Rescuing Dreams

I was sitting on the dock working on plans for the next few months, writing ideas on sticky notes when WHOOSH, my main note with some key dreams flew into the river‼️ It was quickly floating away. As I watched it drift along it looked a lot like how dreams can often feel: fleeting and out of reach. 

It seemed impossible for me to recover this little piece of paper from the water. Bummed, I thought of how often I’ve felt this similar feeling in my career as a songwriter. So much is out of our control. 

Then a fresh thought occurred to me, if I stayed where I was sitting there was definitely NO HOPE of getting that paper back, getting those dreams back. Giving up was an option. But I had other options - they required moving and changing my perspective. I could run down the river after the paper and go get it! Sure, I’d probably get wet. Sure, I might not be quick enough to catch up with the current. Sure, I might fail. But I was at least going to TRY. I was going to go after it and do my best! 

Much to my surprise it really wasn’t as impossible as I’d thought. I ran down the river, laid on my belly, reaching my arm out as far as I could stretch, I clinched that little paper as it slid right into my fingers.

Friends, keep going after your dreams. When they seem to get swept away, don’t give up. Don’t be afraid to get messy. Don’t get paralyzed by the impossibilities and the ‘what ifs’. Just go after them. You might be surprised by how easy it actually is. Sometimes a little change in perspective is all you need to get moving. 

I’m cheering you on with all that I am!!! I want to see you succeed in all that you are made to be!!! I feel a little silly sharing this note with you - because after all it contains some of MY raw unfiltered dreams and big plans that I know might fail. But here it is dripping wet, recovered from the river with the hope that something good might just come from these little plans.