How to Turn Big Dreams into Reality?
by Paul Prins at 12:12 pmDreams into Reality
Sometime over the next couple days we will no doubt hear about this man, Yves Rossi, in an aside to the news as he flies across the English Channel with a jet-pack. It will be a first and the Swiss born former fighter pilot is ready to give it a try.
Personally there are tinges of jealously and excitement as I hear about him setting out to do this. I don’t remember the number of tee-ball games I spent daydreaming in the outfield of doing amazing things like this. But what has come of nearly all of those childhood dreams? almost nothing.
While it is unlikely that anyone you or I know could pull off what Yves Rossi likely will, there are many things that those close to us, and those in our churches have dreamed of doing. Of the people in the pews next to us and those we meet up with for lunches and coffees there are two different types.
Two Types of People
First there are the go getters who will start something new at the drop of a pin. We tend to call these people entrepreneurs if they tend to be successful more then not. When they tend to fail more then succeed we call them something like overly ambitious (or other more flowery terms). To get these people going you just have to let them know its OK to give it a try. Many times by simply making a blanket statement encouraging people to try something new will be enough to light their fire.
Secondly there are those who have similar dreams and passions but hesitate to put those dreams into action. Its important to realize that those who fall into this group (the vast majority of the population) aren’t any less skillful or successful then others when it comes to accomplishing/reaching dreams. They do, for many different reasons, need encouragement and a friendly push to get started.
Many times I have worked with people who just needed a sounding board to talk through problems with and as time went on they realized that they really did get it. Their confidence grew, and their dream became more and more of a reality.
Lastly it’s important to realize that dreams don’t all have to be big and grandiose (like our rocket man above). Many people would love to just be welcomed into helping fix things, or to improve the way something functions.
We in the church need all kinds of people, otherwise God would have made us all the same. My question for you is;
