Here's to the dreamers...

Growing up, I always heard my Mom say my Dad was such a "Dreamer"...like it was a bad thing. Later, she called me the same thing and I never felt it was a negative. I have my feet securely on the ground, but I definitely dream. I always felt good that my Dad and I had that in common...pragmatic, yet not without a dream in our hearts.

If I wasn't a dreamer, we'd never have the wonderful Center you workout in each day. If I wasn't a dreamer, I'd never have become an instructor in the program I've loved since HS. If I wasn't a dreamer, our Center would not be as big or successful as it is-and I'm not done dreaming, BTW.

Today, a very public dream was realized. I think we all know the famous speech by Martin Luther King, Jr...."I have a dream..." He dreamed a much bigger dream than I ever have in my life but I still have always felt like I kind of knew what he meant, since I was always called a dreamer too.

I know well what it feels like to have your dreams realized, to truly live your dream. See...I'm living mine. I dreamed that when I met my very best friend, K, that we would one day open a fabulous Center together, teach the program we love and have scads of customers who loved our place as much as we did. I dreamed of instructors helping us (uh, we have 11 of them now-AWESOME) and of the day when we would go to our district meeting and be 'at the top'...instead of sitting in the back dreaming. So, our dream is realized and we KNOW how much that little dream means to us so we can only imagine what it's like for all those dreamers who watched a lifelong dream be realized today.

So, here's to the dreamers everywhere-NEVER STOP DREAMING!