Being who God taught us to be is difficult work both for us and for the ones who love us. Visioning what might be sets us on a path that require we

• take a break from our busy lives and dream about what is possible;
• articulate that dream to ourselves;
• talk to the people we love about our vision of how we want to spend our days;
• set goals that will move us from here to there;
• make changes in the way we are living each day, so that we can begin living a little more of our vision each day;
• cope with the questions and challenges of people who do not understand or who feel threatened by our vision.

Rochelle Melander, A Generous Presence