MOVE Towards Your Dreams

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today we are focusing on our DREAMS. Do you know your dream or passion? Do you have goals and what do you do to achieve them? We believe in dreams here at ECHO. Dreams give us hope to push forward, dreams help us wake up in the morning and go to sleep in peace at night. 

There are many ways to identify your dreams:

journaling, personality tests, recalling childhood memories, realizing your first love as a kid, asking friends or family members, or forgetting about it until something happens in life and then stick with that...some of these are great and really work, but does anyone see a potential problem with this? . . .

We cannot find our passion by thinking about it. We find our passion through doing, because our dreams live in our hearts, not our heads. 

So in order to find your dreams, try to TAKE ACTION. Do something different. Take a dance class, or walk a different way home, or go to a town meeting, or write down your story, or run a marathon, or paint a picture. Do something with vigor and all of your attention and focus. Practice passion in the simplest of tasks like washing dishes or walking the dog. Even if you don't discover what is in your heart today, or tomorrow, or this month--practicing passion through action will create the possibility for something to enter your life (and heart!). 

Here at ECHO we've created what we call an "Action Plan." At first glance, it might seem that this plan helps with getting that "perfect" job or ideal life free from barriers and stumbling blocks. Yes, of course we want all of you to be self sufficient and happy--but we also want to practice this idea of ACTION and goal setting. We like to start with small baby steps--like making it on time to your appointments or paying your bills before they are due. The Action Plan helps to break down these goals into manageable chunks (all of which can be practiced with PASSION!) which will eventually grow into discovering what is really in your heart.

Quit talking and start doing. Stop thinking and start moving. Get up because your dream awaits. 

We believe in you!