it had been a winter of deadening seriousness when all the illusions and bright dreams of my early twenties had withered and died. I did not yet have the interior resources to dream new dreams I was far too busy mourning the death of the old ones and wondering how I was to survive without them. I was sure I could replace them somehow but was not sure I could restore their brassy luster or dazzling impress .

Trying to remember dreams is like trying to catch fog in a fishing net. The best time of day to catch something is night.

One of the gifts we receive from Jesus is an entirely new foundation upon which to build our lives. Once you receive Him He becomes your new foundation and every day you walk with Him you build on it.

Never leave your life plan to be determined by people who are not going where you are going. For the sake of your dreams and also for the sake of the people God created to benefit from your God-give talents stay away from toxic people. Mount the shoulder giants and see farther ahead

Ill spread my wings and Ill learn how to flyIll do what it takes til I touch the skyAnd Ill make a wish take a chance make a changeAnd breakawayOut of the darkness and into the sunBut I wont forget all the ones that I loveIll take a risk take a chance make a changeAnd breakaway

A leader without a clear vision and plans only abuses his power because visions dreams and plans are the fulcrum along which the loads of success will spine by your own efforts. And where power is abused there is manipulation instead of inspiration.

We are more than the person who wakes each day. We are the dreams of the previous night and the nightmares of the week before.

My dreams tend to be either so obscure as to seem random or so obviously connected to my subconscious that its embarrassing- as if even my hidden depths lack depth.

What a gift it was to me in my young adult years to have the opportunity to meet with my pastor Alex Aronis an hour a week over ten weeks to introduce me to the approach to prayer found in the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola. I think back with deep gratitude that this was a pastor with a vision to teach parishioners how to pray and he was prepared to teach them one on one one by one. He was never so busy or preoccupied with church management that he did not have time for this very basic dimension of pastoral ministry. Yes it takes time but it may be one of the most powerful gifts we can give another teaching them how to pray.

Real kings and queens are people whose heads are crowned with dreams as they sit on the throne of passion. They rule with visions in the regalia of inspirations