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Simply Authentic...Your Soul Voice is Calling. Is Your Dream Worthy of You?

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Is Your Dream Worthy of You? My ex-husband once told me I had “delusions of grandeur.” (There’s a reason he’s my ex-husband.) I don’t remember the context in which his comment was shared…perhaps when I started taking acting classes and auditioning for plays again. Maybe when I signed up for a cabaret workshop and sang cabaret-style in a concert at the end of the training. Perhaps when I was producing a video documentary to send to Oprah Winfrey in hopes my master mind group and the first Wishweavers Workshop would be featured on her network television show. While the video was being edited, I was serendipitously introduced to someone who had just been hired by Harpo Productions as a field producer. I knew exactly the day the pitch had been made to the top producers. This was shortly before September 11, 2001, when the whole world shifted focus. Oprah’s program was frequently about “living the dream” at the time, and after 9/11, the focus of her shows quickly shifted. Even though the concepts never made their way to her show, to this day I believe my idea to send Oprah a video about the Wish-weaving principles and our women’s group was divinely inspired. “Delusions of grandeur,” he said. Looking back, I should have been justifiably infuriated by his remark, and deep down inside I probably was. But I just shrugged it off and said something like, “Maybe so. But I want to do this.” I’m taking Mary Morrissey’s Dream Builder course right now, and one of the questions posed in the second lesson is “Is my dream worthy of me?” Not are you worthy of your dream, is your dream worthy of you – because most people dream way too small. Another question is “Do I need help from a higher power to accomplish this dream?” because, as Mary says, if you know exactly how to reach your dream, it’s not big enough. Take that – delusions of grandeur! Harrumph. I’ve been comfortable on stage since my first show in the fifth grade. It’s part of my authentic nature, who I am. (I’m a Leo and a Dragon, for heaven’s sake!) People who label this a “delusion of grandeur” have no place in my circle of intimates. When I was a teenager on a farm in South Dakota, and CHiPs was a huge hit TV show, I knew I would one day meet Erik Estrada. Absolutely knew it. I did, at the age of 33, in Portland, Oregon. I was utterly thrilled, but I can’t say I was surprised. Don’t delude yourself into thinking you’re less grandiose than you are. Instead, ask yourself if your dream is worthy of you. A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be. –Abraham Maslow Authentically Yours, Laura

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