The Honeymoon Stage of Your Dreams
I remember the first moment I saw my wife, my heart literally skipped a beat. I was 17 years old and she was 19, we met while both of us were working at Burger King.
It didn’t start out too well though, she was transferred to the restaurant I worked at and had been working at for years, she came as a manager and I wasn’t. I had been working there for a little while so the store manager gave me some freedom and a little authority, both of which she didn’t think I deserved. It didn’t take long for us to butt heads and she tried to fire me, luckily for me the store manager really liked and respected my work ethic, so I kept my job!
It was crazy how we started out and ended up together, after she tried to fire me we were married 8 months later! If you’re married or even if you have dated, you know all about the honeymoon phase, it didn’t matter what happened, your love would get you through. We had a few rocky times at the beginning of our marriage but our love got us through.
Remembering that joy
Even though I didn’t sell very many books when my first book came out, I would tell anyone who listened that I was an author. I walked around on cloud nine and when I had my business cards made, I couldn’t sleep I was so excited. People would tell me I had a pipe dream but I didn’t listen, my love for my dream got me through.
Do you remember that joy when you first figured out what your dreams were?
Do you remember how it felt when you took the first steps?
Do you still have that love and joy for your dreams?
If you’ve lost that joy, that honeymoon bliss of moving out of something that’s just good enough and onto what you’ve dreamed of and are called to, then look for it, remember it and live it! If you’re on the path to your dreams, then it’s exciting, it’s life changing, it’s what you’re meant for, the Lord wants you to live a full and abundant life, it’s up to you to claim it and live it!
Remember that joy and keep it going
As you move forward in making changes and moving on to better things with your work and life, there will be trials and struggles, you have to remember why you started down this path and remember that honeymoon joy. Let that joy be your strength and let your “why” be your motivation, you can do this, you have to do this!
I was talking to a close friend of mine a few days ago and he was talking about a BBQ business he is starting, hearing him talk a mile a minute, hearing him so excited about a smoker he just bought was really inspiring to me. He had that honeymoon phase joy and it was very infectious, it made me remember my honeymoon joy. If you’ve lost your joy, it’s time for you to remember why you’re doing what you’re doing and remember the joy you’ll have when you reach the finish line.
Do you have that honeymoon phase joy? If no, why not?
