Dream a Little Dream: See It and Seize It

Nerium recently sent me a copy of

DREAM: See It and Seize It 

by John C. Maxwell.

A long time ago, God placed a dream within my heart, 

to teach women, 

to build a community of women, 

to make women feel beautiful, 

to build confidence in women, 

to encourage other women to pursue their dreams. 

My dreams have looked like this...

Teaching, leading and encouraging

and this,

A shop where I design...

A business of building women
helping them make a better life for their families,

Often, our dreams are squashed by others,

people who do not pursue their own dreams

and don't like to see others pursue theirs. 

We may call these individuals

Joy-Stealers

Dream-Crushers

Idea-Killers.

We may allow our dreams to be stepped on,

our feelings to be trampled.

The mental slap in the face may cause us to retreat within ourselves 

and we almost forget there was ever a dream to begin with.

John Maxwell calls these ROADBLOCKS.

Roadblock #1:  Being Discouraged By Others

(often by those closest to us)

Roadblock #2:  Being Hindered by Past Disappointments
Bad Experience
Failed endeavors
Unfullfilled Dreams
Dashed Hopes

Roadblock #3:  The Habit of Settling for Average
You can not remain safe and reach your dream.
You can not continue to blame others, your circumstances
or the system for your unfulfilled dreams.

Roadblock #4: Lack of Confidence
Erma Bomback said,
"It takes a lot of courage to share your dream with someone else."
Risk sharing!  Find an accountability partner,
someone to spur you on and believe in you and your dreams.


Maybe you're dreaming of finding the right one.
This is one of my favorites:)

Dream a Little Dream of Me