Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. Napoleon Hill
Recently I was approaching the end of the 4-year warranty I purchased when I bought my Mac. In order to at least make a claim on the warranty, I started to check to see if there was something wrong that I could bring the computer in for. Well, sad but good, the computer seems to be a strong one. No issues. Though I still brought it in and got a new adaptor for free. Free advert for Apple, MacBook Air is really good. No complaints. I hope I get a check in the mail for saying this.
Anyway, while I was getting ready to bring my computer in, I had to update my backups and that’s when I discovered some old recordings of my boys playing when they were much younger. It was good to watch and listen. Even my son could hardly figure out what he was saying in the video because he was just learning to talk. But one thing is that they were both extremely carefree and excited in the video. I recommend that every parent make childhood videos of their children. They will love you for that and you can remind them to dream again if ever they start to become rusty.
Children have this amazing ability to dream. They don’t care whether it’s practical or possible they just dream. They don’t worry about what’s allowed or not.
However, As we grow older, the vision for our lives tends to diminish. We start to allow people and the community to influence what we believe is possible. And so many of us tend to discard dreams that could actually become a big thing.
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I remember a particular day when I was really small, I was grinding some pepper on the millstone for my mom. And all of a sudden I got a flash, I saw myself on tv and I went to my dad and told him I was going to be featured in CNN someday. if you are reading to this and you work at CNN, you know what to do 😉
Though many times our dreams may not happen exactly as we saw it, you may just have had a glimpse into something similar to what’s in your future.
This past week I carried out a bit of a survey with about 10 of my Christian ladies, my friends, and sisters. The question was simple: what were some of the dreams you had when you were younger? Most importantly what you had as dreams when you were in your teenage years and early to late 20s? All of the ladies I interviewed had great dreams. They still believe the dream somehow but their realities are far from their dreams.
What about you? What are some of the dreams you had growing up or as a teenager? It’s very important that you start to dig up those dreams again. The truth is that when you think about it with adult eyes, it will look impossible.
For example, if you used to dream of feeding thousands every day, and right now you can barely pay your bills, you see it feels impossible. But let me tell you what I have discovered in following God’s purpose. I have discovered that the clearer your vision is the stronger your faith becomes. And you need faith to Pursue God’s purpose which then brings provision. I have met many people that think money is the reason why they are not pursuing purpose but really it’s not true. It’s not resources at all.
The reason you are not pursuing purpose is that you haven’t taken time to allow the dreams and plans that God has for you to settle in your spirit. And that’s where faith to pursue comes.
In order words, if you can’t dream, you can’t see, if you can’t see you can’t take actions and if you don’t take actions, consistent actions you won’t see the results.
You can not be waiting for an unknown date in the future. Is there something you can be starting to do now? Are there some people you need to start hanging out with? Book you need to read, other steps you need to take. Maybe even hire a coach to help you? Is there a program that you need to attend? Talking about which.
I remember when I was working as a financial advisor, I did that for almost 5 years. Little did I know that I had put my purpose on the back burner, I had begun to readjust my purpose to fit my role as a financial advisor. And that’s usually what happens to many, you had a dream, then for one reason or the other, you found yourself somewhere else, like a new career and then you just throw away your dreams and start to make the new career work. You just can’t see how your dream could make sense.
Other times it’s your stage of life that is the cage you will fight against. Because you are married now or have children, you can’t seem to try out your dream. As a responsible adult, you must be careful or you will lose your family budget for food. Yes, it’s true, but what I am talking about today is not even about spending lots of money yet, it’s more about trusting God to awaken the dreams you had.
You may need to create time to be alone with God. You may need to go back in time to where you used to dream. For me, I traveled back to Nigeria, where I used to get my dreams. Went back to my parents home, and that’s when many of my dreams came back. I got back to Canada from my vacation that year and had to quit my job to pursue God’s call for me. You may not need to quit your job like I did but you need to dig up your dreams.
Again the question is this? What is the dream you used to have when you were younger? Did someone burst your bubble?
Are there any possibilities that you may be able to start something now? I think maybe. Remember it’s not necessarily about starting big. It’s about having faith that God has called you, and then taking steps towards his purpose for you.
What did you want when you were younger? Have you started achieving some of them now? Can you start dreaming again?