Build Castles in the Sky

The statement generally implies daydreaming - unreal and fantastic. You must have been told never to build castles in the sky. You must have been warned that if you do, you will fail and never succeed.

Boy, are they wrong!

All the greatest achievements in the world started as castles in the sky. They were only dreams of an individual or a group of individuals. At some point of time they were nothing but ideas and thoughts.

Castles by nature are built in the sky, not on the ground. Once you know how your castle looks and where you want it, only then can you start building the foundation beneath. How many architects do you know, who have built a house without knowing how it will look in the end? We always start out with a concrete image of the end result in our mind. Only then do we go out planning and realising the goal.

Its very easy to build castles in the sky. Thats when the demons come out to play. We are so satisfied with our imaginary castle that we forget to work on the foundation. We do not put our full strength into working and building the foundation. Many times our castles are like New Year resolutions, we work on them only for a week or month. Then then vanish. So will your castle.

Build castles in the sky but start building the foundation immediately. Give yourself a time frame and plan a definite way to reach your castle. Lay the full foundation. Always keep the image of your castle in your mind.

Once you have laid the foundation, the castle will emerge in reality.