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Want to be a dreamer? Here are five things to avoid

The first step towards achieving your goals in life is to have a dream. To dream is like stretching your imagination or visualising the invisible, as Albert Einstein says, “Imagination is everything; it is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” 
There is tremendous power in your dreams, imagination and in your creativity. It is psychologically healthy to have a dream and if you do not have one then you merely exist, not living. Generally, children have a tremendous imagination. If you ask them what they want to be when they grow up, their answers will amaze you. Why is it that when we become adults we lose that vision? The older we get, the more we lose our capacity to dream or believe in them. To live a life of faith and achieve your goals, you need to be aware of dream busters. These are people or elements that reduce or shrink your imagination and deflate your faith:

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