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Dreams

What are your dreams?

What a fantastic question.

When was the last time you thought about your dreams? I have been thinking about this a lot lately. There have been times in my life when I've set goals for myself and taken the time to write those goals down, but not lately. I thought it was time to reevaluate.

I have to admit, I'm always sheepish about putting things like this down on paper. What if I don't reach the goal? What if I aspire to do something and I don't? I put a lot of pressure on myself in this way. In deciding to do this, I had more nagging fears ... what if my dreams aren't lofty enough, what if they're dumb, what if someone else tells me they're dumb? I had to come to realize that these fears were holding me back. How can my dreams be stupid? How can they be too simple? If they're something I want to do, then they're important to me. What is the harm in writing them down? If I don't take the time to realize my own dreams, then I am certainly not going to have a plan in making those dreams come true.

At first I questioned what my dreams really are these days. I feel like I'm living out my dreams every day. I have a wonderful husband, a great family, and I live in a city I've always dreamed about. But given a few thought starters, the ideas started to flow. There are a ton of things I've dreamed about, lots of things I've been storing in the back of my mind, I just hadn't articulated them or written them down.

The thought starters I used were:
Physical (examples: look and feel healthy, run a mini marathon)
Material (examples: buy a professional camera, own a vintage convertible)
Intellectual (examples: learn French, read more)
Spiritual (examples: find a church I love, take a mission trip outside the US)
Emotional (examples: create traditions, complete some unfinished artwork)
Psychological (examples: be present at all times, overcome my fears)
Professional (examples: own a business, become a full-time artist)
Creative (examples: own my own studio, take a photography class)
Adventure (examples: take a walkabout in Australia, go on an African safari)
Character (examples: be a better listener, be supportive and encouraging of others)

I wanted to share these thoughts with you that you may be energized by your own dreams. It is invigorating to get to know your dreams and create a plan to achieve them!

Dream on.

Autumn Interiors

A little fall inspiration.

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow -
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt -
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

- Unknown -

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Happy Friday

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Take another picture with your click, click, click, click camera. I've decided I need a better camera. Perhaps a better camera and a camera class. I love taking pictures especially when we travel...its one of my MOST favorite things.

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Plus this song from Bishop Allen is a super chipper song for today!
Have a great day!