today’s message for anyone and everyone: Don’t Quit Your Daydream
as this current winter ends and our new spring season begins, i’m making it a point to cherish, honor, nurture, and value my childhood dreams and visions by scheduling dedicated time to work on them each week and give them thoughtful attention.
i believe that the childhood dreams, and the visions that we have for our lives, are so precious and valuable—that they are oftentimes given to us my God, and that they have innate beautiful purposes. if not solely to bring personal joy and fulfillment to us alone, or to naturally increase mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wellness, the act of following our dreams (and pursuing those things that we loved doing as children) enable us to practice and reinforce the truths that our own (and every individual’s) thoughts, experiences, feelings, ideas, and passions matter and are important.
by taking consistent baby steps to follow our dreams, we discover and learn new things about ourselves and others, and can inspire and encourage those around us to realize and believe that their own dreams matter and are worth investing in and treasuring, too.
i love that each human is gifted with unique talents, gifts, passions, life experiences, and cultural complexities. oftentimes, these creative acts and causes that we are so naturally skilled at, inherently compelled to do, or that are so close to our hearts and minds, are those very things that God uses to guide and equip us to bringing beauty and truth to the people and spaces that we are in.
as outside responsibilities, daily tasks of living, and unexpected circumstances will realistically always require tending, i want to also carve out essential spaces of time and attention to nurture and value these inner dreams, too.