Dreaming True to Your Soul

A fantasy is an imagined scenario detached from reality. It’s largely full of improbable elements, and while it allows the mind to explore possibilities without worrying about practicalities or even likelihood, it can morph into a form of escapism and avoidance. It can stop us from dreaming true to our soul’s purpose.

We’re not dreaming when we imagine winning the lottery, or receiving an inheritance from a distance relative, or living happily ever after. We’re fantasising.

Sustaining a fantasy takes up our precious time and energy. It depletes our spirit and therefore, our motivation. A long-term, unactioned fantasy minimises the realistic dreams that are alive in our soul. We have to let it die so we can get on with the business of grieving over what will never come to pass. The sooner we let it go and get over it, the sooner we can start to dream true and make the soul stuff happen.

We don’t need to do it this on our own. Dreaming true is easy when you co-create with your soul. (It’s even easier when you collaborate with your personal archetypes, but I’ll leave that for another day.)

Dreaming true means you might set challenging or ambitious goals that are within the realm of possibility. You know your dream is coming from your soul when you have a desire to achieve something significant, it has the potential to make a positive contribution to others or the planet, and it’s accompanied by a plan, and the willingness to do what needs to be done to bring it into reality.

The difference between a fantasy and dreaming true lies in your intention and feasibility. A fantasy is for imagination’s sake. Of course, some elements of fantasy can be fuel for dreaming true to your soul, but unless you convert those elements into reality, then it’s still just a fantasy.

Your soul calls you to action by urging you to dream true. I’ve had some fantasies in my life that were long past their use-by date. At worst, they’re exhausting and at best, I find myself languishing because it drains my spirit. I know that if I’m not actioning it, I need to accept it as a fantasy, harvest what I can from it, then do my grieving so I can move forward.

Dreaming true is for actualisation. Big or small, doesn’t matter. Is it important? Is possible? Is it useful? If yes, then follow your soul.