DREAM BIG

I love that song! Dream Big, by Ryan Shuppe and the Rubber Bands. Lately I've been taking action and hold on my dreams. If some of you don't know, I'm a dreamer! I dream all the time of things that I really want to do with my life, things I want to do, places I want to go, the person I want to be etc. It's exhausting the amount of time I spend in a day just dreaming. I love to live by vision! For instance if I want to do something (not with everything just things that require me to stretch spiritually, mentally, physically or all three) I think about it first, I mean really think about it, details and all. This is a great thing, but, .....but, but if this is all that you do, and don't take action on the impressions that you get, well then, it's just another idea. I was tired of having ideas! I took it upon myself (discussing it with my husband of course) to actually move a step closer to my dream. Yup I finally got my dream camera! Finally bought my own website! Finally taking classes on digital photography! Finally living my dream, and I love it. I always wanted to do it, and encouraged everyone else to do it except myself. I think because I was scared of failure, but now I don't even care. That's what learning and life is all about. I'm so pumped that I finally selected a hobby. Just after having Eve I was going through an identity crisis. Seriously no joke! I felt like I was in high school all over again. It just didn't seem that I didn't like to do the same things that the old Juanita like doing. And I still tried to do them because I thought that's what I liked to do, right? Anyhow I was inspired by many people around me. That really have no clue that they inspired me. Just this past week these are the things that inspired me: The Book of Mormon, Moms with jogging strollers, Stephen Covey's book "The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People" (a must read by the way), Elder Ballard's recent talk on Motherhood and the mountain I can see out my window when I eat my cereal. Which I will attempt to go up again don't you worry. Anyhow I really want to be a photographer and a writer(just as hobbies and not a career, my career is called eternal motherhood. Which I think is a rockin position). I already thought of some children books I would love to do as well as some novels. Good thing Mark's really good with grammar because I suck at it. And later on when the kids get older I would love, just love to get my PhD in Developmental Psychology and try and research of preventive measures and extensive intervention of children with Autism. Just wanted to share a little piece of my soul with you.