When I was younger I had this dream of growing up and moving to New York. Maybe it was the lights, or the tall buildings that so intrigued me. Whatever it was, when I was 18 I was going to move there, marry Kirk Cameron, and become an actress. But, since I was only 13, I would settle for posters of New York all over my room and walking down to the Minute Market and buying New York Seltzers.
When I turned 18, my dreams had changed and so had I. I was happily married to my high school sweetheart, and we dreamed of what our future together would look like. What would we do, where would we go, how would our life be? Anything was possible and everything was attainable.
Now that I'm 36 and life has happened (so to speak), there have been times that I have caught myself wondering if it was possible to dream again. If I could do anything I wanted to, what would it be? The answer has been, at times, I don't know. Somewhere along the way our big dreams had faded and our reality had set in. Don't get me wrong, I love my reality. I think I have the most wonderful family in the world! There's nothing about them that I would change. But where and when did I stop dreaming?
As I listen to conversations, at times, I realize that I am not the only one. When you're older, you deal with having regrets, and wondering if it's to late to do anything meaningful. When you're younger, especially with young children, you are living very much in the here and now. Somewhere in the midst of it all you can lose sight of your dreams.
The Bible talks about how when people have no vision they perish. I understand that. To not have anything to look forward to, or hope for, is miserable. But I don't want to live like that. So now when I ask myself the question, "if I could do anything what would I do?" My thought is, "I may not know completely, but I am going to have fun finding out!"
Choose to dream again, live life, laugh hard, enjoy the journey, and never have any regrets!
