by Gundula Welti
22 May 2021
There are countless methods of personal development that invite us to dream big, to imagine total success, to feel it and sniff it to find out what it is actually like, what it is made of.
Our ‘benevolent’ education, on the other hand, tries to make us act reasonably.
What if we revolted against what is “reasonable” and started dreaming? Not just day-dreaming along the lines of “what if I was rich” or “what if I was different”. No, dreaming a big, beautiful dream that we create with images, words and shapes, etc.
Our brains will have time to tame our ideas so we can get used to them. And as they – our brains – are very clever, they will find all sorts of ways to do this.
Why, then, should we set ourselves a reasonable objective, when we can dream BIG? If we put all our will into it, all our enthusiasm and all our energy to bring it about, we can get there.
Would you like to think big this year?
by Gundula Welti
07 Apr 2020
“Shall we go to Deauville to watch the sun rise?” This was a question my husband asked about 25 years ago at 2 am after we’d been out for the evening. In the end, the call of a comfy bed and a good night’s sleep won out. Pity.
Today, I wonder how many experiences I’ve let slip through my fingers, those crazy moments – both big and small – just to be “sensible”, or at least that’s how I saw it.
As I’ve grown older, I’ve learnt to make the most of the laughs in life, to say yes to a silly idea, to let myself get dragged off to somewhere I wasn’t expecting to go or make a fool of myself by dunking my head in a trough, just because the water was so deliciously cold!
It’s raining and my hair’s gone all frizzy. So what? Someone might disapprove and shake their head? That’s their problem! I’ve got loads to do at home? It’ll still be there at the weekend.
Carpe Diem! What crazy things have you put off doing just to be sensible?
