Working hard to be living your dream can be tough. Sometimes we need encouragement to get to our end goals. When we need that push – it helps to have some encouragement to go get the goals that you want to do.
See the below 5 Poems to help you live your dreams.
‘I Dreamed in a Dream’: A Poem by Walt Whitman
I dream’d in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the
attacks of the whole of the rest of the earth;
I dream’d that was the new City of Friends;
Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust
love—it led the rest;
It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of
that city,
And in all their looks and words.
Walt Whitman
Both for society and himself Walt Whitman has big dreams. Remember that you too can work towards achieving your dream, no matter how grand they seem.
See this guide on the importance of dreaming big for additional encouragement.
‘He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven’ by W. B. Yeats
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W.B. Yeats
Remember, dreams are delicate. both for ourselves and others. Whenever possible, encourage others with their grand visions.
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
I would be remiss if I did not include this famous poem. Know the roads you take and pick the best one for you.
Gwendolyn Brooks from “Report from Part One”
“Live not for Battles Won
Love not for the-end-of-the-song
Live in the along
Even while working on these grand plans, enjoy the day to day more.
Gwendolyn Brooks
Check-out this guide on how to enjoy each day!
Dreams by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dream go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Langston Hughes
Above all else, hold onto your dreams. Without the spark that dreams provide, life can become pretty bleak.
Key Take-Aways
Living and working towards your dreams can be hard. Seek to do your best every day.
Action item
Write down one dream. Work on it every day for a week and see how the impossible can slowly move into the probable.
