Dream Big

I find it humorous that I am writing about this subject after recently moving to a city people associate with the 'land of dreams'. What I have observed is, a lot of dreams end up dying here as well. But dreams can live or die anywhere. The key factor is to be persistent, and to not lose focus on why you started in the first place.

It takes me back to the line from Pretty Woman - 'Welcome to Hollywood! What's your dream? Everybody comes here; this is Hollywood, land of dreams. Some dreams come true, some don't; but keep on dreamin' — this is Hollywood. Always time to dream, so keep on dreamin.'

I have definitely been in a place before where I had lost the vision for my life, and I never want to be there again. It is a place of feeling like you will never end up where you want to be. A place of thinking, 'why should I even try?' You end up not being your true self, which will definitely not get you to your ideal place.

All of these thoughts rushed through my brain after going to Hillsong this past Sunday. Hillsong is a church associated with controversy at times because they have campuses all over the world. But they are a church that is persistent with their vision. The global pastor, Brian Houston, shared Sunday how he wrote out his dreams years ago of where he saw Hillsong's future. And how those dreams align with where the church is today. I can attest to this being true, because I studied at Hillsong College about eight years ago (wow), when they had just started to launch campuses in other countries.  

I had a realization that the very reason I moved out west, besides the beautiful coast, was to revive my dreams/vision. With that said, I don’t think you have to move away to realize your dreams. But you don’t have to stay in the same place either. And because I live close to Hollywood, my dream doesn’t have to include wanting to be a movie star. But if it does, who cares. There should be no limits to our dreams. Our dreams are ours, and if we don't attempt at making them a reality, we can't mope about not being where we had hoped.

I don’t think I’m 'living the dream' but I am attempting at taking the necessary steps to get there. One of my dreams is to be involved in a community of positive people who want to help others. So I'm going to take Brian's advice, and never stop dreaming. 

No matter what you believe, I hope that if you have felt like your dreams are lost, that they would be revived. And I honestly believe we’re never too old to dream. We’ll always be living along with others. And whether we like it or not, the way we live effects the people we do life with.

I encourage you to not be reserved with your dreams.