How many of you remember being that little girl or boy and dreaming of what you would do one day when you grew up? I can recall one of the first things I'd tell my mom that I was going to do was grow up to be her maid and never leave her. lol!! My parents love to remind me of that to this day. Sorry mom, as much as I love and adore you, being your maid is NOT what I dream of doing anymore! lol! Another dream I had was to get married, which that happened when I was 3 years old and I married the next door neighbor boy, Tommy Butts. He gave me 9 spider rings and 1 rock ring. I ran home ecstatic to tell my mom the news that I was married...within seconds she replied, "Well, Tracee, now that you are married, there are responsibilities that come with it, so you see that load of laundry on the table? I need you to fold it and then we will need to start working on dinner." My first thoughts were, "Cool, I can do that!" That thought lasted about 2 minutes! After I attempted to fold a few towels, I ran back into the living room and told my mom that I no longer wanted to be married, ran back to Tommy's house, gave him back his 9 spider rings but kept the rock ring cuz I really liked it....lol...and returned to my single life of a 3 year old!! Riding my tricycle was a lot more fun than folding laundry and making dinner!
Where does this all lead? One of the many things that I have learned in living out your dreams and making them happen is, it will require a lot of discipline and constant believing. A few of the things that I didn't want to quite take on at the age of 3. Dreams are an amazing thing to carry in your heart because they keep your life in constant pursuit of moving forward and don't let you settle for anything less. When you mix it with discipline, that's what makes it happen. HARD WORK will be required for anything DYNAMIC you ever want to accomplish in this life. The key is to never be AFRAID of that hard work to make it happen.
In the next few blogs I'm going to share some of my personal stories...but in the meantime,what are you waiting for? Start living out your dreams today.....taking it one day at a time and before you know it - you'll be living right smack in the middle of it!
Always Believing,
Tracee Lee
"I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength!!" Phil. 4:13