what dreams may come

for the last few months i have been working on a campaign for group 1 crew that revolves around your life's dreams. the title of their new record is "ordinary dreamers" and so the focus has been about living out your dreams and making them a reality. 

it's amazing to me how i have been so closely associated with all the talk of dreams and living your dreams and making your dreams happen, and yet i have not even considered my own dreams until just yesterday. i was speaking with a friend that said they had written all their dreams down and were going to check them all off as they happen. 

it hit me pretty hard that i sometimes forget to dream. i forget that my dreams can and do come true. i get so caught up in the moment or in life that i forget that i have the power to dream and accomplish so many things with the help of the Lord. he cares about my dreams. all of them. even the silly ones!

last year i made a "life list" which is just a list of things i wanted to do with my life. which really is a dream list i suppose. i found it tonight and wanted to post it. i have accomplished a few of the things on the list which is amazing!!! those things are written in red. it makes me want to keep checking them off. these were my dreams a year ago and they are still my dreams. dreams that i can accomplish if i put my mind to it. i have added a few new ones. and i am sure as i grow and mature i'll keep adding more. 

i am aware that some of them are very materialistic and some are shallow, but they are my dreams and i'm taking ownership of them :) 

keep checking back cause one day all these things are gonna be checked off! 

My Dreams:

1. take my father to a NASCAR race 
2. surprise my mother with a makeover
3. meet john mayer
4. stay in a really really fancy hotel
5. attend an event where i would have to wear a really nice evening gown
6. ride in a hot air balloon
7. learn to play the piano better
8. take karate lessons
9. take a trip to switzerland
10. learn to design and sew my own clothes
11. help someone in need
12. own a designer hand bag
13. run a half marathon
14. watch a NASCAR race from the pits
15. learn to cook well
16. make someone laugh really hard
17. be more kind and gentle
18. travel more
19. swim in one of those infinity pools
20. own my own home by the age of 30
21. somehow pay my parents back for all they have done for me
22. learn to snow ski really well
23. help someone see the best in themselves
24. have an art exhibit somewhere
25. sell some of my art work
26. write some sort of a book
27. let my hair grow out
28. see where the sound of music was filmed
29. teach someone how to do something they don't know how to do
30. learn to speak little and listen much
31. get a makeover just for fun
32. learn to play the guitar better
33. have more self confidence
34. find one thing i am really good at
35. play golf more often (get lessons)
36. read a new book at least once a month
37 see the grand canyon
38. go on a cruise
39. be myself more often
40. smile more often
41. relax
42. go to a michael mcdonald concert
43. try as hard as i can to let people know i love them
44. read through the Bible completely
45. start something new and stick with it
46. be on tv for something
47. visit washington dc
48. get married. not just married but be crazy in love and be married knowing that that person is EXACTLY who God made for me. 
49. win something really cool
50. learn to dance well (take lessons)

51. fill my home with so much love and laughter that it's contagious

52. help someone see Christ's love in their life for the first time

53. visit Greece

54. buy a large home with double front doors that have screen doors on them that slam shut and a wrap around porch

55. own a pair of christian louboutin heels

56. keep climbing the corporate ladder. support my family if necessary.

57. have children and raise them as well as my parents raised me

58. find true love personified

59. show someone how good i am at loving and taking care of them

60. try to aim for perfection in my walk with the Lord. even though i know i can't be perfect i can at least try

61. move to a larger city for a little while and live in a flat with brick walls. 

so many fun things to try to accomplish!!! so much to aim for! this is so exciting! 

what are your dreams? you are never too old or young to have a list of things you want to do! write them down ... take them to heart ... give them to the Lord and watch what He will do with them!

you and i are just ordinary but we can keep dreaming and one day we will look up and find our dreams have come true!