Your dreams aren’t just about you

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I have had a few epiphanies lately. Despite being overwhelmed with family life and work opportunities, I’ve had a few messages that have helped me get some perspective on the everyday going ons of what I do.

Today I wanted to talk about dreams. Dreams are important and everyone has them. Some dreams are hard to uncover or are yet to be discovered. Some dreams are lifelong and need constant striving to achieve them. Some dreams change. And yet others do eventually get fulfilled.

What is the point of dreams?

From a Christian perspective dreams give purpose and are often crafted in your heart the moment you were created. As children we would dream all the time about everything and anything. The possibilities were endless, the risks weren’t really considered.

When I think about most of my dreams as a child, I would dream about helping people. Most of my dreams were career based. I wanted to be a teacher, then a nurse, then an astronaut. Actually that one had a selfish incentive of wanting to know what it would be like to float around in a space ship.

I’ve heard the quote you weren’t made to do anything, you were made to do something. Which is true. We were all created to do something. But the more I read about the dreams of others and even the way I see my dreams, the focus seems to be on what I want to achieve and how I want to satisfy a personal need.

What if our dreams were made for so much more than that?

Your dreams aren’t just about you.

Those dreams that are in your heart are there to help others.

Others need your dream to help them sleep at night.

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That dream may fulfill a purpose in your life, but it actually may fill a need in someone else’s.

Maybe you’re a female tradie and are wanting to start your own business. Starting your own business not only offers an alternative service to the market, it also offers an equal opportunity prospective job to another female tradie.

How many people do we encounter giving terrible service because they are just ‘doing’ a job. If we live in freedom, there is no excuse not to chase our dreams for the sole purpose of being a difference in the world.

But dreams do take time, sacrifice, money and energy and sometimes you have to do jobs that pay the bills while you work away at your dreams. Give your best attitude to the job at hand while you work towards your dreams. You never know who you encounter while doing them. I also believe a bad attitude shortens your life and your ability to travel the distance it may take to achieve your dreams.

If you have a good attitude when doing the mucky jobs, you are setting yourself up with a good foundation for when you do start living your dream.

It's a dream being a mum to these gorgeous girls and in turn I hope I inspire them to work towards whatever dreams are in their heart.
It’s a dream being a mum to these gorgeous girls and in turn I hope I inspire them to work towards whatever dreams are in their heart.

What about the selfish dreams of owning a nice car? Paying off a house? Owning a designer handbag? Those selfish dreams matter too. You don’t know who you’re helping by purchasing an expensive item. You never know who you may entertain in that dream house. That designer handbag maybe a splurge, but it may inspire others to work harder towards their dreams so they too can afford such a purchase too. Those with too much to spend may inspire others on how not to live too.

It’s time to look at dreams and this life that we enjoy a little differently.

What have you been dreaming about lately? Are you living your dream? Have you ever seen a dream come to fruition?

I’m linking up with With Some Grace for Flog Yo Blog Friday.