Real dreams MUST be attempted

Maybe it’s early onset midlife crisis, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about making sure that I make my one life count for something beyond myself. And I’m passionately pursuing specifically what that means for me. I’m trying to find the balance between pushing God to lay out the plan for me, and just stepping forward day by day, embracing whatever interruptions and opportunities are placed in my path, trusting that God is moving me purposefully. I’m learning to trust my desires as I delight in Him.

And I’m not alone either. I have a friend, Jon, who is stepping out from the security of a good job at a good church and stepping into a risky dream of starting a new church community. He describes it as something he must do. To Jon, the pain of looking back 10, 20, 30 years from now and wondering “What if I had pursued that dream?” is worse than the pain of potential failure.

Along those same lines, fellow voxer Lon Wong writes a very insightful and inspiring blog post about his own risky dream. Here’s a great quote from that post:

“I know plenty of people who have things they want to do in life, but the reality is, they’re just wish lists. Real dreams must be attempted.”

So true.