Did you ever wish, when you were a child, that you had someone to whom you could tell your dreams, who would hold them gently until they came true?

I did. So I created a Dreamkeeper in my book #2 manuscript, to do exactly that for the girls. I just shared the chapter as a preview yesterday to fans of book 1, The Curse of the Neverland. If you are intrigued, click here to visit the blogpost and download the preview chapter.

Did you know there are rules to making dreams come true?

The reality is, few of us know how to nurture another’s dream.

Here are four things we are tempted to do, when someone tells us their dreams that are NOT helpful:

• Protect them from disappointment by telling them why their dream probably won’t work out. “Being a ballerina would be lovely, honey, but it’s far too competitive.”
• Give them a more practical option. “You know so-and-so’s daughter is training to be a dental hygienist. I hear they are really in demand.”
• Spill the beans about this dream to a third party who may not hold it sacred or gently. “Did you know your son wants to be a tap dancer?
• Holding the dream too tightly. “I thought you told me you wanted to travel the world? What do you mean you’re moving in with your boyfriend and setting up house? How can you travel if you do that?”

Here are some things about sharing dreams that are true:

• You need to say what you want out loud in order to claim your dream (we DO need Dreamkeepers to tell our dreams to!)
• You need for whoever hears your dream to be delighted for you
• You need someone to believe that it’s absolutely possible for you to achieve your dream, to believe in you 100% and in miracles as well, if need be!
• Your dream needs light and air so that if it needs or wants to grow into something else, it can.
• Dreams must be held sacred and protected from others who will unthinkingly or purposefully crush it.
• A dream confided is part of the essence of the person who shares it. If the dream is crushed, so is a something essential within that being. 

You can help in making dreams come true.

I invite you to take these truths and apply them. 

Make sure you have a Dreamkeeper. Because human dreamkeepers are rare, it may be your journal, or your pet. Maybe it was your imaginary friend when you were small—maybe it’s your Guardian Angel now. But you must have a sacred place to share your dreams.

And when someone tells you their dreams, whether they are young or old; now you know the essentials of being a real Dreamkeeper.

Coach’s Challenge: First, think back in your life and list anyone who was a dreamkeeper for you. Thank them if you can. Second, become a Dreamkeeper for others. If you can be the Dreamkeeper for even one person, you are stitching together broken places in the world. It’s that important. Go forth and keep dreams sacred, hold them lightly, recognize their brilliance. And please leave your comment below!

Lindy MacLaine of lindymaclaine.com is a Life Purpose Coach whose messages empower and inspire those in the second bloom of life to reclaim their dreams, reignite their passions and rekindle their joy.

She is the author of the fantasy adventure book The Curse of the Neverland, for those ages 9-90 who loved the Neverland and wanted to go there for something far more then Spring Cleaning.