Your Dreams Are Waiting. You’re Standing in the Doorway.
Chandra Eden, The True Me Yogi
Success Left a Clue
Author: Robert Raymond Riopel
"The saying 'We are our own worst enemy' is so true. You must get out of the way of your creations. You don't need to know every detail of how something is going to happen, just trust that everything happens exactly as it is meant to. If you get mired down in the details, you'll never get out of the planning or dreaming stage. By removing yourself as the obstacle, you will create the space for the right people and resources to appear.
It's time to change the way we think and speak about our dreams. Transforming a conversation, just like manifesting a dream, begins by setting an Intention. Intentions are what turn dreams into actions. A working definition for intention is 'to have in mind a purpose or a plan, to direct the mind, to aim.' Your intentions assist you in taking greater control of your life."
Your Dreams Are Waiting. You’re Standing in the Doorway.
There’s an awkward truth about personal growth that no one really enjoys admitting.
Most of the time, the thing standing between us and what we want… is us.
Not our boss.
Not our childhood.
Not Mercury doing whatever Mercury is allegedly doing in space.
Us.
Humans have a remarkable talent for building elaborate mental obstacle courses between ourselves and our goals. We start with a simple idea. A dream. A project. A change we’d like to make.
And then the brain gets involved.
Suddenly we need a five-year plan. A backup plan. A backup plan for the backup plan. A detailed spreadsheet explaining exactly how the universe will cooperate with our ambitions. We start asking questions like:
“What if it doesn’t work?”
“What if I don’t know enough yet?”
“What if I need six more certifications and a color-coded notebook system before I begin?”
At some point the dream quietly pulls up a chair, orders a coffee, and settles in for the long wait while we continue planning our way into paralysis.
The problem is not that planning is bad. Planning is lovely. Planning is responsible. Planning makes us feel organized and mature.
Planning also becomes a very comfortable hiding place.
Because once you step into action, things become unpredictable. Imperfect. Slightly chaotic. And human beings, despite claiming we want change, are often very fond of staying safely in the thinking stage.
This is where intention comes in.
Intention is the moment the dream stops being a pleasant thought experiment and becomes a direction. It’s not about knowing every step. It’s about deciding where you’re going.
Think of it less like a GPS route and more like setting a compass.
When you set an intention, you’re essentially telling your mind, your energy, and your behavior, “This is the direction we’re moving now.” That single shift begins to change what you notice, who you connect with, and the opportunities that suddenly seem to appear out of nowhere.
It’s not magic. It just feels like magic.
Your brain starts filtering the world differently. Conversations lead to unexpected introductions. Ideas arrive at inconvenient times like in the shower or while you’re trying to fall asleep. Resources appear that you somehow didn’t see before.
None of this happens while you’re stuck in the eternal planning stage.
Dreams require a little breathing room. They don’t flourish when they’re trapped inside spreadsheets, endless overthinking, or the internal committee meeting in your head that keeps shouting, “More research!”
Sometimes the most productive thing you can do for a dream is step slightly to the side and stop blocking the doorway.
Set the intention.
Start moving.
Let the details catch up along the way.
Because if you wait until everything is perfectly clear, perfectly organized, and perfectly safe before you begin… your dream will still be sitting there patiently.
Checking its watch.
Wondering if you’re ever going to get out of the way.