A Video A Day... Dreams

"Life on the Line" a highlining documentary by J.R. Racine, follows Team Trail Magic, a social group out of southern California.  This group of close friends travel the country daring their own fears on new lines, testing their determination with new challenges, like free lining, or without protection.  This film puts into words perfectly the importance of having dreams and going after them actively and with passion.  And so, with the video posted here, I will say unto you the transcript from this wonderful and enlightening short documentary.

"Nothing stands between you and your dreams. Literally nothing.  The bigger the dreams, the bigger that nothing space is.  It's only natural for a mind to start filling that empty space with things: your doubts, your fears.  They grow and grow until they seem to block your dreams from sight.  And if you aren't' careful, you may utter the worst of all curses; "I can't".  Those words are dream killers.  They’ve doomed people to sit idle their whole lives gazing longingly across at their dreams. Wishing to be there, but shirking their blame, because they 'can't'.  But 'can’t' is a lie.  All it takes is a little courage, just enough courage to stand on, just strong enough to buoy you up above your own doubts and fears.

Stretch it from where you aren't to where you want to be.  Then… take a step. That will be the hardest thing to do, taking that first step, it always is. Everyday life is so solid, why leave it for something as impossibly thin as courage.  A lot of people never do. But if you do take that first step, you will see that your courage can hold you up.

And you will take a second step.  And another.

 From the middle of that nothing, your fears will seem bigger than ever. They will try to drag up down into their depths and your courage may sway.  That is the worst feeling of all. But keep walking.  You cannot fight fear.  You can only walk through it until it has passed under you. 

 Keep walking until your dreams fill your entire vision, because eventually, one of those steps will land you back on solid ground atop your dreams. The fear will be gone and you will see with clarity that your dreams were never as far away as your imagined."