Dreams Are Worth Dreaming: A Motivational Tale

By Anthony Reyes

Do you ever wonder why others are able to live their dream life, yet you are stuck living an ordinary one? Author Anthony Reyes used to dream big, but he didn’t have the drive to get there until now. He discovered it takes a consistent sort of hunger and drive to really make your dreams come to life.

In Dreams are Worth Dreaming, he shares how it is possible to achieve your dreams; it all starts within you. Using his personal experiences as a backdrop, Reyes shows you how to reinvent your life with disciplined focus by changing your views, perspective, and mindset. He encourages you to influence the warrior within to take initiative, to fight back against the opposing grain, to smooth its edges, and to make something out of your most cherished dreams.

Modern, uplifting, and motivational, Dreams are Worth Dreaming tells how becoming successful is not a sprint, but a hurdling race, at a marathoner’s pace. Go after your dreams. The world deserves your imprint on this historical landscape.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Dec 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781665700368

Anthony Reyes

Anthony Reyes is a retired Detective with the New York City Police Department’s Computer Crimes Squad. During his assignment with the Computer Crimes Squad, he investigated computer intrusion, fraud, identity theft, child exploitation, and software piracy. Detective Reyes previously sat as an alternate member of New York Governor George E. Pataki's Cyber-Security Task Force. Mr. Reyes is a member of the New York State Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce. He is also a member of the National Institute of Justice Electronic Crime Partnership Initiative (ECPI). Additionally, he is a member of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA), and served as the President in 2005 of the Association’s Northeast Chapter.

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ISBN: 978-1-6657-0035-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-6657-0036-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020924928

Archway Publishing rev. date: 12/18/2020

CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1 Birth of a Dreamer

Chapter 2 A Warrior’s Mindset

Chapter 3 Awakening the Dream from Within

Chapter 4 Powerful Future of Our Success

Chapter 5 Indestructible Determination, Unbreakable Discipline

Chapter 6 Creating an Adaptable Force Destined for Greatness

Chapter 7 Choose the Right Path, Your Happiness

Chapter 8 Actualizing Your Dreams in Full Motion

Conclusion

Dedicated to Delylah, Mya, Destiny, Gabriel, and Joshua

and Abbigail Reyes. For everything we begin has an end.

Do not give in to tempered temptations or forget who you

are within. Distance yourself from historical tendencies

because they are limited in resourceful substance.

Remember, to allow limits of the mind is to disable one’s

own capabilities. Be limitless, my beautiful children.

Also this moment of personal triumph is unconditionally

dedicated to the love of my life, my wife, Rosalie…If not

for you, I would have never known what it is to truly love.

Always & Forever. —Your Rock and Loving Husband

INTRODUCTION

Why do we dream? What makes a dream worth dreaming? Why do so many of us choose to settle for normal, when we really need and deserve more? I mean, honestly, what would it take to motivate you to do extraordinary things? What would you be willing to do in order to get the life you’ve always wanted, after you exceed ordinary expectations? Have you ever wondered if you were meant for more than just ordinary? Honestly, the truth is, I can guarantee you are.

We are all capable of amazing things. The difference, however, is that only a few of us get the chance to prove it. The only way to close the gap is to hunger eagerly for success. Think about it for a minute; what was the first thing you ever dreamed of becoming? For me, it was Spider-Man, but that’s kind of funny. Why? Because I really grew up to be him.

No, seriously, as children, we dream our most powerful and intense dreams. We are constantly told to dream big dreams and that we can do anything. The problem is, most of us take that literally, and we usually want to become something right out our favorite comic books or TV show. Plus, growing up to become our favorite hero isn’t a stretch to a young dreamer.

But what happens when reality strikes as a young adult, and we can’t be what we always wanted to be? What happens when life becomes more ordinary than expected? Honestly, the recognition of the inevitable truth that life isn’t all fun and games can hit us like a comet, striking down our hopes for a more entertaining life to lead. But that’s just it; adulthood isn’t always fun without the potential and hope for a more promising life, which is why we need to keep the dream alive in all of us.

No, we can’t become Superman, down to the tee, unfortunately for those aspiring to be the caped super-being. But if we can keep the dream alive internally, we can become a minimized reflection of the superhero savior who puts others before himself. I mean, that’s the point, right? We all want to be something that maybe we have yet to become, or maybe it’s just something way outside the box.

But the foundation of that dream is the key. The source of that dream, no matter what your age, is still the same. How? Because it is your dream, and you are still you, deep down. Yes, life throws a lot of curveballs, but think about this for a second: If you wanted to be a savior, couldn’t you be that same exact thing (a savior) by helping others with the same talents you were given at birth? The truth is, our adult influencers who said we can do anything and to dream big were, well, right. I know, I may sound crazy to some, but maybe not. Maybe we all can dream big and even bigger every day. Honestly, who is going to stop us from dreaming? Who is going to say we can’t dream that dream? Every dream is worth dreaming at first glance because there is a hidden basis in all of it. Some just need to be tailored to your current lifestyle to bring them to life. Looking back over these past few years, my life has been an emotional roller coaster. Thankfully, the outcome has been an example of one of my greatest accomplishments (my first novel). But I didn’t write this book just to motivate you to become a better person; I wrote it to encourage you to dream, and dream big. Dream, and keep on dreaming because you never know what your life will look like until after you go after what you want. If you’re down right now, you will find your place in this world; I can guarantee that. Many of you have some hidden attributes and creative bones waiting to catapult you to the top. But the majority of you may feel like you can’t break out of the mold.

Believe me, you are made to do a lot more than the norm. How do we do it, though? How do we actually break out of the mold? These are the types of questions we need to ask ourselves, daily. Let’s say you have three kids, and the only way for you to keep a roof over their head is to constantly work overtime. Well, I bet you are already missing out on your children’s daily lives. I bet that most of the time, you believe that you don’t have time to dream anymore.

Well, first and foremost, don’t doubt yourself. You are already are a hero and have more superhuman like powers than you may believe. So what do you do? There’s got to be a better way, right? Yes, I am here to tell you that there is. You have to dream. You have to start planning your victory. How, though? You’re so busy all the time. Well, the most massive and obtainable dreams worth dreaming take masterful zoning. No, not the type of zoning (like in the zone) that has you hovering in the air in a full leg-pressing pretzel. No, it’s more of a constant state