Tonight's Dream

This week I was standing over my sleeping son and praying for him and his future, as I do every night.  His little fists were tightly closed and body relaxed into the comfort of his bed.  It is moments like this that I can't help but wonder who he will become and what dreams lay ahead for him.  As I left his room that night, I started thinking about who I am and whether I would want him to follow in my footsteps.  This is a very humbling thought. I am proud of who I am, but more proud of who I want to become.  If I want him to become something, or believe something (for instance believe in himself), I need to pave the way.  I can't expect greatness out of him, but never move beyond mediocrity in my own life.  This is motivation to me.  From the beginning, my son has been motivation to work harder and to be more.  It is easy to want more for my child, but never do anything to create it.  I want to show him what self-confidence looks like and what success looks like.  But that takes hard work.  It takes focus.  It takes drive.  And most of all, it takes belief.  I can work all day until I am blue in the face, but if I don't believe I can do it, the motivation will never stick around.  What is the point of working hard if you don't believe in the reward?  

Belief is essential to growth and self-importance.  Perception is reality.  Heard that one before?  Do yourself a favor and believe, even for a day, that you have more potential than right now allows.  Your future doesn't have to look like you are now.  But you have to decide to be different and want more.  It won't happen on its own.  

One of the greatest things I have learned is that the more I love myself the more that I want more for myself.  I want to achieve more, because I believe in myself and I believe in the dream that was placed in my heart.  Maybe you aren't there yet.  But you have to start, or your dreams of tomorrow will always be a day away.  

"The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied." -Proverbs 13:4