If-Only and What-If Dreams

When you think of your dreams as “what ifs,” you free them of any limitations. ~ Dean, Amy E. Morning Light: A Book of Meditations to Begin Your Day (Kindle Locations 2563-2564). Hazelden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

Longing for what we thought we wanted,
living in if-only mode brought us
to unmanageable lives relying on placebos,
on pacifiers to wish the future better
than our actions lent any movement toward.
How much better to follow the guidance
of the God of our understanding, accepting guidance,
surrendering to His leading, daring to
dream the dreams beyond any we ever conceived!