I haven't written in a while, not because of writer's block...but from inspiration block.
But I have found inspiration in songs and in quotes from people who really know what they are talking about.
From now on, My blog is going to be dedicated to those songs and quotes that really drive me. It's these songs and quotes that are going to make me into the person I want to become.
Because it is incredibly late at night (but I wanted SO bad to write something)...I leave you with lyrics to my husband and my theme song right now...
This weekend I was inspired...and here is the lyrics to my husband and I's theme song!
Watch out world...Bryan and Megan are on fire. :) And it's going to be great. You can laugh and doubt all you want...but you just wait. I'll be the one finally saying, "I told you so." And all it took was some dreaming, heart, and hard work.
Here it is...
Sometimes we fall down, can't get back up
We're hiding behind skin that's too tough
How come we don't say I love you enough
Till it's to late, it's not too late
Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't come
And we could make a feast from these crumbs
And we're all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you,
What would you wish you would've done
Yeah, we gotta start
Looking at the hands of the time we've been given
If this is all we got and we gotta start thinking
If every second counts on a clock that's ticking
Gotta live like we're dying
We only got 86,400 seconds in a day to
Turn it all around or to throw it all away
We gotta tell them that we love them
While we got the chance to say
Gotta live like we're dying
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Just Do It!
I recently finished reading a phenomenal book called "Personality Plus" by Florence Lattuear. In this book he writes about four personalities that people have.
You have the "phlegmatic" personality which is known as the flat type. They are easy going and relaxed, not excitable and nonchalant.
Then there is the "melancholy" personality. This is the thinker/mental type. They evaluate the positives and negatives, make lists, and make sure all-there-ducks-are-in-a-row.
And don't forget the "sanguines"! Can I get a woot-woot! This is the social-type. They enjoy fun, socialising, chatting, telling stories - and are fond of promising the world, because that's the friendly thing to do.
And last but CERTAINLY not least...you have the "choleric" personality. This is the commander-type. Cholerics are dominant, strong, decisive, stubborn and have a get things done no matter what attitude.
Now...this post is not to tell you about personalities...you REALLY should read about it on your own...it's to apologize ahead of time for my choleric personality coming out in this post.
You see, out of 40 points on this test, I scored a whopping 34 points on the choleric side, 4 points in Sanguine and 2 on Melancholy. So with my "delightful" choleric personality, I'm going to answer many questions that have come up in my life, and try to explain the huge change that has happened in our lives as well.
But since I have been learning a lot on how to better relate to those NOT choleric, and to be a better person...I would like to try to write the following post...as a simmered down choleric! Here goes...
A while ago, my amazing husband and I decided to work with close friends of ours. They introduced us to a totally different world that we had never expected would enter our lives. We've been questioned, made fun of, insulted, ridiculed, and thankfully on few occasions praised and congratulated for taking this step forward in our life together.
Now...what is this..."different world" you say? Well...it's a business...and I'm not ashamed to say that yes...we ARE involved in a business!!! And we LOVE it. Without going into a million details I do want to explain why we love doing what we are doing. I'd like to explain this, by showing you the changes that have come into my life since being on this endeavor.
Even just a year ago, I HATED learning new things. I could care less about what was happening in the government, what the next page in my textbook said, or even what was on the news that night. I didn't want to learn because I had already done enough of that! Ha! Selfish, stupid me. Who was I to decide when I would quit learning about life and learning about my self and others. Now, I LOVE to learn. I'm learning about myself, I'm learning about my friends and family, strangers, my husband, and most importantly my Maker.
Our financial situation over here in the Vos household has never been easy. Being students and being married is hard! But it wasn't just that we were students. We had NO CLUE about the world of finances. Learning more about being a better steward on this earth and learning from people who KNEW how to control that area in their life...has changed that world for us in SO many ways. Are we completely debt free yet? No...but we are on our way! And that is SO much further than where we were before.
Marriage...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH boooooy. I was a bucket full of pride in this area. I read a ton of books on marriage, and I was in love...can't stop me now!!!! Right? Yeah...NO. Oh man is there a lot to learn, and I do not by any means call myself an expert but through some reading...some listening and observing of some DANDY Christian couples in this business...I have learned so much more than I ever thought I could. I have so much more to learn...but the difference is...this time....I WANT TO LEARN how to be a better wife to my husband. Little choleric tidbit: If you want to see a change in your spouse, you better change yourself first. Psscchht...ask me if I believed that last year. :) The leaders in this business are not the norm for businesses in this world. To be highly praised and commended, are those couples who before this business came into their lives were getting a divorce and are now the strongest Christian couples who are absolutely head over heals in love with each other today.
My husband...I have never been more proud of the man I married. He has changed so much...from, learning so much! He has become a Spiritual leader in our marriage as well as an amazing husband for me.
Myself...It's hard as a choleric to put this category at the end instead of first!!! However, if that isn't a prime example of how I have changed so far...I don't know what is. I am by no means "there" yet...but since when do I admit that I need to change my "bold, opinionated" approach to life. I am so excited for the person I am becoming, and who I will be someday.
There is so much more, and I wish I could go on and on...but by now you are probably getting bored and thinking, "Should I keep reading, or turn off the computer." Here is just a few more thoughts...then I promise I am done.
I heard from someone close to me the other day that we are crazy for wanting to "do such a thing." I've heard things like, "you'll never get anywhere"..."skam!"...and the worst one so far was one that insulted my walk with Christ.
Well my question is this...If there was something in this world that made you a better person, which could in turn make the world a better place...by teaching you HOW to think instead of what and when to think. That could change your life by allowing you to be FREE from the burdens of the world. That can take a raging choleric like myself and start turning me into a person who wants to learn and wants to practice humility and love. That can really change the world...if there was something in this world like this...WHY WOULDNT YOU WANT TO DO IT!
Why wouldn't you? The same reason it took me forever to get it. I was afraid of something different. I let other people convince me that this was not the way to go.
But I'm here to tell you this...watch out...cause it's happening fast and it's happening now.
Instead of taking relationship advice from the novelists who have had 5 divorces, I'm taking relationship advice from couples who are more in love with each other now than the day they first said, "I love you."
Instead of taking financial advice, or hearing negative comments from those who are constantly stretching the dollar, We are taking advice from millionaires and people who are financially free in their lives. (It's funny how so many people think money is evil, and being financially free must mean you didn't do something right along the way). Isn't worrying about money sinful, instead of having money and being free from the burden?
I truly feel I have been given a blessing. A blessing to reach others around this world with a message of hope. Divorce, bankruptcy, crazy political issues, depression, lack of faith, poor health...those things are just not an option for me anymore. And yes...my choleric self is FINALLY saying...I don't want it to be an option for ANYONE anymore.
Whether I made 0 dollars in this or a million...I've already started changing lives along the way...and that is worth more than any dollar I could ever earn showing people what I do.
How...You ask...watch this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2uFH0NCMY4
Thank you Lord Jesus for bringing such a positive, amazing thing into our lives. Please let me be in YOUR will, and follow your plan. But Lord, help me also lead others to the truth by showing them hope and showing them something genuine and remarkable. If not through the facts, but by the change it has brought to my life, my actions, my words, and my mind. Amen
And if you did decide to finish reading my novel...please go back to my first post on this website...on dreaming as a continuation of this post.
You have the "phlegmatic" personality which is known as the flat type. They are easy going and relaxed, not excitable and nonchalant.
Then there is the "melancholy" personality. This is the thinker/mental type. They evaluate the positives and negatives, make lists, and make sure all-there-ducks-are-in-a-row.
And don't forget the "sanguines"! Can I get a woot-woot! This is the social-type. They enjoy fun, socialising, chatting, telling stories - and are fond of promising the world, because that's the friendly thing to do.
And last but CERTAINLY not least...you have the "choleric" personality. This is the commander-type. Cholerics are dominant, strong, decisive, stubborn and have a get things done no matter what attitude.
Now...this post is not to tell you about personalities...you REALLY should read about it on your own...it's to apologize ahead of time for my choleric personality coming out in this post.
You see, out of 40 points on this test, I scored a whopping 34 points on the choleric side, 4 points in Sanguine and 2 on Melancholy. So with my "delightful" choleric personality, I'm going to answer many questions that have come up in my life, and try to explain the huge change that has happened in our lives as well.
But since I have been learning a lot on how to better relate to those NOT choleric, and to be a better person...I would like to try to write the following post...as a simmered down choleric! Here goes...
A while ago, my amazing husband and I decided to work with close friends of ours. They introduced us to a totally different world that we had never expected would enter our lives. We've been questioned, made fun of, insulted, ridiculed, and thankfully on few occasions praised and congratulated for taking this step forward in our life together.
Now...what is this..."different world" you say? Well...it's a business...and I'm not ashamed to say that yes...we ARE involved in a business!!! And we LOVE it. Without going into a million details I do want to explain why we love doing what we are doing. I'd like to explain this, by showing you the changes that have come into my life since being on this endeavor.
Even just a year ago, I HATED learning new things. I could care less about what was happening in the government, what the next page in my textbook said, or even what was on the news that night. I didn't want to learn because I had already done enough of that! Ha! Selfish, stupid me. Who was I to decide when I would quit learning about life and learning about my self and others. Now, I LOVE to learn. I'm learning about myself, I'm learning about my friends and family, strangers, my husband, and most importantly my Maker.
Our financial situation over here in the Vos household has never been easy. Being students and being married is hard! But it wasn't just that we were students. We had NO CLUE about the world of finances. Learning more about being a better steward on this earth and learning from people who KNEW how to control that area in their life...has changed that world for us in SO many ways. Are we completely debt free yet? No...but we are on our way! And that is SO much further than where we were before.
Marriage...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH boooooy. I was a bucket full of pride in this area. I read a ton of books on marriage, and I was in love...can't stop me now!!!! Right? Yeah...NO. Oh man is there a lot to learn, and I do not by any means call myself an expert but through some reading...some listening and observing of some DANDY Christian couples in this business...I have learned so much more than I ever thought I could. I have so much more to learn...but the difference is...this time....I WANT TO LEARN how to be a better wife to my husband. Little choleric tidbit: If you want to see a change in your spouse, you better change yourself first. Psscchht...ask me if I believed that last year. :) The leaders in this business are not the norm for businesses in this world. To be highly praised and commended, are those couples who before this business came into their lives were getting a divorce and are now the strongest Christian couples who are absolutely head over heals in love with each other today.
My husband...I have never been more proud of the man I married. He has changed so much...from, learning so much! He has become a Spiritual leader in our marriage as well as an amazing husband for me.
Myself...It's hard as a choleric to put this category at the end instead of first!!! However, if that isn't a prime example of how I have changed so far...I don't know what is. I am by no means "there" yet...but since when do I admit that I need to change my "bold, opinionated" approach to life. I am so excited for the person I am becoming, and who I will be someday.
There is so much more, and I wish I could go on and on...but by now you are probably getting bored and thinking, "Should I keep reading, or turn off the computer." Here is just a few more thoughts...then I promise I am done.
I heard from someone close to me the other day that we are crazy for wanting to "do such a thing." I've heard things like, "you'll never get anywhere"..."skam!"...and the worst one so far was one that insulted my walk with Christ.
Well my question is this...If there was something in this world that made you a better person, which could in turn make the world a better place...by teaching you HOW to think instead of what and when to think. That could change your life by allowing you to be FREE from the burdens of the world. That can take a raging choleric like myself and start turning me into a person who wants to learn and wants to practice humility and love. That can really change the world...if there was something in this world like this...WHY WOULDNT YOU WANT TO DO IT!
Why wouldn't you? The same reason it took me forever to get it. I was afraid of something different. I let other people convince me that this was not the way to go.
But I'm here to tell you this...watch out...cause it's happening fast and it's happening now.
Instead of taking relationship advice from the novelists who have had 5 divorces, I'm taking relationship advice from couples who are more in love with each other now than the day they first said, "I love you."
Instead of taking financial advice, or hearing negative comments from those who are constantly stretching the dollar, We are taking advice from millionaires and people who are financially free in their lives. (It's funny how so many people think money is evil, and being financially free must mean you didn't do something right along the way). Isn't worrying about money sinful, instead of having money and being free from the burden?
I truly feel I have been given a blessing. A blessing to reach others around this world with a message of hope. Divorce, bankruptcy, crazy political issues, depression, lack of faith, poor health...those things are just not an option for me anymore. And yes...my choleric self is FINALLY saying...I don't want it to be an option for ANYONE anymore.
Whether I made 0 dollars in this or a million...I've already started changing lives along the way...and that is worth more than any dollar I could ever earn showing people what I do.
How...You ask...watch this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2uFH0NCMY4
Thank you Lord Jesus for bringing such a positive, amazing thing into our lives. Please let me be in YOUR will, and follow your plan. But Lord, help me also lead others to the truth by showing them hope and showing them something genuine and remarkable. If not through the facts, but by the change it has brought to my life, my actions, my words, and my mind. Amen
And if you did decide to finish reading my novel...please go back to my first post on this website...on dreaming as a continuation of this post.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The Heart of a Stranger
I know it has been a while since I posted on here...but I don't want to write fluff. I have been waiting to be inspired by something truly important, so I could share it in words.
Today...I was inspired.
First I'd like to share the story of what happened to me today so you can know where my inspiration came from...
Earlier today I was using my debit card online while working at my desk. Later today...while driving home from Wayland...I decided to stop at the grocery store down there to grab some yummies for a fun dinner tonight. I filled my cart, loaded the groceries on the scanner, and the cashier began scanning. As she finished up the last order, I reached into my purse realizing my card was still at my desk where I used it before! I was so bummed, and embarrassed that I had no way to pay for my groceries! And this is where I switch to dialogue...as it will make this SO much easier to understand.
Me: "I apologize but I left my card at home, I don't have a way to pay for these groceries.
Cashier: (in annoyed tone) "So...now WE have to go put them all back."
Me: "I am so sorry, I will be glad to put them back so you don't have to take the time:
Cashier: "No, its policy...now we have to do this"
Me: (Feeling really bad, but starting to forget how embarrassed I am because of the insane amount of anger coming from this lady, for such a small thing"
Lady Behind me in line: "Oh I'll pay for it, don't go through all this trouble, I'll get it"
Me: "No! You really don't have to do that...that's very kind...but you dont have to do that."
Lady: "Really its no trouble at all, I dont mind"
Me: "This was just fun groceries, I won't starve I promise. You really dont have to do this"
Lady: "I promise it's okay. Please let me pay for it."
Me: (Hesitantly, realizing she won't take no for an answer) Are you sure?
Lady: "Yes, no problem"
Cashier: "I ALREADY voided it out"
Lady: "Oh no!"
Me: "Well its okay, thank you so much for offering, please let me put these groceries back for you so you don't have to."
Lady: "Well just put it under my bill, I'll pay for all of it in one transaction"
Cashier: "fine"...(as she literally THROWS each item toward the bagger)
Me: "Thank you so much, this was so nice of you."
Lady: "Its fine, really...have a good day!"
I was inspired by this ladies desire to help a stranger out. There needs to be more people like this in the world. My "choleric" personality wanted to say, "Hey cashier lady!...Look at her and tell me what you should change to be more like that!"
But I was so taken back by this ladies kind gesture, that instead I decided to pay it forward. I'm not sure how and when this will happen...but I hope I can inspire someone like this lady inspired me.
To think this little situation could create a ripple effect of "paying it forward" excites me! I hope the person I help out, will do the same for someone else! If this ripple effect could keep going...think of how many people's lives could be touched!
Today...I was inspired.
First I'd like to share the story of what happened to me today so you can know where my inspiration came from...
Earlier today I was using my debit card online while working at my desk. Later today...while driving home from Wayland...I decided to stop at the grocery store down there to grab some yummies for a fun dinner tonight. I filled my cart, loaded the groceries on the scanner, and the cashier began scanning. As she finished up the last order, I reached into my purse realizing my card was still at my desk where I used it before! I was so bummed, and embarrassed that I had no way to pay for my groceries! And this is where I switch to dialogue...as it will make this SO much easier to understand.
Me: "I apologize but I left my card at home, I don't have a way to pay for these groceries.
Cashier: (in annoyed tone) "So...now WE have to go put them all back."
Me: "I am so sorry, I will be glad to put them back so you don't have to take the time:
Cashier: "No, its policy...now we have to do this"
Me: (Feeling really bad, but starting to forget how embarrassed I am because of the insane amount of anger coming from this lady, for such a small thing"
Lady Behind me in line: "Oh I'll pay for it, don't go through all this trouble, I'll get it"
Me: "No! You really don't have to do that...that's very kind...but you dont have to do that."
Lady: "Really its no trouble at all, I dont mind"
Me: "This was just fun groceries, I won't starve I promise. You really dont have to do this"
Lady: "I promise it's okay. Please let me pay for it."
Me: (Hesitantly, realizing she won't take no for an answer) Are you sure?
Lady: "Yes, no problem"
Cashier: "I ALREADY voided it out"
Lady: "Oh no!"
Me: "Well its okay, thank you so much for offering, please let me put these groceries back for you so you don't have to."
Lady: "Well just put it under my bill, I'll pay for all of it in one transaction"
Cashier: "fine"...(as she literally THROWS each item toward the bagger)
Me: "Thank you so much, this was so nice of you."
Lady: "Its fine, really...have a good day!"
I was inspired by this ladies desire to help a stranger out. There needs to be more people like this in the world. My "choleric" personality wanted to say, "Hey cashier lady!...Look at her and tell me what you should change to be more like that!"
But I was so taken back by this ladies kind gesture, that instead I decided to pay it forward. I'm not sure how and when this will happen...but I hope I can inspire someone like this lady inspired me.
To think this little situation could create a ripple effect of "paying it forward" excites me! I hope the person I help out, will do the same for someone else! If this ripple effect could keep going...think of how many people's lives could be touched!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
On dreams...
Since my entire blog is focused entirely on my dreams and goals in life...I saw it fitting to have my first post be a summary of where I am in my life. It is something I recently wrote during a very defining moment in my life...here it is...
What if?
Busy streets, hectic work schedules, more jobs than you know what to do with, stress, anxiety, not enough family time…replace that with country roads, NO work schedules, NO jobs, peace and relaxation, YOU choose when to spend time with family and for how long.
What if….
Why do we stop dreaming? All of a sudden, we hit a certain age, get a certain “dream job”, get married, have kids…etc…and it’s like we hit a button that turns off our imagination and the pathway to our dreams. We replace “What if?” with “What now?”
Why? What is it with us thinking we need to quit dreaming when we get to that point in our lives?
When I was a child, I dreamed many HUGE dreams. Dreams that as I child, I KNEW would come true! I wouldn’t have to put in the effort that would require me to achieve such dreams, because I was a child…dreams always come true! Right? …Kind of.
In my 6th grade classroom we were required to draw our dream life on paper. My paper had a huge blue house, with a white picket fence. In the top hand corner I drew a huge horse barn, and just a few yards away was the pathway to the top of a hill where I could look out into the sunset and watch my horses run. In the back of my house, were a huge pool and a tennis court! I drew me and my future husband swinging on the porch swing and our two kids playing football in the back yard. I decided to have my own recording studio in a separate building off to the right side of the paper. I don’t have that picture anymore but I can remember each specific bush and where it was positioned, how my driveway curved around pine trees and around and behind my house where my three stall car garage was drawn. Why do I remember all of that? Because it was my dream. It was what I wanted my life to look like when I was older.
Don’t we all do this? When we are young, we all have some kind of picture in our heads about what our life is going to be like someday….but we don’t really see HOW we are going to come up with the MONEY, TIME, and ENERGY it will take to make this dream reality. We get conditioned to figure out how we are going to survive, instead of how we are going to be free and live.
Reality…Webster’s dictionary defines it as, “the state or quality of being real. “ As we grow older, and society starts to make a bigger impact on our lives…as we start to find that first job…as we make our way through the world…reality starts to feel a lot less like it did several years ago when we were dreaming away as children.
In my life in particular… society, including those I am close to had a big impact on how I was thinking about my future. All I was hearing was, “Where are you going to college?” and “How are you going to get a job that will give you the income you need to survive?” I heard phrases like, “It’s great to dream, it’s what keeps you going, but then at some point you have to come back to reality and realize it’s not going to happen.” Something about these words made me cringe.
Then came along the professor who shattered what was barely left of my childhood dreams. And then it happened…I had that “society” mindset. And quickly my childhood dreams vanished right before my eyes.
A couple years later, I regained one tiny glimpse of my dreams. I married the man of my dreams, and had my dream wedding. I was on top of the world and I felt like that 6th grade girl again. When the honeymoon was over, reality soared back into my life. That gray cloud of adulthood set back in.
Now, as I FINALLY approach the end of my schooling, my dreams are no longer kept at a stop sign, while my life flies through the green light. Is it because I’m reaching the finish line of my schooling? NO…because something big happened in my life.
I’m sitting here today with a completely different mindset. Now that I AM an adult, I still have those same dreams. Only now they aren’t a drawing on a piece of paper, they are a goal that I have set, and WILL reach. My dreams haven’t changed; I have just found what I need to do to achieve them. Now I don’t just want a horse ranch…I want to ride the horses to the top of that hill where my husband and I can look off the edge at God’s beautiful creation. I want to watch my kids swim in the pool and watch them laugh and have fun. I want the big blue house, so I can enjoy the company and fellowship of my friends and family gathered in one place. I still want the tennis courts, only now I want to teach my kids how to play tennis and share in their excitement as they finally hit that tennis ball over the net! I still want the big backyard…only now I want the yard where my family can throw the football and have fun enjoying each other. I’ve developed new dreams of taking vacation with my family, homeschooling my kids so I can get rid of the textbooks and teach them about presidents at Mount Rushmore, and they can learn about nature by sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon as we read the story of creation. The best part is, that my husband shares these same dreams, and we are working on them together.
We have found our chance to block out those things that were quickly taking away our dreams, and we’ve started running down the pathway toward our goal.
I’m asking you to remember that gray cloud that came rolling in…and the instant it got in the way of keeping your eyes on your dream. There is nothing wrong with your dreams coming true, but there is something wrong with not trying to get there. We are unstoppable…and we WILL get to our goal.
Ask yourself...What if?
What if?
Busy streets, hectic work schedules, more jobs than you know what to do with, stress, anxiety, not enough family time…replace that with country roads, NO work schedules, NO jobs, peace and relaxation, YOU choose when to spend time with family and for how long.
What if….
Why do we stop dreaming? All of a sudden, we hit a certain age, get a certain “dream job”, get married, have kids…etc…and it’s like we hit a button that turns off our imagination and the pathway to our dreams. We replace “What if?” with “What now?”
Why? What is it with us thinking we need to quit dreaming when we get to that point in our lives?
When I was a child, I dreamed many HUGE dreams. Dreams that as I child, I KNEW would come true! I wouldn’t have to put in the effort that would require me to achieve such dreams, because I was a child…dreams always come true! Right? …Kind of.
In my 6th grade classroom we were required to draw our dream life on paper. My paper had a huge blue house, with a white picket fence. In the top hand corner I drew a huge horse barn, and just a few yards away was the pathway to the top of a hill where I could look out into the sunset and watch my horses run. In the back of my house, were a huge pool and a tennis court! I drew me and my future husband swinging on the porch swing and our two kids playing football in the back yard. I decided to have my own recording studio in a separate building off to the right side of the paper. I don’t have that picture anymore but I can remember each specific bush and where it was positioned, how my driveway curved around pine trees and around and behind my house where my three stall car garage was drawn. Why do I remember all of that? Because it was my dream. It was what I wanted my life to look like when I was older.
Don’t we all do this? When we are young, we all have some kind of picture in our heads about what our life is going to be like someday….but we don’t really see HOW we are going to come up with the MONEY, TIME, and ENERGY it will take to make this dream reality. We get conditioned to figure out how we are going to survive, instead of how we are going to be free and live.
Reality…Webster’s dictionary defines it as, “the state or quality of being real. “ As we grow older, and society starts to make a bigger impact on our lives…as we start to find that first job…as we make our way through the world…reality starts to feel a lot less like it did several years ago when we were dreaming away as children.
In my life in particular… society, including those I am close to had a big impact on how I was thinking about my future. All I was hearing was, “Where are you going to college?” and “How are you going to get a job that will give you the income you need to survive?” I heard phrases like, “It’s great to dream, it’s what keeps you going, but then at some point you have to come back to reality and realize it’s not going to happen.” Something about these words made me cringe.
Then came along the professor who shattered what was barely left of my childhood dreams. And then it happened…I had that “society” mindset. And quickly my childhood dreams vanished right before my eyes.
A couple years later, I regained one tiny glimpse of my dreams. I married the man of my dreams, and had my dream wedding. I was on top of the world and I felt like that 6th grade girl again. When the honeymoon was over, reality soared back into my life. That gray cloud of adulthood set back in.
Now, as I FINALLY approach the end of my schooling, my dreams are no longer kept at a stop sign, while my life flies through the green light. Is it because I’m reaching the finish line of my schooling? NO…because something big happened in my life.
I’m sitting here today with a completely different mindset. Now that I AM an adult, I still have those same dreams. Only now they aren’t a drawing on a piece of paper, they are a goal that I have set, and WILL reach. My dreams haven’t changed; I have just found what I need to do to achieve them. Now I don’t just want a horse ranch…I want to ride the horses to the top of that hill where my husband and I can look off the edge at God’s beautiful creation. I want to watch my kids swim in the pool and watch them laugh and have fun. I want the big blue house, so I can enjoy the company and fellowship of my friends and family gathered in one place. I still want the tennis courts, only now I want to teach my kids how to play tennis and share in their excitement as they finally hit that tennis ball over the net! I still want the big backyard…only now I want the yard where my family can throw the football and have fun enjoying each other. I’ve developed new dreams of taking vacation with my family, homeschooling my kids so I can get rid of the textbooks and teach them about presidents at Mount Rushmore, and they can learn about nature by sitting on the edge of the Grand Canyon as we read the story of creation. The best part is, that my husband shares these same dreams, and we are working on them together.
We have found our chance to block out those things that were quickly taking away our dreams, and we’ve started running down the pathway toward our goal.
I’m asking you to remember that gray cloud that came rolling in…and the instant it got in the way of keeping your eyes on your dream. There is nothing wrong with your dreams coming true, but there is something wrong with not trying to get there. We are unstoppable…and we WILL get to our goal.
Ask yourself...What if?
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