Big Dreams...and little me.

 

 

I have thought a whole lot about my 20s lately. I always wanted to do something…I did not know exactly what I wanted to do, but something. I wanted to be good at something and I wanted to be the expert at it. I laugh at this 20 years later and understand that I had a dream, but I did not know what that dream was.

For some reason, I always felt inadequate and unable to dream big because I needed to accomplish other important aspects of my life. We needed to raise our small family on a shoestring budget while my husband attended graduate school. These reasons were important enough for me to set my ambitions aside.

Little did I know I would be able to fully explore my dreams later in life. I have been able to work on things that I never dreamed possible and now I am addicted to pushing myself to dream big! Although I still don’t know exactly where I will be in my big dream, now I have the understanding that I need to put in the work and have some goal in mind as I work toward it. Dreaming big does not mean that big things are just going to happen for you. Dreaming big includes study, research, understanding, practice, and action. Dreaming big means that you are willing to do the work to see big things happen in your life!

If I could go back to my 20-year-old self, I would tell her that everything is going to work out! I would tell her that the season of motherhood will change and that you will have the opportunity to explore your dreams! In the exploration of your dreams, you will help your children see their potential and give them the foresight that dreams do come true if you work for them.

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