When you dream, what do you dream about? Take a moment, sit back, and dream. Take it all in; the sights, the sounds, the feels. Go ahead, dream for a bit. Keep dreaming… How do you feel while you are dreaming? Relaxed? Happy? Inspired? How do you feel when you come back to the present…
When you hear the phrase ‘pursuit of happiness’, what images does it invoke? The framers of the constitution modeled this phrase after the Greek word eudaimonia literally translated as the state of a ‘good spirit’. A more Platonian description of the word can be summarized as ‘a state of well-being and flourishing that results from…
The “D” in the MVG FWD Reframe-work stands for dream. It’s the only forward-looking element, but let me use the wise words of Thomas J Leonard as a caution. “Hold your dreams lightly and [don’t] squeeze the soul out of them.” Dreams are important, they provide directionally accurate orientation, however, they are never fully realized. …