An Ear to Hold My Words
So listen…. the other day I decided to take a general consensus within my community for this one question. Do you tell others about your dreams and goals?
If reading that question made your tear duct swell or your gut sink, I strongly encourage you to sit in that feeling and keep reading.
Girl!
So, last week I found myself experiencing good news after good news. A new client reached out for a custom design. (I’m also a fashion designer by the way.) I was able to connect with other creatives. Some other prayers were answered that I won’t get into just yet.
As the good news began to reveal itself, I found myself longing to tell one specific person about some of the goals I had surrounding the good news. That person happened to be my maternal grandmother. Unfortunately, she is no longer here with me.
Which led me to scrolling through my rolodex.
Now, I’ll be the first to admit that my contact list is slim. This isn’t due to being introverted or anti-social. I have problems with saving numbers. Don’t judge me!
As I’m scrolling, I came across the perfect person to reach out to. This person has been a friend of mine for ten years. Yet, something came over me. Although I feel very safe expressing my dreams to this friend, I felt an urge to ask a more specific question.
So, I created a new message and began my text. “Evelyn! Do you have someone you just talk about your dreams with? Or do you only write and hold them close?”
She gave me her answer. I then reached out to a few other friends and asked the same question. I wasn’t shocked by their answers as they all responded the same. I was more so shocked with my perspective.
Follow me.
Most of my contacts responded with only talking to one or two people or not telling anyone at all. For me, I am usually one who is very open about my goals and dreams. Why? I’m a strong believer that what is for me is for me.
As a believer in Christ, I believe that no man has the power to stop what is for me, but discernment is also necessary.
The more I sat on this topic and all of our responses, I gained a little more clarity as to why it may be hard for others to share their dreams and why some choose not to.
When you choose to share your dreams, you’re opening yourself up to the possibility of someone else’s fear being projected unto you. I totally get, and I’ve had my own personal experience with it. Yet, I allowed myself to remain open.
Maybe it was my naivety of what the world was really like that saved me.
Or maybe it was the gift of faith that had been given to me; I just wasn’t aware of it until this moment.
I remembered asking my mom this same question. During our conversation, I was reminded of her favorite scripture:
Habakkuk 2:2, “Then the Lord answered me and said:
“Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.”
The Holy Spirit revealed to me the practicality of this scripture. If I am to receive a dream, write it down but never reveal it, how can it be fulfilled?
Hol’ up swole up!
I completely understand that everything is not meant to be expressed to everyone. However, I am a firm believer that we are not created to do this life alone.
Don’t argue with me on this!
Some dreams need to be conveyed to your community. Not for validation purposes, but for vision expansion. Sometimes the missing piece to the fulfillment of a thing is right under our noses.
And if we continue to allow the fear of opening up to others be our navigator, we will find ourselves toiling for things that were never meant to be difficult to accomplish.
So, yes be wise with who you share your dreams with but SHARE YOUR DREAMS!
Whether you want to believe it or not, all of our gifts are interconnected. And there are ears who can be trusted with your words.
Love this message! Sharing my dreams with the RIGHT people! Opened more doors for me than keeping it to myself. DO WRITE IT DOWN! My tablets are full of possible steps & outcomes, it creates clarity for the vision. Learning who is right or wrong to share your dreams with takes the courage to do it first and the wisdom to learn from and bounce back from the naysayers. Then the discernment to know who are the trusted ears. Sometimes it may not be people you have even known long. Many people were someone I met in passing, who had already made it to the stage I wanted to get to. Then there were just the people who encouraged me on their own without knowing my dreams but they saw more for me through their own eyes! Those are the people I’ve found to have the right ears and often the keys to my next level!