Ann Voskamp has issued a dare…thrown down the gauntlet….marked a line in the sand….and I have agreed to meet the challenge, picked up the gauntlet, stepped across the line.
I’m not sure exactly how this dare will play itself out other than the fact that I have chosen Joy to be my word for the year 2012. So when I saw Ann’s post, I knew it was for me, this dare, this choice, this determination that no matter what circumstance may come this year….I choose joy.
Why the “dream” in the top photo? Sometime last year I asked Sally to design this for me and this is one of her drawings. I wanted my focus, “choose joy”, and I wanted the word “dream”.
You know it will relate back to my mom….all things do now.
Around this time one year ago my mom started speaking words that were hard to hear. Decisions that she had made, words of wisdom she wanted to make sure I “got”. We laughed and cried over those words. As the month progressed, she told me, right before my birthday, to “dream….don’t you be afraid to dream”, where her words. “Do something with those dreams.”
So this year….I’m going to give voice to my dreams. I’m going to choose joy.
Sometimes you don’t know you’re taking the first step through a door — until you’re already inside.
Ann Voskamp
