Achieving your dream

MALCOLM X, one of the most prominent American Muslims in the middle of the last century, said :”The future is owned by those who equip for it today.” In other words, you can achieve your dreams in the future, if you work for them today. Progress, prosperity, positive thought and success, all of these need work to be accessible in every sense of the word. How can we move forward to what we aspire to achieve? Doesn’t achieving our goal require a plan of action? Yes. When we wish to achieve any goal in life, we need to work for it and dream about it daily. Above all, we must learn how to categorize our goals in the sense that some are short-term and others are long-term objectives. When a dream is generated and you decide to work for it, you need to write on a piece of paper the steps that you must take to achieve that dream. Put the paper in your pocket or in your room, but the important thing is that you will always be able to read it. What a beautiful life when you achieve your dream! Do not be like those who dream without pursuit of their dreams in life. Every person on earth has a dream, but some people endeavor to achieve their dream and others do not know how to achieve it, or may think that it is just a dream, or that it is too difficult to achieve. When one dreams, he should realize that it is a goal and he should seek to achieve it in life. There are those who think that realizing a dream is difficult, but it is easier than you imagine. However, it needs a plan of action like the construction scheme which is followed by a contractor building a house. There is no doubt that you will encounter those who make disheartening remarks about your dream and your chance of realizing it. However, instead, try as much as possible to listen to those who push you to achieve your dream. Just dream and dash toward your dream! It may take a long time to see your dream come true, but what is important is that it will one day. Patience plays an important role in achieving dreams, i.e., you may fail at first, but will ultimately succeed. Effective communication with people is very important in achieving dreams. Not all dreams will come true if you plan alone; you will need to cooperate with other people to achieve your dream. There are small things that help some people achieve their dreams, such as connecting positively with others and exercising on a daily basis. Reading books on personal development is essential and important in achieving dreams. Read stories of successful people who made their dreams come true and learn how they faced many obstacles. Training and development courses help a lot in achieving success. Persistence and determination play a major role in achieving dreams. However, trusting in Almighty Allah and calling on Him to be of help to you in achieving the dream is more important than all of the above. So trust in Allah and go forward creating your practical plan toward the objective that you want to achieve. Muteb Al-Abbas Saudi journalist and member of the Public Relations Society of America