"All we really need to make us happy
is something to be enthusiastic about."
Kingsley
Self-actualizers' lives reveal a principle of Purpose that says
"We are happiest and feel that our lives matter most
when we have a goal or purpose that matters to us
and see ourselves making progress toward it".
One of the best ways to actualize our own potential
is to have a dream and to strive to actualize it.
Having goals taps new veins of energy, it adds zest
to all the parts of our lives, and energizes our emotions
like vigorous sports do for our bodies. Like a magnet,
as our goals draw us forward in new directions,
they draw out capacities inside us that clamor to be used.
The harder life is, the more we need dreams to give our lives
a quality of amounting to more than our present circumstances.
Our dreams and goals for the future are what help us "get free"
from feeling trapped today.