Many people go their graves with their dreams still unfulfilled, still in their heads and hearts. My “someday” never happened, they would tell us.

Why do so many people wait for so long?

What prevents people from doing the right thing and acting on their dreams?

Most people cite practical obstacles such as the lack of money or time.

“I am too old now.”

“I am too young, I need some more experience.”

“I need to save more money.”

“When I retire…”

“When I take a sabbatical.”

“The idea is not good enough for me.”

But no matter what your reason for inaction is, it has its basis in one emotion and one emotion only – fear.

The fear of the unknown, the fear of failure, the fear of uncertainty, the fear of change. But most of all, the fear that in order for dreams to translate into reality, we have to first be willing to kill the dream.

As long as we want the comfort of the dream, and want to keep its fantasy alive, we will hold on to it, cherish it, nurture it and play with it in our minds, but will never be willing to release it into the world, and act out this dream.

Dreams are fragile. It is the nature of your dream to resist the light of day, because it is fragile. It lives a tenuous existence as it is perched precariously between the world of fantasy and reality. But in order to act, you have to first be willing to let go of your dream. You have to be willing to see the dream die and be reborn as something tangible, imperfect perhaps, but real.

The best antidote to inertia is to harness the knowledge of your mortality.

Fight the fear that makes you continue living in the safety of shadows, and makes you a mere shadow of your true self by reminding yourself that you will not live forever. You do not want to carry your dreams to your grave. Act now. Realise your true potential and live life to the fullest extent. Your someday is today.