I’ve already blogged about my thoughts over some of my favorite anxiety quotes. I have folders with some of my favorite quotes that I love reading that help me come up with writing themes or just are good reminders of life lessons I agree with. So today, I thought I’d go over my thoughts on some of my favorite quotes over your passions and fulfilling your dreams. I’ve already blogged extensively about my tips for helping you fulfill your dreams, and these quotes are the encouragement I need to go after mine. I don’t have nearly as many of these as I did with anxiety, but they’re short and sweet and make their point nonetheless.
My blog posts over fulfilling your dreams:
What Are You Passionate About?
The Dream List: A Guide to Help You Fulfill Your Dreams
Jeremiah 29:11—never underestimate the power of this verse
My first quote talks about the importance of believing in your dreams because they have a purpose. I’ve wrote about that before in this post, where I talk about how your passions aren’t random; you’re supposed to do something with them. I get really antsy because I have a lot of passions and don’t feel like I get to do much of anything with them right now. (Then again, we all know patience has never been my strong point.;) Mainly I have the passion to make a difference through writing, but it’s hard to do that when you don’t have a finished novel, and the one you did finish needs to be rewrote. But anyway, oftentimes that leaves me feeling really discouraged, and then I begin to wonder if those dreams and passions I have mean anything. But they do, just like yours do. So long as you’re using them to do good, for the glory of God.
The other quote that I love talks about when you can’t get something out of your head and it’s all you think about, it is something you should work for. I really started realizing this during seventh grade, playing basketball, how I thought basketball was what I wanted, but my mind kept drfiting during practices to my blog, and my books, and all of the things I wanted to do there. With anything I do, I always think of ways to tie it in with my writing. I can never get it out of my head. Also, psychology is beginning to be like that for me, too. I hardly know anything about psychology to be honest, in terms of the science of it. I mean, I know some psychological facts, and I have read various Christian posts that go into some psychological issues, but that’s probably about it. I’m taking an advanced psychology class next year though, and I can’t wait for it! But anyway, there’s just certain people, sometimes even people that I don’t know, that I just can’t get out of my head. And no, it’s not just the guys I crush on, but they’re there too. ;D That might sound weird, but just their stories stay with me, like I NEED to write about them and that there’s something to be learned through observing other people. So usually when I have situations or people that I can’t stop thinking about, I play around with different story and plot ideas and themes because maybe there’s an underlying message in there that needs to be shared.
Also, a lot of quotes talk about not letting age become a factor in your dreams, regardless of how young or old you are. The truth is, if you’re still alive, God has a purpose for you. In fact, I can remember back to when I was really getting into prison ministry and wondering about if even people like them had value (because society relentlessly says that they don’t), and so that’s actually how I learned that. There was a song I love called “Here for a Reason” by Ashes Remain, and I remember thinking how if that applies to us as Christians, that God has us here for a reason, that’s true for anyone. So don’t waste your life. Use your passions for His glory. No matter what you’ve done, or who you may be, God can still use you to do great things. That’s the major takeaway here. And those shouldn’t be underestimated. It’s a short, simple message, but it just may be one of the most urgent ones people need to hear, that their lives do indeed have purpose, and that shouldn’t be wasted on meaningless things.