All articles filed in daring dreams

So have you done it? Have you defined, delineated, described, and designated your daring dreams? Have you set about shaking out, sorting through, and setting forth those hidden thoughts, those earth-shattering daydreams? If not… Why not? Come on!! It’s been 31 days…. For 31 days we’ve been discovering how to separate our desires from our…

Your Everyday… One Day at a Time How did you spend your day? Did you cook? And clean? And wipe noses, change diapers, and break up fights? Wash dishes and faces and stinky socks? Did you drive to work? Fill your cubicle and punch your time card? Did you wonder…Where is my dream in the…

With recognition of your dream comes the responsibility for your dream. No one will care for your dream more than you and if you don’t carefully guard your dream, your dream runs the risk of being demeaned and destroyed. What do I mean? Unless you respectfully steward your dream, you can’t expect others to show…

I’m completely convinced that our daring dreams are never just for us- for our own enjoyment and personal gratification. Our dreams are meant to inspire, encourage, uplift, challenge, and equip other people. Yes, we receive benefit from the living out of our daring dreams. Yes, we grow and rejoice as our dreams see life. Yes,…

For me… Sometimes the encouragement of other dreamers just isn’t enough. When I get myself stuck in the I’m too busy, I have too many kids, my dog ate my homework, my hair is too frizzy, doldrums, I don’t need encouragement. No, I need a good kick in the butt and a reminder that anything worthwhile is…

Being a dreamer can be a lonely business. Sometimes, because of our personality, or our lifestyle, or simply a commitment to listening for that inner person, we live lives that seem isolated, or insulated, or just plain strange. I wish I could give you a big hug and tell you that it’s okay! You are not…

Sometimes, Daring dreams are just squashed into silence. Sometimes, Because I’m tired, or sick, or just in a “woe is me, nothing’s going my way,” funk, Daring dreams are strangled and sent packing. Sometimes, Daring dreams simply shrink away in sorrow. Today was one of those days. Today, Devastating, heartbreaking, life-changing news about people who we…

When I was 23 years old I received some advice that I didn’t even know I needed. Life is funny that way, sometimes. Long before I ever had the courage to give voice to the words, “I want to be a writer,” I heard the advice that would help to set my course for today.   I…

Sometimes, right in the midst of writing “the next blog installment,” another rather impolite blog idea just keeps interrupting. Rudely and invasively, thoughts that just don’t fit what I’m writing about jostle, and push, and shove their way into the forefront of my writing thought-life. Like a child who refuses to be ignored; they call…

Dreams don’t just happen overnight. I wish they did! Sometimes, when I see other people enjoying what they love to do it seems as though maybe they were just lucky. They were just prettier… or smarter… or better connected than me. When I step back and really think about it though, I know better. Dreams…