Sometimes I feel there’s a gap between the life I dream about and the life I currently accept. Yet I continue to live within the same life configuration believing that my hopes alone will someday induce change. And then an AHA MOMENT and I realize that life is currently configured to give me the results that I am getting. If I want different results, I need to create a different configuration. I have to remind myself that I control my happiness and my gypsy being is itching for a new journey, a new adventure.
A big part of what feeds my itch are the evenings (when the girls are both asleep) my husband (Jason) and I cozy up on the couch and engage in conversations that carry us off into the life we dream of. We envision opening the back door and walking into a yard filled with our very own luscious organic gardens and chickens running from the girls laying eggs everywhere. We pretend we smell the scent of squashed grapes fresh off the vine ready for us to foment into wine and then laugh at how one to many sips of our home made vino would put us both to sleep. We consider the purchase of that RV we keep talking about, and how we would take to the highway in search of treasures via tag sales and flea markets. We ponder the possibility of moving to Portugal living in a villa with acres of land. Ah the power of words and our conversations. I am so grateful that Jason nourishes my spirit of adventure and possibility. Speaking these dreams out loud helps bring us one step closer to making them reality.
I've decided (starting a different configuration here) to create a vision board that will display our dreams in writing along with pictures and gadgets that inspire our dreams. The goal is to read our dreams every day so that we will take some kind of action into making them reality. We just can't let them remain dreams. So here's to a nice long holiday weekend allowing more time for discussing dreams with your loved ones. What are some of your dreams?
*Photo Credit to D. Sharon Pruitt
