Dreaming Big

Taken in Cape Town, South Africa

"Anything that was ultimately worthwhile initially scared me to death." -- Allister Ann

I've been thinking a lot about dreaming recently. This past Sunday at church a section of the sermon was about living the dream and believing in the here & now. That tension is incredibly difficult. The strange thing is that I think the hardest part for me is finding the dream. I know I have to have grace with myself and as I grow older my life will shift and I will dream different things. But for now I need to dream. I feel like that is something I've gotten away from. I want to think of places I want to go, things I want to do, and the person I want to become. I want that burning desire to do something, regardless of the risk and challenges. In high school I did some things that really scared me. They pushed me way out of my comfort zone, and looking back, those are some of the times where I feel like I grew the most. 

I just want to feel free to dream. To begin to see things on a big scale and where I could fit into them. That is why I really like that above quote. The things that are worthwhile are really hard. They push us and most of them scare us to death when we start to really think about them. I think another part to this is me finding someone to talk about this with. To dream out loud of. Someone who will push me to think way, way outside the box. 

What do you think? Do you dream and do things outside your comfort zone or are you like me, yearning to do something daring?