Why...

Have you ever taken the time to dream, to dream bigger than yourself, dream bigger than your current situation? I started a new habit this year with the prompting of my friend Rachel Hollis...okay, she is not really my friend but I feel like she is! I started to dream, I mean really dream big! Like house in the mountains and house on the beach big! I feel like a lot of times I have so many dreams and desires but I don’t ever really allow myself to actually go there because there is no way those dreams are ever going to happen in my current situation.  But this New Year I sat down and wrote out all of my dreams, and when I thought I had all of my dreams written out I pushed myself to dream even bigger. Oh, I have so many goals, so many dreams but if I look at all of those goals through the lenses of where I am at currently I immediately shrink back to believing that things will never change.  I tell myself this is just the way it will be, this is the way it has always been and in fear I literally freeze in place and forget the reason behind my dreams.

So every morning I write out 10 of my dreams as if they have already happened, sounds crazy I know, but I am learning not to look at my life through the  lenses of my current situation but through the lenses of my dreams. I am training my mind to not look at my dreams like they are going to maybe happen one day but as if they already have happened. Your mind is super powerful, and if my life is going in the direction of my thoughts then I best make sure that I am lining up my thinking in the way in which I want my life to go. There are so many things pulling for my attention all the time. And sometimes I feel like a rabbit that chases every little shiny thing that runs by... and if I am not careful I will end up chasing that shiny thing miles away from my dreams and goals.

So why is it that you started? Why did you set the goals you have? Why is it that you work as hard as you do??? I dare you to ask yourself those questions and then dream big, bigger than you ever have before. I am learning that nothing is going to change unless something changes, so what am I going to do to bring about the change that I want to see in my life. Going back to my why, the reason I am making changes, the reason I am learning to flourish in the uncomfortable keeps me focused on why I started on this journey. Take some time today to refocus, if you’ve forgotten or just got off track of why you are doing what you are doing go back and remind yourself. Remind yourself that you are worth it, that you have what it takes, that God loves you more than you can even begin to fathom. My friend it is a journey, a struggle a lot of times but keep close to the path, the why behind what you do, and just keep working towards those dreams because I promise you they are worth it!