“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

                                            -Howard Thurman

So, I recently stumbled upon a new blogger {Jessi of Suzie Studios} who I’m loving, and yesterday she penned a post about dreaming {let’s dream again}. It struck such a chord with me – I’ve been feeling something very similar, and my husband and I have been having conversations about “new” – new ideas, new plans, new dreams.

I believe that dreaming is a needed part of an abundant life. There is something soul-awakening about being open to the ideas and thoughts that God directs, and I can tell when it is lacking from my days. Of course, talking about dreaming and actually doing it are so very different – it seems that I need slowness and space to dream, to listen to my husband’s dreams, and that needed slowness and space do not come easily in this house!

Do you have dreams? What do you dream about?

Some of the things I’ve been dreaming about are related to the goals I have for this year, and others are connected to this shop, our future, or my walk with the Father. Many of these dreams are not fully formed, and some – if I/we pursue them – will take quite a bit of sacrifice. They might turn out “successfully” or they might not, but for the present, the fact that we are dreaming is in itself a success. The dreams are dim sometimes, but as we begin to pursue them we come alive.

Sometimes, in the midst of the busy, I lose my dreaming. My thoughts get foggy, full of work, kiddlets and the “need to do”. I lose the zest, the joy and the delight in beauty and life. And then I realize that I’ve let my priorities slide and focus shift away from the Light. But then faithfully, every time, He kindly shows me beauty again, reminds me of my dreams or gives a new one.

One of the biggest blessings of having the shop and blog has been the freedom of being able to work out my dreams and share them with you – and then seeing it spark a creative flame in your own lives and hearing how you share it with others. And on a related note – how would you like to win a PLTMarket.com gift card to use for things you’ve been dreaming of or to use as a gift?

I’d love to give one of you lovelies a $15 gift card to the shop, and it can be used on {or toward} anything you’d like {some garlands, perhaps?}! Use the rafflecopter widget below to add your name to the drawing, and come back daily for additional chances to enter. {If you’re reading this via email, you’ll need to click through to the blog to enter}

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The giveaway will end midnight on Monday, August 19, 2013 and anyone worldwide is eligible to enter! I will announce the winner the following day. <3