Why the People You Love the Most Are the First to Dismiss Your Dreams
How to Overcome Your Headtrash and That of Others
Fear is the primary reason the people you love the most are the first to dismiss your dreams.
Here’s an example. I fell madly in love with my wife over forty years ago. At first, I was too chicken to ask for a date. Over time, as the universe would have it, we took a long bicycle ride on our first date.
College graduation was in May of 1983. College can be an exhilarating experience when we can cross the chasm of adolescence to graduation.
When my parents arrived for graduation, we went through the motions like everyone else. After graduation, on the way to celebrate with a nice family dinner, I told my parents, “I’m going to marry Janice.”
My parents both smiled and said in their way something like this, “No way, kid. You’re too young to get married. You’re too young to know doodly squat about the world, let alone what you’re going to do for work now that you’ve graduated from college. Focus on your career. Forget about getting married for now…
