July 2026

July Thought of the Month

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

~ Henry David Thoreau

Remember that song from the Christmas movie, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer? His future girlfriend sings, "There's always tomorrow for dreams to come true." While meant to encourage young Rudolph, it also implies a negative connotation too: that dreams will maifest if we only wait. That is one of the surest ways to failure. Our dreams require us to take action, not wait passively for them to happen to us.

Our dreams cover a wide spectrum, from completing a chore at home to accomplishing something monumental on the world stage, yet they all have one thing in common. Unless we act they will remain dreams. And not just one action. It takes multiple steps in the right direction to reach success.

If you've ever tried growing your own tomatoes at home, you have the perfect analogy. The first step is to plant seeds indoors in early spring (or buy a plant later in the season). You can't stop there. You have to nurture the planting, water regularly, see that it gets sunlight, protect it from harsh weather and pests. And in time you will harvest your first fruits. Things can go wrong, you may have to start over to get your harvest. It's not a set it and forget it kind of project.

Our dreams are rarely set and forget to success. The formula for their manifestation is to determine what needs to happen for a dream to become reality, focus on one of those goals, even if it seems small and insignificant. Accomplish that and move on to the next goal. Work on something every day towards that dream even — especially — if things didn't work out the day before. It's perfectly normal to reassess and reset our goals.

And never waste time and energy on obstacles to our dreams unless it's to find ways around them. Here's to your dreams coming true!

[Thought and image design by Elaine C. Oldham]