Vision…Time out to dream
January 1, 2010 | 
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January 1st… my favorite day to take my dreams out of storage.
It's a day to dream… to let my spiritual eyes sense the importance of the dreams God has placed in my heart.
I matter. God said so!
He has a need for me to function at my personal best so that He can do His part to help me function at His best for me.
In my desire to be totally about God's business for my life I have made many changes over the years. Layers of excess in a variety of areas have been removed. I suspect this process will continue until I finally join God for all eternity.
I see life as a series of seasons…
Like nature, each season brings changes… some are predictable while others are unexpected. We can choose to embrace the changes by letting go of what no longer belongs and by opening up to the new. We can also choose to fight the changes (this particular method has not given me great results).
"Denial" likes to keep me in that fight mode. I've learned to recognize how my body – mind – spirit react when I'm fighting change and I seem to catch myself sooner. Sometimes I give myself permission to "stall" until I'm ready to take the next steps.
For the last 4 years, as the primary caregiver for my parents I've learned to let go of the "daughter role" and embrace the parental role. It is nothing like the parental role I experienced when I raised my children. It has required an enormous amount of Love and Compassion — Unconditional Love – expecting nothing back except the well-being of the person you are caring for. When my love carried with it an expectation of personal reward – I hurt the most.
In 2009 I helped prepare my mom for her journey back home to her Heavenly resting place. My Dad is 96 – his mind is slipping a bit faster since she's been gone. My journey of letting go continues until God is ready to bring him home.
Caring for my parents has been a top priority but God has shown me that taking care of myself has a higher priority. Over and above the basics of self care, taking care of God’s purpose for my life has an even higher priority. So as life's seasons continue to bring change, the one thing that needs to remain consistent is my resolve to aim for God’s personal best in all areas.
I leave life's circumstances in the background this morning as I give myself permission to revisit my dreams. They draw out the passion, the courage, the energy, the resolve and the commitment to make the changes needed to reach them. Funny thing is that as I "Walk it Out" I experience the joy of the journey well before I reach my destination.
Vision is born from that place of stillness.
Just spending some time dreaming….
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