Episode 49: Protecting Your Dreams

“When setting out on a journey do not seek advice from someone who never left home.” Rumi I want to dive deeper into something I’ve touched on in more than one episode, and that is how friends, family, and others can poison our dreams if we let them. But not to be mean. They do it out of a fear and lack of self belief that is inside them and they are just trying to protect us, but that doesn’t make it any less toxic. Like most kids, I had many big dreams for my life of what I wanted to do, have, and me.  As I began vocalizing some of those my mom and others in my life let me know  why I shouldn’t even try.  Teachers, professors, and even my mom regularly did this.  When my earliest dream of being an astronaut was squashed in grade school the planner in my dialed in on a more practical plan for adventure.  One day in grade school, I was at a buddy’s house and he asked me what I was going to be when I grew up.  I proudly, and for the first time, said out loud that I had decided to be a truck driver so I could get paid to drive all over the country and see everything! My friend laughed in my face and told me that was ridiculous and parroted what his parents had told him about the necessity of college. (The allergy Americans have for the trades is ridiculous and harmful to us individually and collectively.  That’s very much a topic for the future) As I got older and entered college... See full blog on my website here! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/carlopodcast/support