The Essence of dreams

Moto tour with my idol, travelling legend, Zvone Šeruga (not the one on the pic, tho)

Travelling the god damn world!!

Something about dreams...about fighting for your dreams...following and LIVING your dreams. On the road I am meeting so many people, who inspire me and affect my life in all possible ways. I admire them and I learn from them. But as well, I'm meeting so many people who doesn't believe in their dreams and won't do a single thing to achieve them. Why? Because it's too hard! Because you have to step out of your comfort zone, have loads of courage and actually DO something. Each beginning is hard, remember that! It wont be easy, never! You have to sacrifice a lot, sometimes your free time, sometimes friendships, sometimes money. You sweat, you cry, you fail, you don't get recognition when you deserve it and get rejected numerous times. But imagine, someday you might succeed, not might, you WILL. If you set your mind, put all your energy and all your life into something, believe me you're going to get it. 

All the crazy stuff in life...

OK, so let's start it like this. We all have idols, right? We all have someone to look up to, someone we admire, or even worship, don't we? And our idols are usually very successful, they love what they're doing and they seem to be perfect at doing it. A lot of people feel underestimated because of them. In the way "I'll never be as good as them...". And you know what? You won't, you'll never be as good as them. You'll be DIFFERENT, not better, not worse, simply different. What I'm trying to say is, don't compare yourself to others. If someone is good at something you love doing as well, try to learn from them, rather than feeling down because you're never going to be like them. "You were born an original, don't die a copy" John Mason

My mexican telenovela

You won't try yourself as a photographer, because photography became so popular these days, and everybody is doing it. But if you love to photograph and you believe you have a feeling for it, DO IT! Don't let something you love doing get away, just because you think everyone will do it better than you. It's so stupid, you could miss out an oportunity of becoming a proffesional photographer! If you love cooking and you're thinking of becoming a professional cook, well you better start trying out new recipes, apply for different jobs, cook for your mom, cook for your neighbours, let them tell you their opinion! Work on that decorations! Learn about different cousines, french, thai, chinese. There is so much to learn - and guess what, the more you know, the more you value! So don't wait a minute to start learning about your dreams and go for a hunt!! Don't limit yourself with the idea tha Michelin star is something you will never get! Or that National Geographic or Olympic games are impossible to achieve! Dream BIG! If you want to be a dancer, DANCE, even if your mom expects you to be a lawyer. If you want to be a journalist, then BE a journalist, even if you lack a degree in it. Do not come up with excuses such as "I cannot do this" or "there's no future in this", or "there are plenty of people doing it already!" "If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse" Jim Rohn

Camp counselor in North Carolina

When I was working in camp in the States, one day a really nice mid-age woman droped by to our camp. She was a storyteller and she was leading a small workshop for our girl scouts. In her speach she said something like this: "I always loved writting and telling stories. I was writting  stories all the time, I was telling stories all around the country. One day, I started to make money out of my storytelling. And you should do the same! Make your money out of something you love doing!" Isn't that great, doing something you love doing for the rest of your life and be payed for it at the same time? I still remember American writter Dan, I've met in Mexico. He said to me "If you don't know what would you like to do in your life, ask yourself what you would love to do for free!"

Work in yachting industry really breaks down your limits.

So if I understand correctly, hobby - your career! It might sound stupid or even impossible, but that's not true. If you say it's impossible, you are already setting limits to your dreams. But remember - there are no limits in achieving your dreams! If you limited yourself, remember, YOU did, no one else did! And now you'll say, that sometimes there are legal limits, there are evil people involved, boo-hoo-hoo. Yes, there are legal things and different people involved, I never said it will be easy! If it would be so easy to achieve your dreams, well then I guess the whole world would be living in a harmony, right? As I said, every beginning is hard. There are so many barriers to go through. And there are so many falls. You try and you faill, you try again and fail even deeper. So many disappointments, so many broken hopes. So be ready for that! Be ready for years of sweating, doing things with minimum or no result. But believe, if you have put in sooo much, eventually you will start to gain. You will become wiser and more experianced. You will suceed, you will live in all the glory of your hard work and hopeless moments. 

Don't stop believing, just because everybody else is saying you can't do it. "Don't let small minds convience you that your dreams are too big!" Be happy with your life. One way to achieve that is with doing what you love. And when you love doing something, you're probably be very good at it. So why not try it? Just try it at first. Or would you prefer to ask yourself for the rest of your life "What would happend, if...?" Yes, you will be feeling uncomfortable and you will be afraid of unknown. But don't be afraid to try. Don't be afraid to fail. Don't be afraid to be afraid. 

See you later, alligator,

Mayita