Your heart has been stirred. It’s an idea that is hard to shake, one ruminating through your mind filled with musings of “what if’s” and “could I really’s?” and it’s not just your idea. It’s the idea that God has placed within you, with purpose. It’s not your idea to sit on and stay comfortable with – it’s yours to share and to show up for. It’s not for you, it’s for others. 

The concept that a seed can grow into a majestic tree – or that something microscopic, when watered and feed, can become something monumentally big is mind boggling. Growing a seed takes love, consistency and fluid that will make the process smooth. Watering your dream is critical for it to grow. We water dreams by pouring clarity, perspective, powerful thinking and belief over our thoughts. The way we water our thoughts will hydrate the roots of our dream that is buried and deepening its roots within our hearts.

The dream on your heart cannot come to life unless it is showered in consistent sunlight. Sunlight gives way to growth, giving the plant the power to change. In the same way, the more you surround yourself with sunlight, the more you – as the epicenter host for your dream – will grow in a healthy, sustainable way. 

 Weeds – or distractions and doubt – are part of life. For a dream to blossom, we must consistently weed the soil in which the dream in planted. For humans, this is the soil of our thoughts. To successfully bring your dream to life, you must diligently weed your thoughts and train them with intention. There are mental weed-killers we can proactively sprinkle into our minds that will help keep the invasion of weeds at a minimum.

We are caretakers of the things God has breathed into our hearts. The life we have been given, and the ideas that we have during that time, are a gift. They’re a gift that we have been entrusted with – one of those gifts that when opened, and nurtured, benefits others. In that way, as we embrace the role of being a steward of our gifts, the facilitation of activating a dream becomes a natural byproduct. We show up for our dreams, not for ourselves, but because our deeper, more intrinsic motivation is to care for that with which we have been entrusted. The beauty of this is that is takes the pressure off your shoulders and the controls out of our hands – our job is to show up and be brave – the rest, the outcome of our efforts, we get to turnover to the Source that gave us the talents in the first place. 

A dream that is alive is not for you alone – it is meant to be shared. In the same way that a tree doesn’t provide shade for just one person, or a garden grows vegetables not only for one person to be nurtured, a dream is bigger than you. The fruit that your Dream & Do Project bears, however it may look, and whatever your project might be, ultimately, when shared, is an act of love.