..."dreams..."

"To accomplish great things, we must not act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." 

- Antole France, 19th century French poet

We all have to have a dream... or else our soul doesn't always have something to 'fight' for.... to keep on keeping on...

We need to share our dreams... rather than keep them locked away, hidden in our soul.... when we share them our friends and family help to keep us accountable... on the track to achieving them...

In his book The 4-Hour Work Week1, Tim Ferriss enlightens us on many non 'quid-pro-quo' ideas... that an 'upside down' campfire is awesome, burning with fervor... to set a specific time during your work day to return voice mails & emails, to increase productivity... AND to have a DREAM....





Dave Ramsey has a new book coming out in September, EntreLeadership... he has been hostingLeadership Seminars via simulcast this past fall-winter-spring... my husband and I have a true admiration of his Bible based financial & business theories... Brock attended the seminar in November, I had to stay home with a sick kiddo.... he discussed the idea of setting goals: business, personal, physical, AND spiritual....  official dreaming = goal setting.....

Brock & I sat down this winter... and set personal goals in each category and then together set family goals....  we wanted to get out of the rat race of soccer & activities ... and get back to having fun as a family...

We made a pack ... "no organized activities for 1 year" ... we made it 6 months... the boys wanted to check out karate... we relented.... a weak moment & a great sales pitch... but it has been good... focusing on individual discipline & strength... a more flexible schedule, picking 3 sessions per week that fit into your schedule...

We scheduled a family vacation.... after a family vote (I was ambushed, & don't get to enjoy the beach this summer) ... we booked two weeks in Yellow Stone... renting a cabin in Montana at the parks North gate... and a cabin in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.... seeing American beauty at it's finest....

We set many other goals... they may be subjects for future 'tales'...

But our BIG dream is to sail... we want to someday take our kids and sail for 3-months-1year.... to live life out on the open waters... to read books, with no television in sight OR earshot... to be at the whim of nature... to captain our ship, teaching our boys to sail uncharted waters... to enjoy how the Lord starts each day with a sunrise, not an alarm clock... and ends it with a magnificent sunset retiring into the horizon...

The details of this dream are daunting... how would my husband work? ... how will I school the boys... are there really modern day pirates....

I find some comfort in Jesus' words in Matthew 18 ...

Matthew 18:19 (New Living Translation) 19 “I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you."

.. now don't think that I am taking the word and twisting it to be what I want... I know that I have to trust in the Lord with this dream... I know he will provide and work out the details IF & WHEN He sees fit... who knows, maybe He will have Bibles that desperately need to be delivered to a remote island in the Caribbean archipelago.... but for now it is okay for my husband and I to dream! .... for it gives the soul hope....

1 Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week (New York, NY.: Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., 2007, 2009)