Tweet Dreams

Now that I have over 10,000 followers on Twitter, I wanted to do an experiment and use the power of the written word (140 characters at a time). We all have dreams, we all want to make the world a better place. We want to have a better year this year than we did last year. Let the world know what your dreams are. All you have to do, is post an update from your Twitter account stating your life dreams. Yes, it will require you to think, to dig deep, because you only have 140 characters, less the hash tag #lifedreams.

If you use Twitter and would like to be listed on this post, log-in to Twitter and post an update using the hash tag #lifedreams. I will do my best to stay on top of posting all of the responses here for others to see.

It will be interesting to get to know everyone. I'm curious, as I'm sure you are, what people will say. Your response could have a dramatic impact on the life of someone clear across the planet.

If you came here from Twitter, welcome! I'm totally sold on the power of Twitter and look forward to getting to know you even better through this project and through your Tweets. If you are not following me already on Twitter, you can do so by clicking on my picture:

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When you have posted your #lifedreams on Twitter please post the following in your Twitter update:

What are your #lifedreams? Post them in a Tweet w/ the hash tag & they'll B posted here: http://tw.itter.me/TweetDreams

OK - I will get this started (by the way, I highly recommend following the people, with responses below, that resonate with you):

OutsideMyBrain My dreams are 2 impact as many people as possible with the Truth & 2 B the best husband & friend to my lovely wife @Truthoughts #lifedreams

reinaluna: some of my dreams are travelling all around Italy and making lots of money to help in the animal protection & welfare cause #lifedreams

steinberg: My #lifedreams is a long life with my wife @adinao and b"h kids. To be tolerant of ALL people, self-employed, and contribute to the world.

DanielBrenton: @OutsideMyBrain #lifedreams To help people see the power of gratitude, to invite them to ask The Big Questions, and to help them laugh.

GabrielGrimes: My life dream is to continuously fulfill God's purpose in my life & to help 1,000,000 people fulfill their purposes too #lifedreams

jbarwriter: #Lifedreams to be a better person and help others fulfill their dreams

greybucket: Spending much needed time with my much better half, my lovely wife and my great kids. Be a better husband and father everyday! #lifedreams

timhampson: #lifedreams @outsidemybrain , Owning a little family restaurant with food that delights and surprises people, it also has to have nice cakes

knowledgejockey: #lifedreams Be able to learn about and work on social projects based on writers like DeLanda + Diamond. Be wealthy enuf to travel the world

anthonycurtis: @OutsideMyBrain #lifedreams ... having enough resources (time and money) to help those I care about, including those I have yet to meet.

jsinkeywest: #lifedreams I woke up and there was not 1 murder in America the whole 24hrs

NuHabits: #lifedreams I want to build a lasting anonymous public forum for people to share common experiences/struggles/triumphs of personal change.

dearmansoor: I have dream where I travel around the world with my love and have a home with a view #lifedreams

amoyal: @OutsideMyBrain: #lifedreams To create community where there is no us vs them there is only us

Mike_King: #lifedreams To inspire by example one changed heart in another person to live for God and service to others instead of themselves.

edragonu: I would really really like to run a marathon sometime and to climb Everest #lifedreams What's your life dream? Tag it #lifedreams :-)

ibz: My only wish is that my life will be just as cool as it was until now. Really. I have everything I want. #lifedreams

JennShallvey: I dream of living an abundant life, seeing the world w/ family + giving back through my work with as much reach as possible. #lifedreams

RobertVance: #lifedreams To be able to have time freedom to spend time with my family and help create a world with ethical leaders

wdfavour: #lifedreams To inspire you to discover yourself, and to have the courage to be 'YOU'

jnickles: @OutsideMyBrain My dream is to live a full and rewarding life of significance. I expound on this daily on my blog. #lifedreams

happinessisbetr: #lifedreams I hope I can be a great husband and make a significant, positive impact on society.

brettmckay: #lifedreams I hope I have job when I graduate law school

marcus5s: #lifedreams my life dream is to HAVE a life dream :p

maximumlight: #lifedreams i hope i can be in a movie with brad pitt and johnny depp in the next 2 years

DIG_Design: #lifedreams: To protect and free my family of any financial worry. To be successful in what I love to do and to have an impact on the world!

zisierra: My current #lifedreams is writting a great book... on scrapbooking... in Spanish!

tommur: #lifedreams To help people learn to expand awareness and wake up into higher consciousness and live lives full of spiritual love and beauty

judyrey: @tommur #lifedreams Change the way we see the world through art with a transforming vision that we can all share of underlying reality.

castlesncaves: RT @OutsideMyBrain #lifedreams to travel and be a life explorer, and live to be old and maybe wise. To write a book about my travels.

debworks: #lifedreams write a book, green the U.S., happy life, educate (myself and others), write and lead and follow

Kinchie: Write something that changes the way a generation thinks, travel Asia, make everyday objects into art, live from my heart | #lifedreams

hawaiidave: @OutsideMyBrain #lifedreams - I want to live a life without worry.

MichelleGeffken: #lifedreams Raising six world changing children who love the Lord and instilling a passion for art and a can do spirit in homeschooling moms

m3talsmith: @OutsideMyBrain My #lifedreams include total self sufficiency and being able to afford a decent piece of land for my family to live off of.

trafficup: My #lifedreams : being free as a bird, solid as a rock, patient as a tree, loved as Brad Pitt... ;)

RandomGoodStuff: @OutsideMyBrain #lifedreams : Rich and Healthy!

pmross: Reduce, reuse, recycle, go green, keep smiling & thinking, grow sustainably, promote all that is good & truly cool #lifedreams

kylejames: Interesting little project by @outsidemybrain my #lifedreams is to just make everyone i meet a little more optimistic and hopeful

tradertomdotnet: #lifedreams manifesting and impacting enough people's lives that the cup flow's over to every person that I touch... Thanks for the Hashtag!

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What Does Your Internal Music Sound Like?

There is a special treat for you (regarding music) at the end of this post. Please enjoy the article:

Does the sound of your internal music attract other people toward you, or repel them away from you? What music is playing inside of you, right now? Is it upbeat and strong, or is it melancholy and sad?

I am not talking about the last tune you heard on the radio, which is now stuck in your head. Or, that stupid commercial jingle that you haven't been able to shake all afternoon, although these things do temporarily effect the tempo of your inner music, what I am referring to is your "internal" music. The music that emanates from your soul outward to the rest of the world.

At any given moment of your existence, your internal music is playing so that others around you can hear it loud and clear. This concept has also been referred to many times as the "Law of Attraction". The Law of Attraction has been written about so extensively, that you should easily be able to find a myriad of information on the subject just by typing those three words in to Google Search. It is also the basic premises of the national best selling book "The Secret". Unfortunately, many websites you will find on the Law of Attraction (and the book itself) are filled with New Age fluff that I don't personally believe is necessary, but I digress.


The point I am making is that people can hear your internal music before you even walk into a room. It precedes you, much like the radio waves of a radio station proceed forth from it. And, now you want to subscribe to my blog. The only difference is that the radio tower that emits your music (your brain) is mobile, as compared to the tall, stationary radio towers that you see spotted across the landscape of your local town.




Your internal music is made up of the most prominent thoughts, emotions and images that you keep at the forefront of your brain. In other words, whatever you think about most, whatever you focus on most, these become the dominant factors that make up your internal music. For more on changing what you focus on, check out another article of mine: "If what you see is what you get - What do you see?"

External music can also be used quite effectively to change your "inner music" over time. Due to the fact that your brain tends to repeat your stronger thoughts and emotions throughout the day, your brain picks up on the fact that you produce stronger emotions when listening to some songs, then you do when you listen to others. Your brain decides, for you, that the stronger emotions represent things that are important to you, therefore, it replays those songs or events of the day, over and over again which represent your emotionally charged experiences.

Unfortunately, this brain function also occurs as a result of traumatic situations as well. This is why the victim of a car crash (or some other traumatic incident) seems to replay, in their minds, the same scene over and over again. Depending on the degree of emotion, the scenes never cease to be replayed as in the tragic death of a family member.

For more on the relationship between music and your brain, check out This is Your Brain on Music: The Science of Human Obsession, by Daniel Levitin. You can click on the book's title to head to his website where he has some very interesting information about the concept I am presenting here. On a teen blog that reviews library books, called Ya Know at BCL , one can find a review of Levitin's book, which includes this statement:

"Humans prefer music of their own culture when they're toddlers, but it's in our teens that we choose the specific sort of music that we'll love forever. Those years are emotional times, 'and we tend to remember things that have an emotional component because our amygdala and neurotransmitters act in concert to 'tag' the memories as something important.'"

My wife Alison (Truthoughts) pondered this subject in her post titled: The Effect of Music

"I wonder if we choose music to fit our moods more or do we choose music to change our moods. I would probably have to go with the first option. This could be a problem though. If someone is depressed and they only listen to depressing songs, then they probably won’t get out of that stage very soon..."

She is very correct in her assessment. Music does have the power to effect your mood and therefore your actions. Listening to depressing songs, when you are depressed, won't help you much, if your intent is to change how you feel. The truth is, you can use this technology (or brain power) to your advantage. You can change your internal music. You can create a more upbeat, positive music that emanates from your brain to those around you, thereby attracting more upbeat, positive people into your life.

I personally believe that God gave us all music to enjoy (albeit Satan has perverted this gift, by creating some music that is downright evil). The Bible itself is full of verses pertaining to music. Here are some that stood out to me regarding this subject:

Psalm 98:4 "Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music;"

Psalm 108:1 "My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my soul."

Ephesian 5:19-20 "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

God created you with the ability to be "moved" emotionally by music. The music that you listen to on a regular basis can effect your mood and in turn your actions. Not only is it the external music that you listen to on a regular basis, it is also your dominant thoughts that cause you to "re-present" your internal music to the world. If you want to change your circumstances, you need to change your internal music by changing your dominant thoughts, especially your emotional charged thoughts. You need to create an internal symphony that attracts exactly who and what you want in your life.

Now that you understand this concept, it is up to you to determine what you choose to allow into your brain. What are you listening to all day? What are those around you listening to?

It is affecting you, and it's up to you to take control of the situation. If you don't like the music that you hear around you, either audibly or coming from someone else's internal music, than you must do something about it. Although changing the station, CD or someone else's internal music, may or may not be possible, you do have the choice to remove yourself from the situation. Only you can change the situation, if necessary, so decide right now, what you need to do to get yourself out of the situation you are in and move forward.


In the meantime, I used Stumble Upon to find this great website that allows you create a "stream" of your very own music, unique only to you. You can choose the genre, the era, the beat, the mood and it creates a continuous, hour-long or so, play list of songs from the parameters that you have set. It's better than radio... it is truly amazing. Use it right now, to change your music. Change your mood, enhance your desire to move forward, to become the best that you can be. You can do it! I know you can!

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