Samarie Smith from Die Burger recently attended a Dream Mapping and Goal Setting Workshop and then afterwards interviewed me, the Fairy Godmother. She asked some thought provoking questions and so I thought it would be great to blog the questions and answers to provide valuable tips to pursuing your dreams.

SS: What is dreaming and why should we dream?

FGM: Dreaming is the most powerful tool for creating your life – it is the time when you let your imagination wander, you get in touch with your desires, you get in touch with your soul and then you begin to see images in your mind’s eye of how you would like those desires to be fulfilled in reality. The reason why we should spend time dreaming is because everything that exists in reality is actually created twice – first as a dream in our minds and then secoundly out in reality. Everything that is and has ever been created starts with a dream, it is really the beginning of the act of creation.

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This month I had the privilege to attend the Johnnie Walker Striding Man Awards as the guest and Fairy Godmother of one of the 9 extraordinary men who had been nominated for this award.    Thabang Skwambane came to a Dream Mapping and Goal Setting workshop in November 2006 and while at the workshop got inspired to set a BIG goal.  At that time he had started a business Kaelo, in HIV/ Aids consulting and through his work had been exposed to the plight of orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa.

During my workshops I generally do a lot of wand waving  and get the participants clear on a BIG, JUICY Goal that inspires the pants off them, a goal that is on the boundary of possibility and impossibility.   Thabang, after the workshop had his BIG Goal to raise R 10 million for orphans and vulnerable children and he decided to embark on a lonely adventure called “The Lonely Road Challenge” to raise the money and also raise awareness about the plight of orphans and vulnerable children.   This man got into serious ACTION around making his dream come true and the Lonely Road Challenge saw him cycle from Johannesburg to Mount Kilimanjaro alone and unsupported and the after peddling over 5000 km’s through Africa in September 2007 he then climbed the mountain.

Thabang raised huge media awareness and a lot of money (about R 1 million) which is now already being used to help orphans and vulnerable children.   As a result of his courage and determination to pursue a BIG dream and goal, his life has been completely transformed, he has inspired others and he is being acknowledged by his peers, the media and companies like Johnnie Walker for being a truly extraordinary man.

Extraordinary people are merely Ordinary people who have BIG Dreams and the courage and determination to pursue them.

Well Done Thabang on your BOLD strides in creating the life of your dreams!  It is a privilege to be your Fairy Godmother!