I give myself permission to Dream Big Dreams

 Initial Thoughts: I am not the exception to the rule that God wants us to achieve great things. 

Stand outs: “A person’s most valuable assets are intelligence, energy, and experience…” (The Heart of Entrepreneurship)

“You can do it, you can accomplish the goals and dreams that you set and if you involve the Lord, you can do the impossible, you can do amazing things you can do great things.” (Think Big Taylor Richards)

“What you feed grows, and what you starve dies.”  (Your Emotional Fingerprint Jim Ritchie)

Insights: Intelligence is using our brain to apply energy to the things that experience has taught us. Choose to be intelligent every day so that my energy is used for propelling me forward instead of dwelling in the past. 

I struggle when I read things like A Field Guide to the Hero's Journey or Your Emotional Fingerprint. I don't feel that I know my purpose or what my big dream is. I tend to think that I am just supposed to be ordinary and invisible in this life, though my patriarchal blessing says otherwise. Does everyone's blessing say they are not ordinary since we are all children of God? It is intimidating to me to read those words and I instantly feel overwhelmed. I feel that I am haunted by the idea that I am supposed to do some special thing and I totally don't know what it is! God has guided me step by step in so many parts of my life and of course I can see that in hind sight. I need to trust Him to keep doing the same thing into my future. I need to feed my faith and starve my fear. 

Ponderings: How can I feed my faith? 

What are the things in my patriarchal blessing that stand out as strengths or talents? 

How would those point to my big dream?