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October 14, 2004
Your Big Dream
I just finished The Dream Giver, the book I highly recommended the other day. It raises some really good questions. Am I living out my BIG DREAM? What IS my BIG DREAM? This has created quite a stir in my little brain. There is a part in the book where it questions if you are not living your Big Dream, you must fall into one of five categories... I can't remember all of them, but the one that immediately stuck out that I MUST fit into was that "I don't have a big dream." Not true, the book says. We are all born with a big dream inside of us. God gave it to us. Our Big Dream is given to us to fill a Big Need. So, this morning, I have been in a discussion to try to figure out just what IS my Big Dream.
What is my greatest passion? What would I be doing all the time if I could? These were the questions posed to me. The answer for me is simple, but the solution is not, and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, either. The answer is MUSIC. As long as I can remember, there has been music flowing through my veins. In the 3rd Grade, I started with the piano lessons. I had been banging on one prior to that, but I guess my parents figured it was time to get some structure in my life. I also took up the violin... that didn't last long. Suffice it to say there was an incident at a recital that involved a flying bow. No one was hurt, except perhaps my pride. The flute followed shortly thereafter. The violin abandonded quickly.
In the 6th Grade, I began voice lessons, after a choir director in 5th Grade was inspired by my "Annie-like" voice. I've even got the red hair, so I was into it. In the 8th Grade, I found a true love... the saxophone. I felt like I was meant to play. Now, I'm not going to disillusion anyone here and say that I totally rock at any of these instruments. I'm pretty good at all of them, but I'm not super-duper performance level at any of them. I was never that good at Improvising on the sax... a pretty important qualification. I was a much better classical player... not much call for that, you know. I went to college as a Music Education Major at Towson State University. I loved it. I was surrounded by tons of saxophone players, all who were better than me. I practiced probably 6 hours a day. It was hard, but I was really in heaven. Playing all the time. Music being my focus. It was really wonderful.
Well, everything happens for a reason, and I ended up tranferring to Lebanon Valley College after a semester. I switched to being a Music Major, and the only saxophone major at the school. Obviously, I wasn't as inspired here. I still practiced, but not as much. Soon, I was an English Major... how the HECK did THAT happen. It all went crazy from there. Here I am now, a concert promoter. After creating an individualized major, I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Music Management... I was determined to keep the music in there somewhere, you see. I've been here for 12 years. That is so strange to me. And only now I'm trying to figure out my Big Dream? Life never stops being interesting. I'm glad, though. 'Cause if it did, what would be the point, right?
Posted by karen at October 14, 2004 11:26 AM
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God never ceases to amaze. There's so much more to life than we ever could have imagined. Yikes, Staci Orrico is going through my head.
Posted by: stacey at October 14, 2004 12:18 PM
So did you figure out your Big Dream??
Posted by: Heidi at October 17, 2004 11:19 PM
I saw a thing at Robin's site the other day (I can't find it right this moment, it had been on the front page) but anyway, to sum up what it said was, that if we believe God has a purpose and plan for us, and we believe He gave us a part to play and a dream or passion as a way of finding that dream, then, pursuing our destiny is not selfish. It is our ultimate worship because we are seeking out and living out God's will in our life. That meant alot to me. Maybe you know what article I'm talking about. It was really inspiring.
Posted by: Phredd at October 18, 2004 10:28 AM
I saw that too. I think it was from one of his newsletters, maybe?
Posted by: Stacey at October 18, 2004 02:15 PM