You know that game "Have you ever?" No? Shoot...well, you're about to get a little taste of it right now. Ready?
I was hoping you'd say that! Here we go...
Have you ever had a REALLY awesome idea? (me too!)
Have you ever gotten super excited about the next adventure? (me too!!!)
(later I can explain the directions....)
Did you ever feel that excitement and energy and passion that you had felt so strongly yesterday slowly(or quickly) begin to fade away as you realized the every day work and every day not so glamorous tasks and action that it would take to get you there? Did you feel it fade as you realized it wouldn't be an instantaneous achievement? I've felt that a lot lately.
The reality is that almost everyone in their life has had at least a few amazing ideas that could really have changed things around them. Most people brush them off assuming they can't do anything with those ideas, and the reason those ideas never come into fruition much of the time isn't because they were tried and failed, it was because they were never tried. Fear steals so much of what could be beautiful in our life. Let's stop letting fear and apathy have a monopoly on the market.
I'm currently surrounded by people who have dreams and ideas (like most people). The difference is that they've been challenging me to actually do the everyday tasks to get us from simply good ideas and dreams to actually living out those dreams. It's sure not easy, having to think through a big idea and break it down into the little steps it will take to bringing it into reality. I guess the beauty of the whole thing is in that.
Work is beautiful. Being faithful in the small things is beautiful. We are called to work and give it our all. I want to be that person that looks back one day when I'm sitting in a porch swing and remembers the ideas I had with a knowing smile rather than a far away what if look in my eyes.
So, what are some dreams on your heart? Any? (If you don't know, don't feel bad...you don't HAVE to have one to be cool or for me or God to love you). If you know the slow fade away feeling I was talking about...do you have any ideas how we can encourage each other in a way that we don't give up before we even try?
I was hoping you'd say that! Here we go...
Have you ever had a REALLY awesome idea? (me too!)
Have you ever gotten super excited about the next adventure? (me too!!!)
(later I can explain the directions....)
Did you ever feel that excitement and energy and passion that you had felt so strongly yesterday slowly(or quickly) begin to fade away as you realized the every day work and every day not so glamorous tasks and action that it would take to get you there? Did you feel it fade as you realized it wouldn't be an instantaneous achievement? I've felt that a lot lately.
The reality is that almost everyone in their life has had at least a few amazing ideas that could really have changed things around them. Most people brush them off assuming they can't do anything with those ideas, and the reason those ideas never come into fruition much of the time isn't because they were tried and failed, it was because they were never tried. Fear steals so much of what could be beautiful in our life. Let's stop letting fear and apathy have a monopoly on the market.
I'm currently surrounded by people who have dreams and ideas (like most people). The difference is that they've been challenging me to actually do the everyday tasks to get us from simply good ideas and dreams to actually living out those dreams. It's sure not easy, having to think through a big idea and break it down into the little steps it will take to bringing it into reality. I guess the beauty of the whole thing is in that.
Work is beautiful. Being faithful in the small things is beautiful. We are called to work and give it our all. I want to be that person that looks back one day when I'm sitting in a porch swing and remembers the ideas I had with a knowing smile rather than a far away what if look in my eyes.
So, what are some dreams on your heart? Any? (If you don't know, don't feel bad...you don't HAVE to have one to be cool or for me or God to love you). If you know the slow fade away feeling I was talking about...do you have any ideas how we can encourage each other in a way that we don't give up before we even try?
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