The Power of Writing Down Dreams

& Catching Dreams.

 I have a very vivid memory of sitting in my desk in a high school classroom, and it was our first day of literature class. The first assignment was to write down where we saw ourselves in 10 years. The teacher handed us a white, round piece of paper with a few blank lines evenly spaced out in the center, and paper feathers dangling from the bottom of the circle…it was in the shape of a Native American dream catcher.

A dream catcher was not uncommon to see in New Mexico. It was typically made by Native Americans using string, leather, beads, feathers, and other beautiful materials. The dreamcatcher is meant to help the owner sleep, ward off any bad dreams, and bring good luck. The center of the dreamcatcher acts as a sort of web to catch the bad dreams. It was only fitting that we were writing down our dreams on this piece of paper.

So, in my best (terrible) handwriting, I began to scribble down my hopes and dreams. In ten years… I wanted to be living in California and far on my way to becoming a dentist, and even wrote the same exact name of dental school that I ended up getting my degree from. Fast forward ten years later, and I was definitely living in Southern California and happily attending dental school. As a teenager those were big hopes and dreams, but writing them down I believe directed the energy into achieving them.

This was probably the first time that I experienced manifesting something that was written.

Once I was in dental school I started to have other goals that seemed to big and so it was more like a dream. I started to write them down, and eventually those dreams too came true. I used this story for my personal statement applying to residency.

There’s so much power and good karma in writing down our goals, thoughts, ideas and dreams. I feel honored that I get to wake up every day, and practice something that I love.

The next blog post will be on personal statements. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read this short personal blog post.