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Isn’t it interesting that each year the Holidays seem to “sneak up” on us – as if, all of a sudden, the calendar gremlins flipped to December while we were weren’t looking. This time of year, one of the most frequently uttered expressions is “I can’t believe it’s the Holidays already! Where does the time go?”

Indeed, where DOES the time go?

When you hear that, do you immediately start trying to think of your significant achievements over the past year? I do. Sometimes I get a little nervous and wish I had a better “handle on time” because it seems to slip away so fast.

So here you are one year older, hopefully wiser, and have you thought about what you have accomplished this year?

Ultimately, what you did in the last 12 months is in your unchangeable past, and what truly matters is, “What will you do in the next 12 months that will put you closer to achieving your dreams?”

Or maybe the real question is, “Do you even have any dreams for your life?”

I’ve heard it said that a life without dreams is a life not worth living. I believe we are here to experience the grandest version of who we can become, based on our wildest dreams – as far as our imagination can take us. I believe that anyone can realize a dream, purely by having an unrelenting burning desire and then allowing its creation to manifest.

As Jiminy Cricket sang to Pinnochio, “When your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme” or, as James Allen, author of As a Man Thinketh, wrote, “Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be,” there are no limits when you find a dream you are passionate about. None!

Beware of mistaking desperation for passion. Dreams fueled by desperation or lack cannot be realized, for lack can only create more of itself. Many jump from this opportunity to that opportunity, all the while focused on a status of being broke rather than a dream of being prosperous.

If you want to know where your thoughts have been focused, look at your life. If you don’t like what you see, change your thoughts. Envision your own dream of an amazing life, whatever that means to you, and let your desire to live that life influence your every thought.

This Holiday season, instead of lamenting about where the time went, give yourself the gift of a dream you feel passionate about.

Wishing you a healthy and prosperous 2010!

Jerry Mcvictor