Learning To Dream Again

I’ve recently started a vision board course, and I’ll be honest—it feels both exciting and confronting. For a long time, I’ve been living in what I now recognize as a victim mindset. Not because life hasn’t had real disappointments (it has), but because somewhere along the way, I stopped believing it was safe—or wise—to dream.

There’s a saying that goes:
“There are three kinds of people in the world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened.”

For too long, I’ve felt like I’ve been drifting into that last category—not because I lacked effort, but because repeated disappointment slowly eroded my confidence.

I’ve started many things.
I started writing a book.
I started an ice cream shop (which failed).
I started other small business ventures which also all flopped—admittedly while holding down a full-time secretarial job.

Each time something didn’t work out, it left a quiet mark on my heart. Not loud or dramatic—just a small whisper that said, “You’re not very good at this.” Over time, those whispers accumulated, and without realizing it, I stopped dreaming altogether. It felt safer not to hope than to hope and be disappointed again.

Not Stopping Short Like Terah

This year, I’ve made a quiet but firm decision: I am not going to be like Terah.

In Genesis, Terah—Abraham’s father—set out from Ur with the intention of going to Canaan, the land of promise. He started the journey. He headed in the right direction. But Scripture tells us that he stopped in Haran, settled there, and never reached the destination he set out for (Genesis 11:31).

Terah almost made it.

That story has been stirring something in me. How many times have I started toward something God placed in my heart—only to stop short because of fear, fatigue, or past disappointment?

This year, I don’t want to start again and stop halfway.
I want to finish.

Why the Vision Matters

That’s why this vision board course matters so much to me. It’s not about cutting pictures out of magazines or wishful thinking. It’s about intentionally placing the vision God has put in my heart in front of my eyes—every single day.

Scripture says:

“Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.”
(Habakkuk 2:2)

There is something powerful about seeing the vision. When life gets busy, when doubt creeps in, when old narratives try to reassert themselves—vision calls you back to truth. It reminds you where you’re going and why you started.

Moving Forward with Purpose

So this year, I am finishing the vision board course.
I am working again on the dream of finishing my book.
And I am stepping toward building a business that will also serve as a ministry—something that blesses others, not just sustains me.

I don’t have all the answers yet. I don’t know every step. But I do know this: God is not finished with me, and I am no longer content to live as someone who merely watches or wonders.

This is the year I choose to dream again, walk by faith, and keep going—past Haran, all the way to the promise.