Step 3: Set Lofty Goals

10 steps to living an abundant life Mar 10, 2020

“Set lofty goals for what it will make of you to reach them.” Shane McGraw

Can you think of a time in your life when you imagined something and then saw it become a reality? Just take a moment to remember that experience. How did it feel to have a dream? What was it like to imagine the details, to work and wait for it to become reality? It’s mind-blowing to realize what we are capable of.

Think of some of the greatest accomplishments in history – the flight of airplanes, harnessing electricity, the abolition of slavery. All these accomplishments began with someone’s idea, a thought, their dream, imagination. The possibilities are truly endless.

Dreaming requires risk. If money wasn’t an object and you had no fear, what would you want to do? If the answer is not something you are currently working toward then you must honestly admit you are holding yourself back.

To live in abundance is to be willing to hope for more. With honest reflection we can look at ourselves and know our limitations. We might not ever reach our goals and yet our lives will be indelibly altered by the journey. Set lofty goals and know the very act of attempting to accomplish them can change your life!

We have permission to dream big! We are invited to a life of endless possibilities and unstoppable potential. Each of us is created with a specific set of gifts, a unique personality with likes and dislikes, an original story that brings us to this exact moment. This is the place where we are free to dream beautiful dreams.

It requires willingness to risk. Audacity to hope.


“What seems impossible to you is never impossible to God!”
— Matthew 19:23-30