Flaunt It Friday: Own Your Dream

HAPPY NEW YEAR, FLAUNT IT FRIDAY FAITHFULS!

Well-wishing for a happy and healthy New Year is soon to fade into the realm of passé.  I find it pointless to ask exactly at what point that will happen, but that it will, we can be sure.

As soon as it is no longer a “New Year” and it has finally hit the procrastinators among us (count me in) that we are living and breathing in the Year 2008, it will become obvious (unless we are completely unconscious) that perhaps January IS a good time to take stock and take charge. Sooner or later we’ll catch on that we should probably fix in our minds the direction that we would like to take over the next twelve months, list the things that we would like to accomplish, and identify the goals we would like to reach. While some choose to call these resolutions, I’d much rather call them dreams.

Do not misunderstand me: “Dreamer” I am not by any means.  Yet I will be the first one to admit that there is some part of each and every one of us that hopes and gropes for that one perfect circumstance that is not quite beyond our reach, but at times, seems impossible to claim as our own.  Our dreams are there, whether latently floating just above our everyday reality or buried deep within our unconscious.  Sometimes we give them a voice, at other times we are simply afraid to, so stark a challenge do they present themselves.

Perhaps this Flaunt It Friday each one of us could spend a post reflecting on that one special dream we have for 2008.  The one we have been frightened to think of, let alone mention. Certainly it couldn’t hurt that much to hash it out, as identifying the dream is the first step to reaching it.  In order to pursue it, we need first to “own” it. So maybe this week’s challenge should be all about owning the dream!

Here’s mine… I dream of … genie… no, just kidding…

I dream of PEACE.  That one little word so perfectly describes the wants and desires of my heart, all that I hope to attain, and how I hope to attain them this year.   In fact, PEACE has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember, walking faithfully hand in hand with my ardent desires for happiness and love.  

What would this dream PEACE look like?  I’m not sure that I could say for certain.   I do know, however, that it would definitely include a God-inspired and Spirit-fueled ability on our part (Hubby’s and Mine) to create a cove of happiness, stability and security in our home, to make our lives all that we’d like them to be, living as the very best persons we can be, TOGETHER. If that is too much to ask for, so be it. After all, it is MY dream!    

Can it be done? Yes. Do I know how? Not completely. Yet I do believe that if I make an effort to keep my dream of PEACE ever in my mind and consciousness, then I will find a way to make it happen, in little ways, a little each day. Isn’t that how dreams come true?

I’m looking forward to hearing about all your dreams, as they will tell us so much more about each other.   Please, remember to link back to this page in your own post and link to your own post here.  If you are feeling really adventurous this week, why not email a few of your frequent commenters and invite them personally to do the same?! Shamelessly pushing the traffic, I know.  It’s a good thing traffic is not this year’s dream!