Of dreams and journeys

state of firmness to achieve our dreams, and that’s when we catch a flight and never look back. A great adventure begins from that moment onwards.

When we are young, we dream, weaving tender imaginations into a lush landscape of possibilities and aspirations. We dwell on these enticing visions and nurture them into ambitions, aligning ourselves to make an attempt at grasping them in the palm of our hands. And then we take the leap and go all out to create our own destiny around the visions we have ruminated over so vigorously during our younger years.

The road often is unchartered, with lots of twists and turns, narrow corners and bumpy patches, but the heart marches on, defeating fear and conquering nerves. The effort is relentless as we push on for glory in life. Setbacks often dampen our confidence but we soak it up with a big grin, as we put our heads down again and keep pushing towards that ultimate ambition.

Some of us give up on our dreams for reasons within or beyond our control, and sketch new territories to explore. Some of us reach our dreams in a hurry and then relish the stay there. Some of us run a marathon chasing those dreams, and eventually stumble across the line with the last breath of air in our lungs. Whatever the eventual fate, the journey makes it all worthwhile. When we decide to move out to a foreign land in pursuit of our dreams, we embark on one such eventful journey. We do not know where we are headed, but our heart tells us that the journey will lead us somewhere closer to what we have dreamt about all our life. The fear of the unknown spits out a tsunami of doubts in our mind, making us question our decision to leave the comfortable nest in our homeland and fly far into an unknown terrain.

A lot of “what ifs” and “but thens” keep pounding within the mind, as we weigh up our dreams against the facts of reality. And then somewhere in this process, the heart eventually draws a line and navigates us to a

We end up in a land where most of the things happening around our conscious state of mind are new or unfamiliar. We question our decision of moving, daily, if not every hour. We think we are fools to have dreamt those impossible visions as we find that life out here in the new homeland is darn tough, if not unsustainable. The emotional support mechanisms that we were used to in our homeland have all vanished. Our once tangible world of relationships and social networks are, all of a sudden, rendered into a virtual state of existence via email chatrooms, SMS and long distance telephone calls. Dreams shouldn’t be that hard to chase, we often say to ourselves as we slump into a heap. We sigh and we almost give up..

And then the sun shines again, a new dawn begins. We rediscover ourselves as we hit rock bottom. We accept unfamiliar happenings around us, we reason out our uncertainties, we start building new support networks and reinforcing the power of our dreams, one step at a time. The spring in our steps is reinforced, as we start crawling towards our dreams, yet again. Confidence levels start soaring, new opportunities show up, we accept the new life and blend with it. Friends enter our lives, new friends, social networks reconfigure, and support mechanisms are re-wired. Optimism blossoms as we seek new horizons.

The beginnings are humble, but they build character. Odd jobs, odd hours, odd measures. However, they all add up, they start paying the bills and buy us food and shelter. We pick up the local jargon, we get used to our surroundings and start breathing new life into our new world. Tough days linger around waiting for an opportunity to bog down the mind, and they occasionally succeed. The mind comes out stronger though, when faced with adversity as we shake off the odd depressing day and starting building on our odd circumstances. Odd jobs and odd hours lead us to further opportunities, personal and professional. These opportunities turn into realistic prospects and then we grab that one opening with our name on it. And then there is no looking back, ever. Those distant dreams seem very possible, yet again. www.tuulaa.com

And if you think I am making up all of this feel good fluff, well, I am happy to talk to you in person or introduce you to a multitude of people around me who are or have been a part of the same grind. The message here is that there are no shortcuts and when the chips are down, hang on tight to your dreams...... times will turn around.

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Business opportunity with tuulaa.com (work from home and be your own boss…)

• Become a tuulaa agent with a small capital investment of AUD 5500 for stock at wholesale rate

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• Tuulaa brand takes care of quality, market research, pricing strategy and training for sales and fabric knowledge.

To become tuulaa agent please contact Mary (Designer of Tuulaa brand): Shop in Brisbane, 33/63 Sherwood Rd,Toowong,QLD-4066. Mary-04311 42701 (Brisbane Ofiice-07 33719607) Email: mary@tuulaa.com

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