I love living my dream of being an actress!  Are you living your dream? If not...why not?  Everything is possible!  Start changing your life today - and as my acting coach, Milton Katselas says:  "Don't give up five minutes before the miracle!"

Remember when you were a child and you thought everything was possible?   Well, it still is!  But something happens to us as we grow up, and we think we have to settle and be practical. I want you to take your dreams back out of the box and start making them come true, so that you can have the life you love and deserve.  I am living proof that it's possible.

Think a minute...What got you side-tracked from your dream in the first place?  What are you going to do now to change that and get back to creating the kind of life you want?

At the end of your life, you don't want to wonder "WHAT IF?"  Dreams come in all shapes and sizes.  Maybe it's opening a restaurant, having a family, finishing school, being a musician, a doctor, a pilot...even the crazy dream of being an actress!  Believe me, that's a scary thing to announce when you're a young mother living in Portland, Oregon.  I was surrounded by "practical" people who laid every possible guilt trip on me.  So I didn't rock the boat for a very long time.  I settled.  

But I felt like I was dying inside a little more every day.  Can you relate?  Finally one day a notice for my ten year high school reunion came in the mail, and a question asked, "Have you achieved what you thought you would ten years ago?"  It hit me like a ton of bricks that I was only living everybody else's idea of who I should be.  And I was spurred into action.  

There's no age limit on getting started on your dreams!  I didn't start my Acting dream until I was close to thirty years old, but I have been living it now for almost twenty years.  Everybody said "You're way too old to ever make it!"  But you know what, I would have been twenty years older anyway even if I'd never tried it. Yes, it's been a struggle to achieve success in this crazy business I'm in, and there have been heartaches and poor times, believe me.  But I have so loved my life and my journey!  I get paid to do what I absolutely love to do!  Isn't that unbelievable?!!!  I still pinch myself.  And giggle.  

It takes courage to put your dream up there for everyone to see!  The hardest thing is declaring yourself and getting started.  People try to shoot you down.  They notice you "changing," and it threatens them....because if they see you going for your dream, they have to face themselves and the fact that they are still settling for less than their own.  

It's important to get away from that negative energy if you're going to become all you are destined to be!  You have to seek out and band together with other Dreamers, sharing positive energy and the belief that life is too short to settle for less than wonderful!  

That's why I created the Dreamers Network -- to be our support group, to inspire and cheer each other on, to cry together over our temporary setbacks, to celebrate our wins, and ultimately to FLY TOGETHER!

Take an action toward your dream right now and go post your dream on the Dreamers Network message board.  Declaring it and writing it down is a great first step.  You'll be amazed at the posts and support you'll get back.  And then you can jump in and help others with your own advice and encouragement.  It's a network of people helping people, from all over the world.  We've had three years' worth of success stories so far.  To see all the past dream topics, go to the upper right corner and change the "Show the last 20 days" default setting to "Show all topics".  Read through and find people with your same dream.  You'll find you're not alone in your quest!  

Hey Fellow Dreamers!!  If you need a kick in the butt to get back in touch with your dream, read "Dreams into Action" by Milton Katselas.  Milton & his book appeared on Oprah, along with some of his students including: Emmy winner Doris Roberts of "Everybody Loves Raymond," Jeffrey Tambor, Tony Danza, & Anne Archer. Jenna Elfman is also  in my class, and she thanked him during the Golden Globes telecast when she won best actress!  Milton & his book changed my life.  I'm not getting paid to endorse this.  I just believe in it so strongly that I want to share it with you.  This works, but only if you use it.