Personal Development & Growth

Imagine that your life is a nice clean ship and you sail on this ship through the world’s oceans.

And then you see Dream floating in the water, waving at you to stop and let her on board. You think, “Wow, great! It’s a dream!” You ask Dream: “What do you have?” Dream replies, “I know the way to your best life.” You say, “Great! So you welcome Dream on board.

Then, as you sail further, you see a Good Mood and a Personal Goal nearby. The Dream says: “Let’s take them on board!” You think, “Wow! Perfectly! What do you have?” The mood says, “I have music that uplifts your mood,” and the goal adds, “I have a clear plan to achieve your dream.” So you take them on board and now you steer the ship of life with Purpose and Positivity.

You have caught the wind in your sails and are happily sailing with a good mood and determination towards your dream.

But then you realize that the life of your dreams is not there yet!

So you ask the Dream, “Hey Dream, where is my best life that you promised?”

The Dream says: “Wait, we’re almost there, it’s over the horizon.”

But as you approach your best life, you encounter Fear and Doubt, which block your path and signal you to stop. You think: “Why do I need a Fear?” The Dream says: “Yes, why do we need Fear? We continue to sail; your dream life is almost here!”

Fear and doubt shout: “Stop! There is no life of your dreams, it’s the wrong way! Let us show you, and we’ll prove that the Dream is wrong!” And you think, “Well, maybe I should listen.” Doubt says, “Yes, you should.”

So you let them on board and they start telling you, “You’re not going where you think you are going; there is nothing there!”

And You’re starting to lose your way…

“Maybe I should listen to Fear,” you think, “because I’m chasing this Dream, and the life of my dreams isn’t there!”

You enter a misty part of the ocean, and Fear says, “This is the right way; we need to sail here.”

So you continue to sail and then Scandals, intrigues, dramas, negative media, and other toxic passengers come with negativity, drifting toward your ship.

They are all together, demanding to get on board.

A Dream shouts from the back of the ship, “Why do we need them? Everything is great as it is!”

But Scandals say: “We have wonderful, sensational news!” Scary Movies adds: “We’ve got films so intense, they’ll shake you to the core! Why do you need positivity and a great mood? Without us your life is not interesting, let’s watch Horror!”

YOU LET toxic pirates onto your ship and now they’ve taken over your life ship.

You feel miserable and then you see the Alcoholic drifting in a boat. You ask, “What do you want?” The alcoholic replies: “I have a bottle. Would you like some wine?” Horror with negativity and bad news screams: “Why not? Let’s have a drink.” So you start drinking on the ship and feel terrible the next day. 

The ship of your life is no longer moving. Dream and Positivity crowd in jail, while Negativity, Guilt, Fear, and Doubt steer the ship.

Alcohol is now the captain steering your ship of life.

Toxic passengers killed your dream and ruined everything that you built, your whole ship of life was left with nothing, you lost everything, and your Dream, the Goal you dreamed of as a child, all went to the bottom of the sea.

Can you imagine what is happening on this ship right now?

Where are you going?

You begin to blame everything but Whoever let them aboard the ship!

You have nothing but fear, alcohol, and killed life – your life, your dream.

All these passengers ruined the ship of your life.

If you sail on this ship, stop it immediately!

Throw overboard the ship all the toxic passengers who are ruining your life.

And leave the dream on board!

But when you throw everything bad overboard, you must clean that ship with a dream and a goal!

You may have to go to some small port to repair the ship of your life, get treatment, start taking care of yourself, start planning a budget and a healthy diet to analyze and prepare to go out into the open ocean of your life again but already with a proven team on board and strong protection from toxic pirates.

You should reevaluate your motivation and purpose. Set a new target to determine where your beacon is.

As in the proverb, no wind is favorable if a man knows not to which port he sails.

And as you sail, keep your Dreams close to you, and take no more toxic passengers—don’t even look their way!

During your journey, you will meet hundreds of toxic passengers. 

They will shout: “Stop, stop! You are sailing too fast with your Dream; slow down, Don’t you want to know how to live right?”

Don’t stop, just keep sailing!

And don’t rush the Dream; don’t ask, “When will it happen, when?”

Just swim calmly as long as it takes!