Today I treated myself to an Asian Buffet and the meal of course came complete with the Chinese fortune cookie. The quote that came with the cookie was very interesting:

A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given a chance.

This quote came inside of the proverbial fortune cookie, but what was written was NOT a fortune prediction, but a statement of wisdom.

Now notice I used the word “seed”. Yes you have always had your dreams in your heart, but it is very possible that you did not recognize them until later in life. Why? Because they were only little seeds.

What do you do with a seed? Plant it – right? Then you nurture it with water and sunshine until it fully matures. Once it is a mature plant it can be harvested and enjoyed.

• What would happen if the seed was never planted?
• What would happen if the seed never received any water or there was no goodness in the ground?

Remember the parable of the sower and the seed? There were four kinds of ground where the seed fell as the sower sowed.

• The hard ground - where everyone tramples through the field and made a hard path.
• The stony ground which was not too good either for the seeds to be able to grow. They can’t take root because of the stones.
• The thorny ground. That one was a disaster. Both the good seed and the weeds grew but the weeds grew more and choked the good plants.
• The good ground where the seed could grow into a health plant.

We could write a book on this!

The hard ground that is full of negative words, thoughts and negative attitudes such as resentment, anger, fear and even violence?

The stony ground which has a good measure of the same kind of atmosphere as the hard ground. The difference is there are at least some positive words and attitudes, but not enough for a health plant to grow.

The thorny ground. Oh my, this one is a mess! Both the good seed and the seeds of the weed grow together. But the weeds end up choking the good plants. Not a pretty sight.

This ground illustrates a person who tries to straddle both the negative and positive sides of life. They just don’t mix!

The good ground of course illustrates a person who is dedicated to making sure that their life is like the good ground.

So the moral of this story is:

This means that you empower your dream and allow it to be fulfilled or you hinder it and allow it to die.

Are you giving your dream a chance to triumph?