{"id":117,"date":"2008-02-25T15:27:49","date_gmt":"2008-02-25T23:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/25\/visualizing-the-big-reward-or-award\/"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:13:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:13:11","slug":"visualizing-the-big-reward-or-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/25\/visualizing-the-big-reward-or-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Visualizing the Big Reward&#8230; Or Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/25\/visualizing-the-big-reward-or-award\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F02%2F25%2Fvisualizing-the-big-reward-or-award%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>Last night the Oscars were on&#8230; formally called The Academy Awards, but colloquially called the Oscars (because technically, the Emmy Awards are also Academy Awards, as are Canadian awards like the Geminis and the Genies&#8230; they&#8217;re all awarded by &#8220;The Academy&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>And besides, who wouldn&#8217;t want to honor the little gold man named Oscar?<\/p>\n<p>While watching the presentations &#8212; and the many flashbacks, since it was the 80th annual show &#8212; one thing caught my attention time and time again.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>People were talking about all the times they had &#8220;pictured&#8221; (visualized) that moment onstage&#8230; and how they had followed their dreams against all odds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What does it take to make a dream come true?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><font size=\"4\">Vision?<\/font><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><font size=\"4\">Conviction?<\/font><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><font size=\"4\">Ambition?<\/font><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><font size=\"4\">Action?<\/font><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font size=\"3\">Or maybe all of the above &#8220;ion&#8221;s?<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Hindsight is 20\/20, and looking back on what people have achieved, it&#8217;s tempting to say, &#8220;Well, it was easy for them&#8230; they have (talent, looks, money, fame, whatever, blah-blah-blah)&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But <em>was<\/em> it easy for them?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe, because they loved every minute of the journey.<\/p>\n<p>Could it be &#8220;easy&#8221; for you too?<\/p>\n<p>Why not?<\/p>\n<p>Go for the big reward&#8230; and maybe that involves an award, or maybe just the achievement is enough.<\/p>\n<p>But dare to dream&#8230; and dream big.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Because if you shoot for the stars, you may hit the moon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/heather_sig.jpg\" title=\"Heather Vale\" alt=\"Heather Vale\" height=\"31\" width=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night the Oscars were on&#8230; formally called The Academy Awards, but colloquially called the Oscars (because technically, the Emmy Awards are also Academy Awards, as are Canadian awards like the Geminis and the Genies&#8230; they&#8217;re all awarded by &#8220;The Academy&#8221;). 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