“If only I could...” So often we sigh over our dreams and then thrust them away because we think it’s a
waste of time to hope for something that can’t happen. Although the obstacles
may be legitimate–finances, health, family–we shut down our desires before we
even give them air to breathe.
There’s a lovely old
movie, Enchanted April, where on a soggy, miserable afternoon two women happen
upon the same newspaper ad: ‘To those
who appreciate wisteria and sunshine. Small medieval Italian castle on the
shores of the Mediterranean to be let furnished for the month of
April…’
You feel their longing,
even as they push the ad aside. It’s impossible. Too many hurtles. No finances.
And what will their husbands say. Yet they yearn. Dream. Ponder. When they
bravely step over their inhibitions, that dream becomes reality and changes their
lives forever.
Things won't change for
the better…until we allow ourselves freedom to dream. If you’ve been closing the door on something,
I invite you to open the door and give it room to breathe again.
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