I find so many things in life can distract me from what I ultimately desire to achieve or do each day and before I know it much time has been wasted and is unrecoverable. In my younger years I was so good about setting goals and taking the needed steps to achieve them. Somewhere along the way life happened and the importance of dreaming and setting goals fell by the wayside. Or did they? Maybe in seasons of life certain things are more important and require a shift of focus during such season. In my earlier years I only had me to account for….in a sense. When I had kids, which is truly a blessing from God, my emphasis was on being the best mom I could for them. I wanted to teach them the importance of kindness and compassion, hard work and wanted to provide them with opportunities to experience many facets of life. I wanted to encourage them to follow their dreams and build a life that they would love. So I guess there were goals there too?!

As the years passed and they have since grown to young adults of their own, I have been reflecting more on what is the life I want to build for this next season of life. I realized for the last several years I have let “fear” keep me from the life God has for me. Fear of not being enough, fear of failure, and fear of offending others to the point that I felt lost and empty- not knowing who I was, what I enjoyed, or what I wanted to do in life. I had forgotten how to dream and even at times felt like I didn’t deserve to dream. Thankfully the good Lord has done a work on my heart over the past couple of years and I am dreaming and figuring out what passions He has put in my heart. I still don’t know what all it means or how it is to be used to help others, but I have to believe He will reveal it in due time. 

Time, along with good and bad decisions made along my journey thus far, have taught me that each decision has not only an immediate affect on my life and potentially also the lives of those in my circle of influence. Also, the effects of decisions can have prolonged and ripple effects on myself and others, that I did not foresee for days, months or years later. Being intentional-doing something by choice not by happenstance- and being purposeful-full of meaning or significance in making a choice, is helping me to stay focused on the things that will help me build the life I love. A life I believe God wants us all to live. How about you? Are you already building a life you love through intentionality and purpose or is today the day you’ll start? Lets take this journey together!!