By Dawn Onley In the quiet of the early dawn or the stillness of the night is when dreams manifest. It’s not in the roar of the day, when the kids need breakfast and to be whirled off to school, or when the client report is due on the same day that you have three…
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Happy New You!!
By Dawn Onley More than a decade ago, I began creating an annual “Vision Board” to help motivate and guide me to accomplish my goals. Each year, I choose words and images that align with my vision for the year, cut them out from magazines and glue them to my board. If I can’t find…
Be Brave. Go Get Your Dreams.
By Dawn Onley The beauty of the early morning is in the sounds of the wind rippling through the trees, the hum of the space heater and the rhythmic breaths of the babies as they sleep. It’s the perfect backdrop for which I whisper thank you to my creator. God knew my silent prayers and…
Believe in Your Dreams
By Dawn Onley Everything you’ve ever wished for is on the other side of fear. Fear can keep us from so many things: Love. The dream job. Untold opportunities. A meaningful life. The right friendships. Fear of failure can keep us from success, on our own terms. Fear of success can keep us stagnant. When…
‘The Thing About Dreams is They Never Really Go Away’
“Dare to dream! If you did not have the capability to make your wildest wishes come true, your mind would not have the capacity to conjure such ideas in the first place. There is no limitation on what you can potentially achieve, except for the limitation you choose to impose on your own imagination….
Finding the Why
By Dawn Onley Your entrance into the world answers four of the five W’s of life. Many will die never having answered the fifth. Why were you born? This is an age old question. For some, the answer lies in the mind waiting to be conceived and in the belly waiting to be born. We…
Today is the Perfect Day to Take Action
“If you want to know your past, look into your present conditions. If you want to know your future, look into your present actions.” – Padmasambhava By Dawn Onley It’s so easy to get into a rut. The routines of family life, the drudgery of unfulfilling work, the comfort of familiarity, the predictability of each…
The Power of the Mind
By Dawn Onley To accomplish anything in life, there is always a way. There is always a chance. There is always hope. If you do not believe the above three statements to be true, they are not true — for you. You don’t need to do anything. You can stop reading at this point. This…
Musings on Life
By Dawn Onley The older I get I become more aware of the unpredictability of life. It’s something I use to take for granted when I was young. Growing up with the love and security of my mom and dad, who made me feel like I could be anything I wanted to be, I’ll admit…
For the Dream Chasers (and Catchers)
“Within us all there lies a broken dream, ‘our inconsolable secret,’ as C.S. Lewis calls it, that is so precious to us we protect it with a thousand defenses. “The secret which hurts so much,” Lewis says, “that you take your revenge on it by calling it names like Nostalgia and Romanticism and Adolescence.” We…
Women Who Hope 