Are you excited to get up in the morning?  Do you bolt out of bed, ready to greet the day with joy and expectation? If not, you may be off course.

Steve Jobs, Apple’s billionaire founder, says this:  “Each morning I look in the mirror and ask myself this question: If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer is no for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.”

We are called to live with purpose and passion and possibility.  We are called to live with joy.  These are the greatest gifts we can give to the world. These are the greatest gifts we can give to one another.

We can only live these gifts, we can only live with this intensity, when we live our dreams.

Time is not kind when it comes to dreams. Life gets in the way. We lose sight of what is really important to us; what really matters. And before we know it, the sands have run through the glass.

Sometimes during a presentation or keynote, when I’m talking about how essential it is to follow our dreams, how necessary it is to be true to our passions, I’m met with blank stares. Folks can’t remember.

Long ago, we knew what sparked our imaginations, quickened our hearts, left us breathless with excitement.  But then there were responsibilities, jobs to do, bills to pay, children to raise, houses to clean, yards to rake. Other commitments.

And we forget.

So how do we remember?

Ask yourself these questions:

What rocks your world?

What are you passionate about?

What jazzes you?  What excites you?

What did you once love? What did you once dream of doing?

What makes time stand still? Where do you lose yourself?

What’s fun for you?

What would you do no matter what?

If money weren’t an issue, how would you spend your day?

The answers to these questions will lead you back to your dreams.

And then it’s time to act.