“There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.”
– Douglas H. Everett
I confess, I am a dreamer. I’ve always been a dreamer. I can remember sitting in my Physics high school class staring out the window, daydreaming about my future. I’ve never stopped dreaming. In fact, my life has been filled with dreams about what my life would be like one day. Here’s a list of my One Day’s:
One day I will be one of the top tennis player’s in the country (1978 & 1979).
One day I will be able to afford braces to fix my teeth (1981).
One day I will be able to afford to go to college (1983).
One day I will find a beautiful, perfect girl to build my life with (1986).
One day I will become a CPA (1988).
One day I will run a half marathon (1992 & 2016).
One day I will get a graduate degree in Taxation (1992).
One day I will have my own company (2004).
One day I will find my purpose in life (2008).
One day I will write a book (2010).
One day I will have children and I will pay for their college education (2011, 2014 & 2015).
One day I will be a muscular 175 pounds (2015).
One day I will become a bestselling author (2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016).
One day I will visit Ireland (2013 and 2015).
One day I will visit Australia (2016).
One day I will golf at St. Andrew’s in Scotland (work in progress).
One day I will visit China and see the Great Wall (work in progress).
One day I will pursue my main purpose in life full-time (work in progress).
One day I will become a world-famous author (work in progress).
One day I will be a successful speaker, getting paid to travel the world (work in progress).
One day I will be be a success, admired by millions for my accomplishments (work in progress).
One day I will be able to buy my wife a beautiful house down the Jersey shore (work in progress).
One day I will be able to work anywhere I like (work in progress).
One day I will be able to vacation for a month every year (work in progress).
One day I will be like the self-made millionaires in my study. I will be debt-free and have more money than I can ever spend (work in progress).
One day I will run a non-profit dedicated to helping rescue others from poverty (In 2017 I became President of The Ashley Lauren Foundation – we help families struggling with pediatric cancer survive financially. But I still consider this a work in progress).
As you can see by the dates, I’ve achieved some of my One Day’s. Yet, at age 55 I am still dreaming.
What is your One Day?
When you realize all of your One Day’s, it make’s for one hell of a life.
Keep dreaming and never quit on your dreams.
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