Dream Big

There were no cell phones. There was no TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook either. There was, however, a little tv show that aired on Sunday night only. It was The Wonderful World of Disney.  And, you didn’t want to miss it because there were no re-runs either.

What I loved the most about this show, was the beginning. The spectacular Disney castle would appear as Tinkerbell flew across the screen with her wand sprinkling pixie dust everywhere. All the while, the iconic Disney song, When You Wish Upon a Star, played in the background.  I was enthralled. I envisioned living in that castle and having Tink visit my window. I was just a kid so I believed that maybe if I had some of that magic pixie dust, my dreams would come true too.

I was thinking about the opening lyrics of that song yesterday.

“When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are

Anything your heart desires will come true

If your heart is in your dream no request is too extreme

When you wish upon a star as dreamers do”

When I got a little older, I stopped wishing on stars and believing in dreams coming true.  I started to believe, instead, that dreams were simply unattainable things. That they were lovely distractions to think about when our world had become too hard or too demanding.

But I don’t believe that anymore. No, I’m not saying that Tinkerbell is going to show up with her magic wand and grant me my wishes. But look at the third verse in this song.  “If your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme.” 

Hold up, Walt! That changes everything!

Maybe it’s not the pixie dust that makes a dream come true but a good old-fashioned sprinkling of hard work and determination. Maybe by putting our heart into our dream and working for it, we’ve got a shot at achieving it!

So, dream.  Dream big.  And I mean really big! Like the most extreme dream you can imagine and then put your heart and soul into it.  Work for it. It’s why you’re here.  It’s why God woke you up this morning. He sprinkles us with faith to do the extreme, the radical, the extraordinary, and the impossible.

So, dream big and then work even bigger!

And anything your heart desires will come true!

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