Growing up can limit our vision.
When we’re young, we imagine just about anything is possible. And what is imagination but seeing with our mind’s eye?
We see the faraway lands in fairy tales … we envision all sorts of creatures and quests … and yes, we even see how our lives would be different, given the chance.
But then time changes us. We face reality. We “know better.” And our vision focuses on what we can see. Why waste our time daydreaming, dwelling in the moments of the unseen where we wish upon stars and dare to look past the here and the now and see more?
Why?
Because dreams are birthed just past the reach of reality. Passion burns brightest just outside the limits of “knowing better.” I’m not advocating recklessness or abandoning yourself with no consideration of others. But vision demands you remember your childhood, when anything was possible … when you were possible. When you looked up and saw the stars. When you looked out and saw others as potential friends, not enemies. When your vision was wide, encompassing things invisible.
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Yeah, well, I never grew up, and I’m still riding the dragon of my dreams.
You get off, you get eaten.
As Tom Petty said, if you never slow down you never grow old, and growing old has never been on my to-do list.
Live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse. Oh, yeah!
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Andrew,
I like your turn of phrase “riding the dragon of my dreams.”
That’s quite visionary all in itself.
🙂
Beth, we do tend to lose sight of the dreams and imaginings of our youth. I’ve found that dreams return when my heart is in tune with God. And those dreams are often way bigger than what I can accomplish. I have to be walking with God through the valleys and over peaks to see them come to fruition.
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Oh, Jeanne, so true. Vision (dreams) plus faith … that leads to amazing things!
If anything, growing up has expanded my vision and expectation. I’m thankful for that.
And for some reason, my internet carrier had started shuffling your and some other valued posts to my spam folder. I’ll be keeping a closer eye on that.
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Hi, Dee:
You most definitely are a woman of vision — great vision, both in real life and spiritually.
And I’ve been dealing with emails being dumped into spam for weeks now. Such a frustration.