Have you ever
had a dream too overwhelming to share?
Lately, I’ve found myself surrounded by enormous dreams. I’ve learned these dreams will never become
reality if they are not shared with others who burn with the same passion.
I now see
how my passion and great love for humanity has put me in the community
development path. I have the privilege
of playing a vital role in glorious dreams I didn’t even know I had, yet bringing
them to life has absolutely always been my passion.
As a college
student, I had no idea what community development was nor, that it involved
neighborhood, philanthropy, business and government. I just knew I carried a heavy burden for
people lacking opportunity to make their own dreams come true. I thought I could change things by going into
government and when I spoke of it, my political science professor and father
discouraged it (another story, another blog).
Nevertheless, I continued my pursuit through housing, gaining experience
and meeting people along the way, all with the goal of blessing those in crime
ridden neighborhoods.
Passion is
like a seed that with bold action grows into a big dream. As you work towards serving with passion, and
out of love, you will grow and walk onto the right path. I have become so involved in satiating my
passion that I didn’t realize the dream which was planted and has been growing. The growing
pains were worth it; my drive to help others in their most vulnerable time has led
me to the RIGHT PATH.
I’d
summarize my formula for traveling the right path & finding yourself in no
small dream is having:
1.
the right motives
& sharing it with
2.
the right people of
influence at
3.
the right place/environment
at
4.
the right time.
We then
arrive at this sublime nexus where passion & sweet labor are on the right path,
the dream is not so overwhelming. Selfless
passion is covered by favor, which brings forth faith, which fuels our fight!
Dreams are
not so scary when they grow out of the everyday things that we are passionate
about. They develop as we grow in our
skills and talents through our service.
If we travel on the right path, we’ll know when the dream is mature and
we’ll be ready to take it on.
Choose to make no small dream: Ask yourself what you're passionate about and if that passion is leading you onto the right path.
