Why we stop Dreaming

In practice #1 with a new team yesterday I asked
WHY we stop dreaming? WHY do we need someone to remind us how? And to give us permission?

This quote from John Eldredge’s book Desire hits all 3 questions dead center. I left part of it blank for the C.E.O. of Y.O.U. to fill in the missing piece…

“The reason we don’t know what we want is that we’re so unacquainted with our desire. We try to keep a safe distance between our daily lives and our heart’s desire because it causes us so much trouble. We’re surprised by our anger and threatened by what feels like a ravenous bear within us. Do we really want to open Pandora’s box? If you remember the Greek myth, Pandora was the wife of Epimetheus, given to him by Zeus. The gods provided many gifts to her, including a mysterious box, which she was warned never to open. Eventually, her curiosity got the better of her, and she lifted the lid. Immediately, a host of evils flew out, plagues against the mind and body of mankind. She tried to close the box, but to no avail; the troubles had been loosed.

Dare we awaken our hearts to their true desires? Dare we come alive? Is it better, as the saying goes, to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all? We’re not so sure. After his divorce, a friend’s father decided to remain single the rest of his life. As he told his son, “It’s easier to stay out than to get out.” Our dilemma is this: we can’t seem to live with desire, and we can’t live without it. In the face of this quandary most people decide to bury the whole question and put as much distance as they can between themselves and their desires. It is a logical and tragic act. The tragedy is increased tenfold when this suicide of soul is committed under the conviction that this is precisely what _________________ recommends. We have never been more mistaken.”

What is YOUR fill in the blank? Why? Why? Why?

Get to the root, then write a Productive Action OUTSIDE of your comfort zone because that is ALSO where your dreams and desires of your heart resides. Share with a fellow builder and challenge them to do the same.

Together we improve.