{"id":576,"date":"2013-09-03T10:03:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T07:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/?p=576"},"modified":"2013-09-03T10:34:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T07:34:59","slug":"what-happened-to-the-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/what-happened-to-the-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to the dreams..?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dolphins<\/p>\n

Jack was a typical teenager. Overweight. Insecure.
\nA bit soft and naive.
\nThen one day, he had a dream.
\nOne in which he felt energetic, powerful, self-assured.
\nThat dream stirred Jake.
\nIt created a hunger that demanded to be fed.
\nSo he started going to the gym.
\nHe ran on the treadmill. He lifted weights.
\nHis mind was on fire with visions of change, of success.
\nHe read everything he could get his hands on, sought out role models and asked for help.
\nHe worked hard, really really hard.
\nHe tried new exercises. Modified his routines and his diet.
\nAnd slowly, but surely, it worked.
\nJake’s desire and discipline transformed him.
\nHis dream became his reality.
\nThen one day, Jake forgot how to dream.
\nWhen he looked at the weights he saw the reality of pain, not the instruments of possibility.
\nHe became bored and comfortable.
\nHe wanted to relax, to cruise for a while.
\nSo he searched out information and voices that validated his new desire.
\nAnd he found them.
\nJake breathes easier now. He’s created an environment and routine that make him feel good.
\nAnd so, he’s done growing.
\nJake reminds me of so many organizations.
\nJake was moved by a dream, by a burning desire to create a new future.
\nAnd so he grew.
\nBut then he became contented, tired of the hard work and tedium of the fundamentals.
\nSo now he dabbles with new fangled approaches.
\nHe rationalizes his feel good routines.
\nHe talks dispassionately, like an accountant.
\nJake has matured. He’s smart. He’s a realist.
\nAnd his impassioned dream is nothing but a fond and distant memory.<\/p>\n

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote, “A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.” Reality is for wimps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jack was a typical teenager. Overweight. Insecure. A bit soft and naive. Then one day, he had a dream. One in which he felt energetic, powerful, self-assured. That dream stirred Jake. It created a hunger that demanded to be fed. So he started going to the gym. He ran on the treadmill. He lifted weights. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[361,269,473,321,362,367,363,261,90,461,487,507,182,327,293,162,242,440,288,248,462,471,514,224,445,496,325,120,252,459,517,484,69,426,251,230,302,254,447,20,406,405,26,267,91,304,315,113,112,186,71,183,38,185,460,282,283,472,104,103,221,383,381,382,463,378,27,380,377,10,21,43,96,280,464,262,65,72,376,42,450,467,489,155,156,154,157,469,77,503,442,53,25,88,237,79,515,474,205,45,93,94,465,116,117,130,512,134,135,275,144,143,99,483,40,39,92,454,480,516,384,133,494,506,452,499,439,435,200,488,125,106,105,457,49,495,127,274,256,417,108,152,151,150,149,126,433,436,323,322,176,170,511,178,180,407,177,470,505,114,28,36,310,181,385,386,73,22,227,226,478,296,147,368,466,233,234,236,235,317,85,307,118,82,485,309,519,403,122,123,281,498,432,430,429,431,303,365,364,76,301,318,366,142,141,502,475,219,316,306,62,63,295,326,128,30,448,78,44,279,172,6,476,80,167,271,272,166,222,270,110,68,23,375,160,223,204,86,291,290,87,443,75,64,238,115,518,89,458,101,100,34,33,284,266,265,124,264,263,9,260,48,67,7,247,54,158,159,409,513,408,468,203,451,500,501,493,278,239,294,444,446,491,479,47,497,216,305,70,209,37,379,210,207,213,214,212,211,208,206,109,215,131,372,35,168,173,169,145,308,32,298,29,437,324,434,441,286,175,312,314,299,111,74,24,297,311,300,319,486,456,453,508,510,490,504,449,482,520,56,55,492,509,455,477,438,481],"yst_prominent_words":[1035,1032,1031,1030,1036,1033,1034],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576\/revisions\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}