I think most people in life need someone to tell them they can do it.  Giving people hope that they can accomplish their dreams is one of the greatest gifts we can give to someone.  Napoleon Bonaparte said, “A Leader is a dealer in hope.” When we give hope to others it lifts them to a higher level.  They become bigger on the inside, which causes them to do greater things on the outside.  Without the hope that you can accomplish the seemingly impossible you tend to give up.  But when hope fills you it puts possibility in sight.  You will never accomplish something you don’t believe you can accomplish.

I remember when my daughter Zion was learning how to ride a bike.  I was trying to teach her about balance.  Do you know how hard it is to explain the muscle dexterity, the concept of gravity, and centrifugal force to a 6 year old? She didn’t care about all these scientific terms, she just needed me to assure her that she could do it.  She needed hope that she would be able to figure this riding a bike thing out.  She never understood how she was able to ride the bike scientifically, but she did it.  How did she do it? By believing she could do it and by having the courage to step out and just go till she figured it out.  She wanted to give up many times, but I kept giving her hope by my encouragement and confidence in her.  All she needed was to step out and be willing to go all in and trust the process.  Many times she wanted to “bail out” if she started to tip, but she had to learn to hang in there and not get scared.  She had to believe she could do it, in order to do it. After she had learned how to ride her bike, I went and bought one of the best road bikes so we could ride together.

Just like my daughter Zion had to learn to ride a bike, we need to learn how to have hope and step out in life.  Life is like riding a bike, if you get scared and let go you will crash.  But if you hang in there and keep going you will learn how to enjoy life and make the most out of it.  You may not know everything there is to know about life and the journey ahead of you, but you don’t have to know it all, you just have to step out and go! If you are waiting to have all the money, all the talent, all the opportunity, all the people, all the resources, or all the wisdom before you start, you will never start.  You will never fulfill your dreams if you are waiting to know everything before you step out.  Take hope and suspend the need to know everything.  Just step out in faith and GO! If God put a dream in your heart He did it for a reason.  Not to be an idea, but for it to be a reality.

Get on your dreams and start peddling away.  You may fall down and get dirty, but get back up and get going again.  You will never go anywhere in life by sitting the the lazy boy of comfort, step out and push yourself into greater things! Don’t be discouraged about the things that are in your heart to do just because you haven’t done them yet or even know how to do it.  Take one step closer to where it is you need to go and the next step will present itself.  Chinese philosopher La-tzu said,

 “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”