{"id":2610,"date":"2022-12-21T00:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2024-04-20T13:51:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T13:51:21","slug":"is-it-time-for-a-new-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/2022\/12\/21\/is-it-time-for-a-new-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it time for a new dream?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2610\" class=\"elementor elementor-2610\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc8e812 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dc8e812\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49727d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49727d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"ember466\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><strong>Pressed but not crushed_<\/strong><\/p><p id=\"ember467\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">2020 was a year of lost and broken dreams. Dreams pushed aside, put on pause, or even brutally crushed. I was retrenched and lost a well-paying job that was a bigger part of my identity than I thought. The struggle to find opportunities, new community and meaning left me feeling depressed, dejected, abandoned and alone.<\/p><p id=\"ember468\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">The last three years have been a journey of moving beyond the grief of 2020. With my wife&#8217;s support and investment in therapy, I&#8217;ve seen the power of believing in what God has placed in me and having a strong community that cares about seeing me live freely and fully lift the dark clouds. Thank you for listening and helping to bringing the light back <a id=\"ember469\" class=\"ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/linah-magoro\/\">Linah Magoro CA(SA)<\/a>, <a id=\"ember470\" class=\"ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/paula-hildebrand-18538030\/\">Paula Hildebrand<\/a>, <a id=\"ember471\" class=\"ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/warrenmoss\/\">Warren Moss<\/a>, <a id=\"ember472\" class=\"ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lauren-damant-70920a20\/\">Lauren Damant<\/a> and my family at <a class=\"app-aware-link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/demographica\/\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Demographica<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8430712 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8430712\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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533Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea11b5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4ea11b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7aa479 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7aa479\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"ember477\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><strong>If you&#8217;re not ready to dream, that&#8217;s OK_<\/strong><\/p><p id=\"ember478\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">I haven&#8217;t felt like dreaming for a while. Trying to measure where we are and what comes next can be a letdown. My encouragement though is to take time out to look back and ask yourself some questions about what is disheartening so that you are aware. Here is a wonderful tool you can use by <a id=\"ember479\" class=\"ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/loublaser\/\">Lou Blaser<\/a>:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4877ef6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4877ef6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50611b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"50611b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7010529678754996226\" height=\"709\" width=\"504\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" title=\"Embedded post\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c9172 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e9c9172\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7df9534 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7df9534\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"ember480\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">As the year ends, I know I&#8217;ve had big dreams, that I loved and cherished, but now I think maybe it\u2019s time to let go of them and bring in something else. Maybe it&#8217;s a time to reflect on past dreams big and small, past hopes and disappointments, and think about what has changed and what can be.<\/p><p id=\"ember481\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Happy holidays and hope we connect in 2023.<\/p><p id=\"ember482\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Thumiso<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life events happen that can change, reshape or manifest your dreams. Instead of dreaming bigger, what if we check what dreams we need to let go in 2023? #Freedom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thumiso"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2712,"href":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions\/2712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thumiso.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}