Do you
still want to be a ballerina? Do you still want to live in a castle at Disney
World? What were your childhood dreams? When I was about 5, I told everyone
that I was going to be a rich brain surgeon. I was going to marry a “bag boy”
from the local grocery store, and we were going to have 10 kids. When I was
about 8 my friend and I fantasized about living with our husbands in a cabin in
the middle of the woods; no running water or electricity. Man, where did I come
up with these ideas?
When I was
little, some of my dreams were radical and out there, some were attainable, but
the point is, I had dreams. I spoke about them often and with passion. And I still
remember much of them today. So what happened between then and now? Because as
of recently, I didn’t really have any dreams that I could recount to you. I have
this one big dream yes, but nothing for the day to day, or the year to year. I couldn’t
have told you anything I truly desired to do or wanted to experience. I think
that sometimes as an adult we get so caught up in just getting through, just
paying this bill, getting this promotion, losing this weight etc. that we
forget to dream outside of our day to day.
Thankfully,
I have been reading Becoming Myself
by Stasi Eldredge and the book has been eye opening and life changing for me. In
it, she wrote a chapter that largely dealt with dreams and passions of the
heart. She reminded me that God gives us dreams; He stirs our hearts. So instead
of dismissing the dreams that spring up in your heart, like opening a coffee
shop, going to Haiti, learning a new language, taking a college course, writing
a book, starting a blog (ahem) etc., go for it when you can; and when you can’t
go for it immediately, don’t dismiss it, but rather write it down.
Stasi
encourages her readers to make a dream list. Write down, just for you, any
dreams that you have, and any that come along in the future. Write the big
things and the little things. What do you want to do? Where do you want to go? What
new food would you love to eat? What would you like to experience? What do you
want out of your relationship with God? What do you think He wants from you? You
don’t have to share this list with anyone. But take the time to write it, allow
your heart to dream. Pray, and ask God to reveal to you the desires He has
given you that maybe you have suppressed….
Dreaming
is such a beautiful thing, and it is free, and freeing. I made this list myself
and I was surprised by the things I came up with. There was a time when I couldn’t
even answer the question, “So what do you like to do?” But now I know. By making
this list I got to know myself a little more; I am slowing Becoming Myself.
Thanks Stasi!
If you
are feeling bold today, comment below and tell me your dreams…or even just one
of them.
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