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Episode 59 - Dreams · RealTalkwithMikeD

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Real Talk with Mike D. Alright, welcome back
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  Speaker 1: to Real Talk with Mike D. I am the one,
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  Speaker 1: the only, and the original Mike D. Thank you for
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  Speaker 1: being here, thank you for listening, and as always, I
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  Speaker 1: do appreciate you. Ladies and gentlemen, today we're going to
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  Speaker 1: talk about dreams. We've all had those dreams where they
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  Speaker 1: might be weird, they might be beautiful, they might be crazy,
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  Speaker 1: but Did you ever notice how the world gets really
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  Speaker 1: quiet when everybody else goes to sleep? That's when the
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  Speaker 1: noise in your own head gets loud. During the day,
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  Speaker 1: you've got work, you've got responsibilities, you've got people needing
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  Speaker 1: things from you. You've got phones ringing, messages coming in,
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  Speaker 1: television playing, cars driving by. There's always something distracting you.
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  Speaker 1: But then nighttime comes. You turn the lights off, you
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  Speaker 1: put your head on that pillow, and suddenly it's just you.
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  Speaker 1: You and your thoughts. And sometimes those thoughts take you
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  Speaker 1: places you never expected to go. Sometimes they take you
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  Speaker 1: backward to memories you thought you had buried. Sometimes they
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  Speaker 1: take you to people you haven't seen in years. And
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  Speaker 1: sometimes they take you somewhere you've never been. And sometimes
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  Speaker 1: they give you a glimpse of the life you've always wanted.
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  Speaker 1: That's the strange thing about dreams. When you're awake, you
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  Speaker 1: know the world doesn't always give you what you want.
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  Speaker 1: But when you're asleep, for a little while, anything is possible.
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  Speaker 1: You can see somebody you missed. You can hold somebody
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  Speaker 1: you lost. You can be young again. You can be
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  Speaker 1: somewhere beautiful. You can be successful. You can be happy.
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  Speaker 1: You can be free. And then that damn alarm clock
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  Speaker 1: goes off. And you're back. Back to reality. Back to work.
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  Speaker 1: Back to the bills. Back to the responsibilities. Back to
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  Speaker 1: whatever problems you were trying to forget for a few hours.
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  Speaker 1: But maybe there's something we're missing. Maybe dreams aren't just
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  Speaker 1: random pictures our brains create while we're sleeping. Maybe sometimes
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  Speaker 1: they remind us of what we still want, what we
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  Speaker 1: still miss, and what we're still afraid of. And maybe
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  Speaker 1: they remind us underneath all the stress, all the bullshit,
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  Speaker 1: all the disappointments, there's still a part of us that
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  Speaker 1: wants to believe life can be better. So tonight, I
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  Speaker 1: want to talk about dreams. Not just the dreams you
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  Speaker 1: have when your eyes are closed. I'm talking about the
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  Speaker 1: dreams you have when your eyes are wide open. The
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  Speaker 1: dreams you're afraid to chase. The dreams you thought were
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  Speaker 1: too late. The dreams you've almost given up on. Because
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  Speaker 1: here's the thing. You don't have to stop dreaming just
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  Speaker 1: because life got hard. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Real
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  Speaker 1: Talk with Mike D. And tonight, we're going somewhere inside
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  Speaker 1: our minds that none of us completely understand. Talking about dreams.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Maybe tonight, when you put your head on
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  Speaker 1: that pillow, you're going to have a crazy dream. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you're going to dream about flying. Maybe you're going to
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  Speaker 1: dream about somebody from your past. Maybe you're going to
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  Speaker 1: wake up from a nightmare. Maybe you're going to dream
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  Speaker 1: about a place you've never been. Or maybe you're going
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  Speaker 1: to wake up tomorrow morning and say, I don't remember
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  Speaker 1: dreaming about anything, and that's okay. But before you close
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  Speaker 1: your eyes tonight, I want you to think about something.
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  Speaker 1: What is your dream? Not the dream somebody else has
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  Speaker 1: for you. Not what society says you should be doing.
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  Speaker 1: Not what your family expects. Not what your friends think
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  Speaker 1: you should want. What do you want? What are your dreams?
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  Speaker 1: That is the thing you've been carrying around inside of you.
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  Speaker 1: That thing you keep telling yourself you're going to do someday.
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  Speaker 1: The place you want to go. The life you want
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  Speaker 1: to build. The person you want to become. That dream
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  Speaker 1: you've been afraid to say out loud because you're scared
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  Speaker 1: somebody might laugh at you. Don't bury it. Don't let
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  Speaker 1: disappointment kill it. Don't let somebody else's lack of belief
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  Speaker 1: become your lack of belief. And don't convince yourself you're
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  Speaker 1: too old because as long as you're still here, you
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  Speaker 1: still have time. Maybe you haven't accomplished everything you want
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  Speaker 1: to accomplish. Maybe you made mistakes. Maybe you've lost people.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe you lost money. Maybe you've lost relationships. Maybe you've
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  Speaker 1: lost confidence in yourself. Maybe life knocked you down so
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  Speaker 1: many times that you're starting to wonder if getting back
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  Speaker 1: up is even worth it. I've been there. Believe me.
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  Speaker 1: I have been there. And maybe you're there right now.
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  Speaker 1: But listen to me. You're still here. And that means
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  Speaker 1: the story isn't over. You may not know what the
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  Speaker 1: next chapter looks like. Hell, you may not even know
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  Speaker 1: what tomorrow looks like. But you don't need to know everything.
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  Speaker 1: You just need enough courage to take the next steps.
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  Speaker 1: Because sometimes the biggest dreams start with the smallest decisions.
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  Speaker 1: Getting out of bed. Making that phone call. Writing that
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  Speaker 1: first page. Recording that first episode. Walking away from something
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  Speaker 1: that's hurting you. Believing in yourself when nobody else does.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes that's where dreams begin. So tonight, I want you
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  Speaker 1: all to dream. Dream big. Dream stupidly big. Dream about
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  Speaker 1: the life you want. Dream about the person you want
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  Speaker 1: to become. Dream about the places you want to see.
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  Speaker 1: And dream about the things you want to accomplish. And
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  Speaker 1: when morning comes, don't just wake up from your dream.
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  Speaker 1: Wake up and start chasing those dreams. Because one day,
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  Speaker 1: you're going to look back and realize something. That dream
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  Speaker 1: wasn't the crazy part. The crazy part was believing you
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  Speaker 1: couldn't make it happen. I'm Mike D, and this is
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  Speaker 1: Real Talk with Mike D, and if nobody has told
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  Speaker 1: you this lately, I'm telling you now, do not give
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  Speaker 1: up on yourself. Don't let a bad chapter convince you
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  Speaker 1: the whole book is bad. Don't let one failure convince
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  Speaker 1: you you're a failure. Don't let somebody else Somebody else's opinion.
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  Speaker 1: Determine your worth and don't let fear steal the life
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  Speaker 1: you still have time to live. You've got dreams inside
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  Speaker 1: of you for a reason. Listen to them. Chase them.
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  Speaker 1: Fight for them. Even if you fail, get back up
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  Speaker 1: because life is too damn short to spend it wondering,
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  Speaker 1: what if I had tried? I'd rather fail chasing my
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  Speaker 1: dream than spend the rest of my life wondering what
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  Speaker 1: could have happened if I'd just been brave enough to try.
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  Speaker 1: So close your eyes tonight. Take a deep breath. Let
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  Speaker 1: the world go quiet and dream. Because tomorrow morning, when
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  Speaker 1: that alarm goes off, it's time to wake up. Not
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  Speaker 1: just from sleep. It's time to wake up your life.
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  Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, I am Mike D. And here we
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  Speaker 1: say what we mean and mean what we say. And
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  Speaker 1: until next time, keep fighting, keep believing, keep dreaming, and
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  Speaker 1: most importantly, keep it real. Peace! Thank you.