FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS
- Carmen Waterman
- Jan 7
- 2 min read
Dreams are an essential part
of the human experience.
Dreaming is the ability to see beyond our present circumstances and to envision something better: something that connects with our own heart and spirit.
To a child, day-dreaming and imagination are limitless gifts.
If you were lucky,
when growing up you were encouraged by someone to develop your gifts and talents, which in turn became the driving force behind the decisions you made and the life you are living.
However, you may not have been so fortunate.
For some, life is a journey to connect with our dreams against the odds, and at any age.
This journey begins with the discovery of what is truly important & what we really want to achieve in life.
Today, many people hold jobs that bring no personal satisfaction, and that are actually detrimental to their wellbeing. Many companies run on management models based in bullying and fear. People are getting sick, stress is rampant, and workers in every industry are squeezed to give more and more, until they have nothing left to give.
While some people can run on automatic and get through the day doing a job that “pays the bills,” others find it increasingly difficult to live this way.
My own story is of someone who was told as a child and young adult that she was a “dreamer”, as if it was a bad thing!
I locked my dreams inside for so long that I didn’t even know what I enjoyed doing.
I survived by being what everyone else wanted or needed.
I had a long, successful career in management, and yet something was missing.
I found it harder to ignore the signs as I struggled with depression and the chronic pain of fibromyalgia. I wasn’t being true to myself as long as I had to fit into a mold that restricted me from being me.
The first step toward living your dreams is connecting with the things that bring you true joy.
For me, it was the creative outlet I found in digital art that opened my mind, heart and spirit.
For many years, I engaged in spiritual studies as I developed my art.
In 2012, I took a leap of faith and left a secure corporate career to follow my dreams. Today I am the creator of the “Rainbow Travellers Tarot”, which I self-published and much to my delight has found its way into the hands of people around the world.
My work now continues to align with my core beliefs and with my professional training to help my clients discover, and live their bliss.
The unexpected thing that happens when you start living authentically
is that you open yourself to even more new experiences. For me, this has meant using my deck to become an intuitive tarot reader; something I had never imagined before last year!
We all have gifts and talents that make a difference in this world.
You are never too young or too old to evaluate where you are, what you are doing, and the dreams that are important to you.
Dreams do come true.
By Carmen Waterman . First Published in Island Gals Magazine . 2013 . Volume 3 . Issue 2 .
