"If you want something to happen in your life then you can't sit around and wait for it to come to you." The words were for my husband, but they smacked me pretty hard as well. There are things that I dream about and hope for, but what am I really doing to make them a reality in my life?
The answer is nothing.
Stepping out into my dreams can be like walking in Alabama
mud. It saps the energy and fills the mind with dread that at any moment I can
fall. My own thoughts about pursuing the dream are soon crowed out by questions
and fears. It seems easier to stay where I am than risk not getting to where I
want to be.
Fear of failure cannot be an option. After all, the only
guaranteed way to fail is to not even try. It may be scary to jump out with
nothing but faith holding me up. The road ahead may be dark, intimidating and
even overwhelming. The mountain may look impossible from this vantage point.
One step small step out, just one little piece of the puzzle at a time, and a
long, deep breath will get me going in the right direction.
Martina McBride has a song called "Anyway." In it
the lyrics talk about dreams so out of reach that they might not ever work out
but that you should dream anyway. It's one of those songs that sticks in my
head and encourages me to dare to believe.
Believing and dreaming are only part of the equation. Like I
was telling my husband, I have to do. So today I will do more than dream. Today
is the day that I leap.
What are you letting anchor you to the ground so that you
are unable to fly towards your dreams?
You're right Kat. Fear of failure is not faith in God. He can take our failures and help us learn, if we humble ourselves and listen.
ReplyDelete@ Sophie - ahhh that old trap of having to listen. There are many days when I look back at a moment and realize if I had just listened then ;)
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