TAKING THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS YOUR GOALS

Friend,

We have been dreaming for long enough. We have plotted in our heads for years, what our lives could be like if we could just do what we’ve been “dreaming” of. I need you to say this out loud with me, “THAT STOPS NOW!!!” Sometimes, we have to declare things over our lives and then repeat it until things begin to change. Matthew 17:20 says,

“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”

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We must declare and believe through faith that these things will be so. We cannot continue to just have faith and not work towards what we believe in.‭‭ James‬ ‭2‬:‭26‬ says,

“Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works.”

The issue with just being a dreamer, is that we aren’t moving forward if we’re just dreaming. We tend to stay in the same spot for so long that we become frozen. We let excuse after excuse dictate why we can’t move on with our dreams. All you need to do is give your “yes”, then act. You most likely won’t meet your goals if you never cross the start line. It’s just one foot in front of the other. I may have dreamed about something so much that you contemplated the steps to get there. But in reality, we battle steps with excuses. Am I right? What are the lies you have been feeding into that keeps you from doing what you’ve always dreamed of? Some of us feel like it would be impossible to carry out our dreams because we have kids. Others argue that they don’t have the money to start, or they won’t have time with their current job, and the list goes on. I have also been that person…. Better yet, I AM STILL that person sometimes!!!! But, we must choose to take baby steps in order to change that.

I crucified the dreamer in me about 2 weeks ago. This blog is a small piece of the dream that I’ve had. My dream has mainly been to be an entrepreneur and use some of my passions and creativity to be self-sufficient. Yes, I may fall flat on my face…. But at least I wouldn’t be living in regret of what would’ve, should’ve, or could’ve. Regret is a terrible thing that we should not make a practice of. You owe yourself knowing that if you don’t succeed, at least you gave it all you had. The truth is: we DON’T live in a perfect world, and your dreams WILL die with your excuses if you LET them. Think about it. If everyone in this world fed into the excuses that could hold them back, we wouldn’t have many businesses, and we would be in bad shape! We would be in a pretty bland world.

Shot taken in downtown Atlanta for my clothing brand Lillie Street

Friend, I encourage you to use your unique dreams as an advantage. Practice what you preach. Imagine telling your friends or kids that they should follow their dreams, and you don’t do it yourself. Here’s the thing…. I’m not asking you to stop your whole life to follow your dreams, I’m asking you to take one baby step at a time and cross that start line. You already have your goal in mind, now it’s time for ACTION.

In the scripture we visited earlier, God said if you just had faith even as small as a mustard seed, nothing would be impossible!!!! (Matthew 17:20)

Friend, I started an automated savings on an investing app called Acorns that allows you to round your change up to $1 on your daily purchases. The change from your purchases allows you to passively save a pretty good chunk of change for things in life that you may be planning for, without having to think about it too hard. Anyways, It has this little motto that says, “all oaks begin as tiny acorns.” Isn’t it something how something so small can grow into something so massive? Friend, that could be your dream!!!! (Not to say your dream is small! 😅) I say that to say, your baby step now can be your big victory later. Take one baby step at a time and soon you will be achieving your dreams. Just start somewhere.

Friend, I’m giving you some homework. Ponder the answer to these two questions, and then by the end of the week take at least one baby step into putting them into action.

Question 1: What are the lies that I’ve entertained that is keeping me from following my dreams?

Question 2: What is one thing that I can do to get myself across the start line?

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”