Dream Big

Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band play this song, its called Dream Big. It is my favorite song. Although "Rayn Shupe and the Rubber Band" just recently made it famous, its been around for a long time. Ryan first played it in his local band, the Salt Licks. They wrote and played that song before any of them were ever famous and I remember listening to it when I was eight years old.

Anyway, I think this songs gives some really good ADVICE, and MY advice is that everyone should take THAT advice.

I think for a while I had forgotten that. When I was in high school I had BIG DREAMS. I wanted to go to medical school and be a doctor. Then I went to college, and my mom got sick and she died. I decided I didn't want to be a doctor anymore. I wanted to have a family and be there for them like my mom was there for me and my family.

Although I knew that having a family was a noble choice, I felt like I had given up my DREAMS. Throughout the years I would I think about that. Although I love my life the way it is, for reasons I can't explain I felt ashamed. I felt like I had abandoned that motto DREAM BIG.

Fast forward four years. In January I had the most incredible opportunity to go to Guatemala and provide medical care to the people there.

After we got home I was flipping through some stuff that I had from high school and I read something.

It made me laugh.

And then it made me cry.

This is what I read:

Q: What do want to get out of your education? A: I want to study hard, graduate from high school with good grades, go to Nursing School, then go to Medical School and become a Pediatrician, so then I can go to Africa and help people.

Well. . .I DID study hard and get good grades. I DID go to Nursing School and now I'm a nurse. No, I am NOT a doctor, and everyday I am glad I am not a doctor. No, I did NOT go to Africa, but I DID go to Guatemala and I did help people who needed it.

THAT was my Dream. Not to be a doctor like I thought, but to help people in need. Things did not happen how I imagined they would. But I DID it! I accomplished my DREAM. I had been working toward it all this time without even knowing it.

And THAT feels good.

So, My Advice? DREAM BIG, please!