We will never know where our destiny should lie if we do not remember our life as a child. A life as a child filled with dreams.  JpJ

I have a 4 year old who tells me every chance that she gets that she wants to be a lot of things in life. She wants to be a chef, an emergency doctor, a dentist, dancer, choreographer, singer, fashion designer, a doll maker and the list goes on and on. Of course we know she cannot be all of that but I did not “cramp her style” . I simply told her that yes, she can be anything that she wants to be. I allowed her to dream and I encouraged her dreaming.

How many of us experienced our parents allowing us to dream freely, and who gave us the necessary encouragement when we did? Or were we like some unfortunate kids that I know very well not allowed to dream. Kids whose career choices were predestined for them because they needed to do what made sense and what society dictated as making sense. They had to do what would bring money to the table and take care of their needs. How limiting is that? A parent that prevents a child from dreaming immediately kills the joy and creativity in that child; that child is not given an opportunity of realizing their goals and dreams because joy and creativity does not put money in their pockets. How far from the truth can that be?

Killing dreams prevent our higher calling in life. Killing dreams prevent the creativity that we need to become the people we are destined to be. I would like to suggest, just as I do with my children, and that is, to never entertain the blame game in any event. Know this right now, when we blame others for our situations what it does is to distract us and does not allow us to deal with the issues at hand. Instead we play the blame game which frankly we play by ourselves. Playing a blame game affects no one but us, it keeps us stuck in negative thinking. We play the game and hide from the real issues, not willing to acknowledge the fact that we possess the power to get over the impact that others had in our lives when we were younger or even now. So the moment we come to terms with what we will call a parent’s inadequacy, society’s inadequacy or our inadequacy, we have to affirm that we will get over it. We have to immediately forgive and intentionally forget, paving the way to becoming better in the present, thereby allowing us to answer our call to a higher service and for this call to become real in our lives.

Coming soon – © Called to a Higher Service – Answering God’s ultimate call on our Lives  –  Jacqueline Johnson.