Recently, I found the website Hulu.com. It allows you to watch full length, recent and older movies and TV episodes online. In particular, I was looking for episodes of Welcome Back, Kotter. I love that show. After watching a couple of episodes, I started looking at the movies that they have available. Most of them were movies I had never heard of or would never watch. There were very few big time movies at all. However, I went through the list looking for anything interesting or nostalgic. What I found was something much more valuable than I could have expected.

The movie I found was Kicking It. The story is about the thousands of players from around the globe that are training hard to compete at the Homeless World Cup. This was not something that I had ever heard of before, and I am definitely glad that I came across it. I would recommend everyone watch this movie.

The synopsis of the movie, as taken from the Hulu website, is this:

In the summer of 2006, thousands of players around the globe were training hard to compete in the World Cup…The Homeless World Cup. It began in 2001 as a wild idea to give homeless people a chance to change their lives through an international street soccer competition. Five years later, the annual Homeless World Cup has become an internationally recognized sports competition. 500 homeless players from 48 nations play from such disparate parts of the world as war torn Afghanistan, the slums of Kenya, and the drug rehab clinics of Dublin, Ireland, and the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina. What they discover is that anything is possible. Win or lose, it’s the journey of a lifetime.

This is the best example that I have seen of how having dreams, and doing whatever you can to act on them, can give you things that you never thought possible. Actively persuing your dreams means that opportunities will come your way. Your activity keeps you receptive and open when those opportunities comes around.

The “A” stands for Actionable or Action Oriented. This means the when you write out your goals, you have to write them in the form of an action. This is important because the achievement of your goals requires action on your part. What that action is depends on what you want. By making the goal action oriented, you are being more specific, which as we have already seen, is a key to the whole process of achieving your goals.

So it is not sufficient to write down “Ferrari Modena” on your goal list. This doesn’t tell you whether you want to own one, rent one, see one, see a picture of one, or just dream about one. You need to turn this into an action so that your mind can understand how it is going to help you achieve this goal. And don’t forget to be specific.

Let me give you a couple of examples:

“I want to own a 2007 Ferrari Modena 430 in Ferrari red with tan interior.”

“I want to rent a Ferrari Modena and drive it on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada.”

Notice in the first case that I put in the year and model of the car. There may be something specific that you like about one particular year. Also, colors are very important because it is easier to capture the image in your mind.

In the second case, why do you want to rent a Ferrari? Where do you envision yourself driving when you do? Add as much detail as you can. What does it sound like? Feel like? Smell like?

That’s it for today. I am going to look at some Ferrari Modena photos and videos now.

Then there is Andrew. He is a very sensitive kid and almost anything can set him off. When it comes to soccer though, he is hardcore. Last night he played and there was a new coach who usually teaches older kids. He put these little kids through their paces and they really shined. He got to do a bunch of new drills and learn some new skills. It was great. At one point, during their little scrimmage, he tripped over another kid and landed full force on his elbow (good thing he is light). He got up right away, but I could tell that he wanted to cry. You could see him consider coming over to see me so I called him over and checked him out. I kissed his elbow, gave him some water and he was begging to go. Just like it never happened.

When the game was over, he just had to be carried home. No soccer, no energy.

So I carried him on my shoulders and Natalie in my arms. I thought I was going to die.

Since I was talking about soccer and spring registration is in a couple of day, I thought I would post this video of Andrew playing soccer last spring. He’s number 8 with the hoodie. Be sure to rate this video and leave a comment for Andrew. I will show it to him to get him boosted up for the season. Matthew will also be playing again and this will be Natalie’s first season. I think she will do great.