Every morning, you have two choices, continue to sleep with your dreams or wake up and chase them

Bucket lists!!!

I have SO many things I want to accomplish in life.

Do you have a Bucket List?

Mine is so long, that it’s going to be insanely impressive if I can get through even half of what’s written down.

When I read my list, I can conclude that I either have a ridiculously ambitious view of what I can accomplish OR I have a widely imaginative opinion of my potential. Not sure which yet .. I’ll report back.

I can’t say with any actual confidence that I will be walking the Great Wall of China anytime soon but … I’m still young?! (see – ambitious or imaginative … time will tell).

But here’s the thing – dreams are meant to either be cherished while we sleep or chased when we are awake. Which one do you choose?

Right now – I’m a bit of both.

It’s super easy to say “I can’t” and use my pain & loss as the reason, and I don’t think anyone would fault me for it. But the thing is – I didn’t chase my dreams a whole lot when my mom was alive & my marriage was healthy! I slept and dreamt and then woke up and lived a stable, happy but uneventful life. This isn’t because I didn’t want to chase those dreams I had, I just thought I had the TIME to “get to it” later. I sat on my dreams because … there was always ‘later”!

When life happened to me in such a violent and forceful way, I woke up and realized that “waiting for later” was such a naive way to live life. We don’t know what kind of time we have here, we don’t know about our loved ones either! If there is something you want to accomplish, do, see, be – DO IT NOW!

This isn’t meant to be a doomsday message; it’s more a message of encouragement. There will never be a perfect time, there will always be reasons why you couldn’t/shouldn’t/wouldn’t. But friends, we have ONE life here.

I regret that I realized this after my favorite person was gone. I will be going after so many of my dreams without having her by my side or doing it with me. It makes me sad. But I also know that she is with me every step of the way

I firmly believe that God puts dreams in our hearts for a reason. They are gifts from our wonderful Father who knows us better than we will ever know ourselves, so not only am I trying to remind myself that these dreams are attainable (because nothing is impossible with our God) but maybe, just maybe, pursuing these dreams are part of our story!

Jesus gave very clear instructions that we need to live a life full of joy! To me, I cant think of anything that would bring me more joy than going after all the dreams I have!

Will it require us to do MORE with less, yes. Will it require time, resources, planning, courage, money, and sacrifice, to go into the unknown – yes!

But have you ever met someone who chased their dream and said that they regretted it, no!

My prayer for you today is that you dream and then wake up and that dream has become your reality. Our God moves mountains – he can certainly help us make our dreams come true. But we have to get up and chase them first. And I pray that we all find what we need to make those dreams realities!

XO

Tay