{"id":564,"date":"2014-01-15T03:35:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T10:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/?p=564"},"modified":"2014-01-12T16:09:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-12T23:09:10","slug":"do-you-have-a-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theprinciplesofspiritualliving\/2014\/01\/do-you-have-a-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have a Dream?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I thought I\u2019d risk being one of many people writing this week about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Everyone pretty much knows the story of his life, his historical speech in Washington, D.C. and his tragic death. I don\u2019t want to focus on any of those events. I want to focus on what allowed him to succeed where others didn\u2019t seem to be able to do so.<\/p>\n<p>He had a dream \u2013 I know, you\u2019ve heard that and it\u2019s no surprise. We all have dreams, but Dr. King truly believed his dream would be reality. Unfortunately, our country has still failed to reach the lofty goals he set for us, but in many ways we are closer than ever before. For us to realize our dreams we must have the patience and the tenacity to hold on to that vision until it moves from the thought to the thing. It is impatience and neglect that causes many dreams to fade away or die an untimely death.<\/p>\n<p>The founder of the Science of Mind philosophy, Dr. Ernest S. Holmes, had a dream, too. He wrote, \u201cWe all look forward to the day when science and religion shall walk hand in hand through the visible to the invisible.\u201d We are closer to that dream now than ever before. Quantum physics has proven that we are all one, just energy vibrating at different frequencies. I imagine that Holmes would love to see the advances we\u2019ve made since his death in 1960 to bringing science and religion closer together.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have a dream? I don\u2019t mean something you hope will happen, or something you don\u2019t feel could ever happen, yet you continue to pine for it. I mean a \u201cstomp-your-foot-down-I-know-this-is-possible\u201d dream. Perhaps it is something that you wanted as a child, or a goal you had as a young adult. Something squelched that dream. Is the seed still there deep inside you? It most probably is. Would you be willing to do what it takes to help it germinate once more and assist it to grow into a vibrant, healthy plant?<\/p>\n<p>There is a power within us that knows no boundaries and refuses to accept anything but what it expects. That power is at our disposal all the time, but we have to utilize it. It\u2019s as simple as turning on a light instead of wandering around in a dark room bumping into the furniture. Be willing this week to turn a bright light on your life and remind yourself of what it is you dream could be a reality. The more you know that\u2019s possible the more you\u2019ll believe that in the mind of God it is already a reality.<\/p>\n<p>In Spirit, Truth and Playfulness,<\/p>\n<p>Terry<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought I\u2019d risk being one of many people writing this week about Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Everyone pretty much knows the story of his life, his historical speech in Washington, D.C. and his tragic death. I don\u2019t want to focus on any of those events. 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