Never too late to Fly

(original publication: June 27, 2022)

I have dreams, needs, goals, longings. Who am I to keep holding on to hopes and dreams at my age? I could just settle into the struggle. Become a statistic. Become invisible.

Yet, as I have said many times,

"Nobody should die with a song still inside.”

I have been called crazy more times than I can count and have a wilder imagination than Anne Shirley Cuthbert herself. But to quote the Mother Teresa movie, "There must be a way, for it is not I who wants it." I could add, it is not only I who wants it.

God is the original dreamer and delights in fulfilling his own dreams through his own people. And their needs? Met with a mere word or even breath! Seek Him first, dream kingdom dreams with him and the earthly things will come alongside. (Only what can fit on the narrow road, to be sure.)

I must decide to trust the path less traveled; perhaps a path never before traveled! To walk it even when I see no one else. He partners with my faith and courage. Chasing God and chasing my dreams go hand in hand because He is the one who thought them up in the first place. It’s ok, in fact, holy, to pursue your unique goals and giftings. This is not just creativity, but destiny at stake!

I feel like a half-written song, like so many songs I have started but never finished. Or one of those bright ideas that never left the ground. Life can be cruel.

A beautiful bird taking off, only to get knocked down by a heavy stone at first flight. Ever to feel behind herself on the journey she keeps trying to make no matter how bruised. The wind blows against her, the storms keep raging.

Nevertheless...

To ignore what I was made for would be to live hungry, pretending I don’t feel the pangs. I have never been “normal” the way most would define it and I never want to be! I would rather live in freedom than try to blend in. So, I will keep trying. I will keep flying.

What are your dreams? Who are you when no one is pressuring you? If fear or finances weren’t an issue, what would you do differently?

See Isaiah 40:31