Fulfilling Dreams

We all have dreams. Or at least, we should. But following a dream requires as many twists and turns as climbing a mountain. Only those sincerely believing in dreams will persevere.

Paulo Coelho writes in The Alchemist: The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with guilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve to get what we want either.

Why do we do that? Why do we constantly compare ourselves to others and their journeys or lack of it? I think it is because we lack the courage to believe firmly that God's plan for us is unique, and found in the deepest recesses of our heart, and ultimately, only revealed to us. Listening to his word will open us to his plan and help us learn discernment. And that plan of God for our life is unlike his plan for anyone we know or see. So we need to stop comparing.

I firmly believe our happiness is dependant upon fulfilling God's plan for our lives here on earth. To do that we must dream, we must seek, and we must move forward, even if no one else is moving in our direction.