You have to set the destination first before you can consider the path you’ll take. It might be a difficult path, or it might be an easy one. Maybe your best version of yourself isn’t that far from who you are now. Then again it could be a life you’ve literally only dreamed of.
From there you start setting goals. And then you keep breaking those goals down into smaller goals. And maybe even again if you need to. You just pare it down until you have a list of goals you know you can knock over one by one. Whether the list is long or short is irrelevant. You just take item number one and get it done. Then on to number two. And you just keep going.
Along the way I’d recommend meditating regularly on what you visualize as your best version. Times change and so do you. Even if you come to the exact same dream you’re reinforcing this view of you in your mind. If it changes then it’s easier to course correct earlier on the path than later.
But always break the goals down into smaller goals you know you can accomplish and keep moving forward. You’ll get there eventually, and when you do you won’t care about the journey any more because you’ve arrived at the greatest destination possible. The best version of you. Take care and have a nice day.
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