Dream the Possible by Dream…By Graham Cooke
The world loves to apply limits to anything and everything it can. We’re conditioned to tell ourselves that our dreams won’t come true. It’s a default setting. We’re told from a very young age that some things won’t work, some things can’t happen. Some things just aren’t possible. We’re forced to accept limitations imposed by others, because others imposed limitations upon them, and then we’re trained to accept those limitations as though they were our own idea.
There’s no speed limit that works quite as well as one that you choose yourself, after all. And because negativity is contagious, we’ll find ourselves reinforcing the same negativity in the lives of others, just as was done to us. The fact is that we come from a world where to be “realistic” simply means setting conditions and roadblocks on what is possible. Reaching for a dream job or a longed-for lifestyle is seen as hopeless behavior that needs correcting if that person is to have a happier life. But when we say “happier” what we really mean is leveled out, content to follow the same road as people have before us. That’s how roads are made, after all. Enough people follow the same path that it becomes a track, then a road, and then a freeway. Six lanes of traffic crawling in one direction. That’s the world’s idea of how we should all be living our lives.
Mark 9:23…But Jesus said, “ALL things are possible to him who believes”
Luke 1:37…For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power {or} impossible of fulfillment..
My trust in God flows out of the experience of his loving me, day in and day out, whether the day is stormy or fair, whether I’m sick or in good health, whether I’m in a state of grace or disgrace. He comes to me where I live and loves me as I am.