Lives begin with every moment you live; with every morning you greet; with every new project you begin; with every new dream you dare to imagine, and with every affection you give. Our lives are renewed in the hands of a child that reaches up, with love in his heart, to caress his mother’s face and warms her heart with a smile; in the farewell to someone whom you will never see again, but who will remain in your heart for the rest of your life; in that first kiss that will continue to make your heart flutter; in that first step you take towards a better world; in every one of your ideals. Life continues and does not end, instead it is built from moment to moment.

Don’t become complacent, consider this moment as a new beginning. Relearn to dream. Your dreams determine your destination in life. Find the path that life has set forth for you, and realize that whatever it is that you want out of your life has already been placed in your hands. Do not limit yourself. You have possibilities you have discovered yet. Don’t limit yourself. Your future begins when you dare to start down the path towards your dreams.

If you have tired blood, fight back. Fight back against that fatigue that compels you to lay your head to rest. Fight back. Do not say, “Someday I will,” just do it. That day is today; do not leave for tomorrow what you can do today. Plan tomorrow’s work, but act today.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re 20 or 60, dare to dream a new dream and lose yourself in the pursuit of it. Most people spend the first half of their lives saying, “I’m too young for that stuff” and the second half saying, “I’m too old for that stuff.” Do not fall prey to that nonsense. You only get one life to pursue your dreams in. Who cares if you have to climb a million steps to get to them? Grab hold of your ideals, and take the first few steps on the path, then dash into your dreams, into your future.

Become the sewer. Sew dreams, sew ideals; sew smiles; sew compliments, sew empowerment; sew love; sew appreciation, and most importantly sew hope; hope for a brighter, better tomorrow. Some day you may look into the eyes of an old man, who silently begs for words of comfort and a shoulder to lean on, or the angry and broken young man who desperately seeks counsel and a place to belong, and change their lives. The world is hungrier for all of that, than it is for bread. Sew with your heart and reap the rewards with your efforts.

Live with purpose. Live with passion.

When we’re little kids, they ask us, “what you want to be when you grow up?”

When we’re in high school they ask us, “what do you want to study in college?”

When we’re in college they ask, “what are your plans are after you graduate?”

And when we graduate, we go do what we’ve answered this whole time. We’ve gotten trained in that question, and live lives that are simply an answer to that questions. And Thoreau was right, wasn’t he? Most men and women do live lives of quiet desperation.

The only difference between the highly engaged and the massively disengaged people is very simple. The highly engaged people believe that their future is bigger and brighter than their past, and that they have a say in it. Disengaged people do not believe that, and live lives of quiet desperation. The most successful people in the world, are driven by a cause, a reason, or a life-long passion. This means that we have to start asking different questions. Perhaps start asking questions like these:

“What do you want out of this life?”

“What do you feel is your purpose in life?”

“What do you think is your calling?”

“What are your dreams?”

Earlier this month, I heard Ivan Moralez say that the most important gift we can give our children is to teach them how to dream. If you’re reading this, you’re probably not a child, but take the time to figure out what are your dreams and what are you doing about them.