Mountains and Megablocks

​We will never reach the other side of our dreams without determination.

Micaela let out a gut wrenching scream. I dropped the soap sponge into the water and sprinted to the living room. I expected to see blood, maybe a wasp, something. Instead I found Micaela gripping her mega blocks and screaming.
Then began one of the longest weeks of my life began.

We are beginning to realize that Micaela’s mind is light years ahead of her body and speaking abilities. The battle of the mega blocks is a perfect example. She watched her older sister, Adela build towers for a few days and that morning she decided to give it a shot. She grabbed the blocks and slammed them together. They rolled away.

Micaela screamed.

My mouth fell open.

Excited, I squatted beside Micaela and carefully showed her the holes in the blocks. I demonstrated how they fit together. Then I handed her one. She tried. The block fell on top the tower and rolled away. She screeched. I winced.

She knew what she wanted to accomplish, but coordinating wrist movement and depth perception was a monumental task.

For an entire week she played with those blocks. She would come crying, carrying the culprit plastic bricks, and I would show her over and over.

Finally, the crying stopped. She could do it. Our entire household let out a relieved sigh.

Oh, those mega blocks. We all have them. Mine are raising my children and becoming a successful writer. Watching Micaela that week was good for my heart. Her determination and following success was inspiring.

Proverbs 13:4, says: The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. (ESV)

Diligence. Hard work. Dreams.

Micaela’s pain and frustration was real, but so is the smile on her face when she shows off her new skill. If she had only craved to build a tower, but hadn’t forged through the hours of anger and mental exhaustion, she would never have done it. Our best dreams are our tallest mountains.

May our lives be blessed by the climb. 

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Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.
Proverbs 16:3, NIV        

What keeps you going as you pursue your dreams?