{"id":61,"date":"2012-05-05T16:17:51","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T16:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onfire\/?p=61"},"modified":"2012-05-05T18:22:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T18:22:28","slug":"the-word-that-kills-your-dream-the-one-that-lets-it-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onfire\/2012\/05\/05\/the-word-that-kills-your-dream-the-one-that-lets-it-loose\/","title":{"rendered":"The word that ‘kills’ your dream & the one that lets it loose"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a word that\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

– keeps you down,<\/p>\n

– deepens your fears,<\/p>\n

– squelches your dreams and<\/p>\n

– hands you off to addictions and distractions\u2014television, video games, shopping, wine, porn\u2014ensuring you waste your life.<\/p>\n

The word is this:<\/p>\n

H O W<\/p>\n

As in:<\/p>\n

Do that? I don\u2019t see how.<\/em><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t see how<\/em> to get out of this rut.<\/p>\n

Be free\u2014creative\u2014caring about others? How<\/em>? I\u2019ve got too many bills to pay.<\/p>\n

A dream that big is just a fantasy. It would take lots of people and many more dollars to implement. How<\/em> would I come up with that?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just a high school drop out with a messed up family. How<\/em> can I do anything to help someone else?<\/p>\n

I have an idea, a cause I\u2019d like to take up, but I don\u2019t know what to do\u2026don\u2019t know how<\/em>.<\/p>\n

On and on. Soon\u2014or at least by middle age\u2014we forget how to dream.<\/p>\n

We stop caring. How<\/em> has defeated us\u2026made fossils out of our heart, faith and imagination.<\/p>\n

How<\/em> kills. Don\u2019t ask how<\/em><\/strong>\u2026ask<\/strong><\/p>\n

W H A T<\/strong>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>What<\/em><\/strong> dream can I seize with God\u2019s help?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then ask God to show you the first small step.<\/p>\n

Take it!<\/p>\n

\u00a0– – – – –<\/strong><\/p>\n

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