When Afraid to Follow Your Dreams

I truly believe that if we trust Him, Heavenly Father will allow each of our days to unfold in miraculous wonder. Opportunities will fall into place, challenges will come to show us where we can grow into more peace, and tender mercies will find us at precisely the right moment.

But it really does take faith.

The other day I opened up Facebook and right at the top was a post from a dear friend from another state. She had shared this quote:

It came to me on a day when I needed courage to move forward with my dreams–dreams of homemaking, dreams of writing, and dreams of turning my home into a beautiful haven of peace. So I wrote it down on a sticky note and placed it on my desk where I would see it every day.

Since then, I have researched this quote and found that it’s is actually a summary of a passage that Thoreau wrote in Walden:

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. . . . In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.”

And after reading this, I loved it even more.

As we advance in the direction of our dreams, whether large or small, we are showing our Heavenly Father that we are willing to take action to fulfill our dreams in the best way we know how. And as we pray for His help, He will create a path in front of us and remove the obstacles that appear. He will clear the way.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seekethfindeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

~Matthew 7:7-11

So believe Him. Believe He is good, because He is. And because He loves you. He cares about your dreams and righteous desires. And He will help you achieve them.

Finally, one last word of confidence as you take your first uncertain step towards achieving your dreams:

“Be not moved. You have a great destiny before you. This is your moment! I truly believe that one virtuous young woman, led by the Spirit, can change the world!” ~Elaine S. Dalton

And you will.