 Hold
on to the Power of Your Dreams
Disneyland
puts on an extravaganza of lights, fireworks, characters,
and special effects called ‘Fantasmic’ every
evening.
In the performance, Mickey Mouse has a dream with all
his friends singing and dancing with joy.
As my daughter and I watched, suddenly the dream turned
into a nightmare, and many evil characters came to life
with raging anger, noise and venom. Fire shot from a
huge dragon’s mouth. Real flames blasted across
the water.
Everyone in the audience felt the heat!
At the worst, loudest and most angry moment, when I
felt most scared and my daughter was gripping me with
both her little hands, Mickey appeared center stage
and squeaked loudly: ‘Hey! This is MY dream!’
With a spark from his magic wand he defeated the dragon
and blasted the evil characters into submission.
Fear and anger died away, and a huge riverboat steamed
around the bend with all the joyful Disney characters
on board, waving to the crowd. Fireworks soared and
the audience cheered with approval. Brighten shook me
with excitement. I cried with appreciation for this
magical transformation and life-enhancing performance.
The extravaganza calmed down and the boat sailed away.
Fireworks dimmed and all lights shone brightly on Mickey
Mouse, high above the crowd. In his most lovable voice
he looked out over his customers and friends and said,
‘Pretty neat imagination, huh? Ha, ha!’
And with that he was gone, lights out, the show was
over. Magic!
Brighten and I hugged in delight.
Disney is so good at moving, making and managing emotions,
I didn’t even mind the vacuum cleaner they silently
attached to my wallet. It was quite full when we went
into the park, and altogether empty when we left. Disney
runs a magically good business, too!
Key
Learning Point
Hey, this is YOUR
dream! Whatever fantasies, realities, nightmares or
delights you may choose, they are YOURS to change, expand,
continue
or dissolve. With a zap and a spark of your magical imagination
and
determination, you can defeat the dastardly demons, and
bring your
favorite character (the best of you) to life.
Action
Steps
When the heat of
hard times is scaring you silly, it’s time to take
a
stand for the future. Grab the tools of your life and
your magnificent
imagination, and say out loud, ‘Hey! This is MY
dream!’
Then go for it.
Make your life a masterpiece of emotion, affection, appreciation,
creativity,
generosity, responsibility, enthusiasm and commitment.
Live a life you are proud to lead every day – and
are happy to share with
others. Live a life that fills you up and turns you on.
Make this lifetime
magic!
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