Focusing on Hope and Dreams

Today, I woke up to a beautiful morning. The sun was shining, the air was cool, and my surroundings... beautiful. It seemed the perfect time to take a walk and talk to God.

I've been feeling the need to escape my own circumstances and spend some time in heaven, viewing things from God's point of view. As my conversation with Daddy began, I was considering everything that was going on in my life. It quickly dawned on me to ask Him what He'd like to talk to me about this morning. It shouldn't have surprised me that it wasn't my issues He wanted to discuss. Of course not. Since He doesn't have problems, and He promised to be my provider, I must not have any problems either. Instead, He wanted to point out my opportunities.

At this moment, I live at one end of World Drive, in Orlando, and The Magic Kingdom is at the other. We are 10 miles apart. Every other piece of Disney World is between us. Everything around me is filled with innovation and imagination. Even the architecture in the apartment complex we are in is designed by the team that keeps dreams alive. As my son-in-love often quotes, "It smells of pixie stix and hope in here." What's not to love?

It's so much fun when God changes my perspective by reminding me of all that He sees. I know I can attract what I focus on, so my focus needs to change. If I focus on all my problems and short-comings, I will live a life of dread. If I focus on hope and dreams, I will be able to move into places where I can make a difference and enjoy each and every day that I am experiencing. My history has helped to mold me, but it doesn't define me. My present is but a moment and will be over the minute I look at it. My future is where I can draw strength. It's where my hopes and dreams live. All the possibilities of tomorrow become my creative inspirations for today. Wow, that sounds like something straight out of Disney.

It strikes me as funny how much God sounds like Walt Disney today. Sometimes, He sounds like my Dad. Other times, He sounds like my mentors, or even myself. I guess that shouldn't surprise me either since He created us all.