9. Believe in the Dream God Put on Your Heart
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What did you want to do when you grew up? You probably wanted to do something noble. You didn’t understand there were limits in the world—yours or anyone else’s. As Marie Forleo says, “Everything is Figureoutable,” and as a kid, you already knew this. You didn’t know you had to figure anything out, only that if you wanted it, it was possible.
The Bible tells us that faith is being sure of what we hope for, even when we can’t see it. (Hebrews 11:1)
Like a child, we can throw off limits and look for the possibilities instead. What if the dream God put in our heart is real, and we did something about it?
10. Find Happiness in Little Things
Charles R. Swindoll says that the difference between good and great is the attention to detail. Kids appreciate the slightest detail. Their face lights up in excitement over the little things. For my siblings and me, it was filling Maxell House coffee cans with baby toads. We meandered through the fields, loading our cans, and looked to see who had gathered the most toads.
And then there was mud. We couldn’t wait to get our hands into the muck. We wiggled our toes in it. And we lingered while the sweltering sun baked our gooey pies. But somewhere we quit trusting in mud pies and sought for happiness in material things. (Luke 12:15)
Even though we knew early on, that wasn’t where to find it.
Children measure their happiness in experiences, not material things. Watch how children jump from one object to another, reveling in the simple joys in life. They find wonder in making funny faces, blowing bubbles, dipping their toes in a lake, or chasing a puppy. Kids enjoy remembering what they did, not what they had. As we grow older, we remember moments for things.
Kids teach us we make life too complicated. Could we keep it simple?
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