Deeper Dreams

"You belong among the wildflowers, 

You belong in a boat out at sea

You belong with your love on your arm

You belong somewhere you feel free"

-Tom Petty

My husband and I have started talking to strangers.  I know this sounds strange, but bear with me.  It is a new goal to go out daily and to love on others.  It is not always easy, but it is teaching us a lot about mankind.  Firstly and above all, it is startling how strong the need is for someone, anyone, to listen.  The longer I spend listening to others the more evident it is that we were not designed for this world.  We were not designed to be walking the aisles of shops picking out this and that just hoping to feel a momentary glee at our purchase.  Or playing video games for hours to reach that new level.  Or eating 15 pieces of cake to get that chocolate rush (Don't get me wrong, I am an advocate of cake just as much, if not more, as the next person).  But there was a plan and that was not it.  The purpose of our existence was to be communing with others and embracing freedom, not solitude.  

Around noon today we were walking around Target and I stopped to admire a beautiful 6 month old Sophia.  She had wide chestnut eyes and a wonder of every person that passed her by.  That wonder doesn't exist in our lives anymore.  Why?  Because we are zombies.  We live from meager paycheck to meager paycheck and accept the mediocrity we are fated to.  We don't dream, we accept.  We don't pursue, we embrace.  When was the last time your past time wasn't an escape to a better and easier reality?

My heart dreams of beautiful things.  Those dreams do not deserve to be brought down and cast aside, but pushed deeper into and pursued.  What are my dreams?  What does my heart yearn for?  To not base my life on pursuing a job, but an inspiration.  Everyone has a dream.  Stop shoving it down and embrace it.  If it is hard, start small.  It is amazing what can be done with a little.

So what is my truth for the day?  My heart is a beautiful thing.  It longs to be chasing dreams and pursuing mountains.  It was created to climb.  I need to be thankful for the pieces left in me that are unrepressed.  It is there I find my individuality.  It is there that I was designed to find my strength. 

Maybe this sounds like another "Climb Every Mountain" speech.  And maybe it is.  But to me this is a calling.  A calling to not accept myself as normal but to embrace the pieces in me I am called to share.  Embrace my individuality and shine.  I was created for more than the hustle and bustle of work.  I was created for the wildflowers and the wide open sea.  And so were you.

Day 3: "Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." -2 Corinthians 3:17