For years now, I have been told that my dreams are "way ahead of their times". Recently I have actually prayed to God not to give me any more dreams. Yet He does not listen.
Why the strange prayer? I began some time ago writing down those dreams and through out the years I have seen some of them come to life and be exactly what I was told in a dream. One such dream was three years ago in that I dreamed about an organization in which I was on the Board of Directors. I presented the idea to the board in a quarterly meeting and it was just noted in the minutes and dismissed. Two years after I left the Board, I got a call from the current President of the Board and she told me that they were adopting the dream I presented. Two and one half years later.
If you are a dreamer you will understand what I am about to say. I get frustrated and hurt when I present a dream and it falls on deaf, unconsidered ears. Dreams I receive are not just a blurb but are developed during the dreaming period so they are fully ready for adoption. From that it makes it hard to not convey the dream as to not sound demanding. I am learning that lesson.
A dream about two years ago was a marketing idea that I knew would attract attention. I presented it to a group of men whose organization I felt the dream was meant. It was dismissed and never heard from again. While in Cincinnati I was talking to my son and told him about the dream. He said that his business adopted the same principle last year and that it was and continues to be successful.
In 1973 a friend at work knew of my frustration in that I would go into a marketing meeting and present, in detail, an idea that had stemmed from a dream. (Not all dreams are religious). When it was not adopted and I was clearly frustrated an older gentlemen friend pulled me to the side and said, "Keep Dreaming and know that if only 34% of the dreams are ever enacted, you will be successful." Then he gave me the baseball illustration. He said, " A great baseball player may only have an average of 300 for his lifetime yet we look at him as being a success. Realize that he was called out seven times out of ten. More than two thirds of the time he never made it to base. You may want a 100% of your ideas to be adopted, but if you have over 1/3 of your ideas accepted, then you will be better that any professional baseball player."
Do I get frustrated? Absolutely! Do I get hurt? For use! Know that I don't ask for the dreams, they just come and so my list gets bigger and someday, someone will see those dreams written down and may think, "Humm, we should try this.
Til then, all you frustrated dreamers, DREAM ON!
