“Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
–Psalm 37:4
“Do you think it’s possible to be too young to follow your dreams?” she asked. 
She was sitting in the third row; she looked to be about 16. She wanted to go to New York to pursue her passion for music.
I had been telling my audience how so many folks grow weary, and feel as if they are too old to fulfill their dreams.
My response: Our dreams are the whisper of Spirit, the call of the Divine. We are never too old – or too young – to pursue them.
People get nervous sometimes when I urge them to follow their hearts. It somehow feels selfish, self-centered, self-indulgent, wrong to steep in what genuinely makes them happy, to soak in what truly brings them joy. For some reason, it seems better to suffer, to plod, to muddle. More egalitarian; more noble.
Here’s what’s true: Our passions, the things that excite us, the music that sings in our hearts, the words that long to be written, the art that waits for the canvas, the ideas that spring from our minds: these are not idle fancies. They are the truest longings of our hearts, the deepest expressions of who we are, of who we can become, just waiting to explode into the world.
In his book Desire, John Eldredge writes, “There is a secret set within each of our hearts. It is the desire for life as it was meant to be.” Many good people, Eldredge says, have been told that the path to a holy life requires us to kill our hearts’ desires, and call it sanctification.
But the truth is this: Our desires, our yearnings, the things we dream of doing, the longings of our heart: they are the call of an abundant Universe, the call of the Creator Spirit dwelling within us.
So get quiet. Get really quiet. And listen to the Still Small Voice of your heart.
Trust the call; trust the vision; trust the dream.
This is who you were always meant to be.
There are gifts that need to be shared that only you can share; there are lives that need to be touched that only you can touch.
I don’t care how old – or young – you are. The world is waiting for you.
Get busy.
Walt, in complete appreciation for this beautiful post. This is just another reminder for me and for all to follow your hearts desire and be that which allows you expansion and joy. This is when life is play! When work becomes what you love to do and your play. It is more selfish to deny the world of your desire. Do what is life giving to you and to others that is self centered and that gives others an opportunity to center in self as well! Once i began following my own desires I started really living and now each day is filled with joy and love of myself, others and life in general!
Big heart hug to you my friend xx
Darlene
GoPlazy.com
Great wisdom – I read where people don’t follow their dreams because they believe them to be impossible or believe some external force or action has to occur to make them a reality. Neither is true, so you are so right to trust your inner gut, believe in yourself, and take action. What’s the worst thing that happens, you don’t succeed. Sometimes you get more from the effort.