If we’re honest with ourselves, most of us have some kind of age limit when it comes to pursuing our dreams. Maybe it’s once you hit 40. Maybe it’s when you find that job that pays all your bills AND leaves you with enough to enjoy the finer things in life. Maybe it’s before you put the kids through college, buy the house or start saving for retirement.

We think once we reach a certain point in life, it’s too late to pursue our dreams. There are too many obstacles, too many risks that keep us from trying to start something new.

But there’s another age limit that most of us don’t think about. It’s just as powerful, just as overwhelming in stopping people from pursuing their dreams.

It’s the idea that you’re too young to pursue your dreams.

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This past week, I’ve been writing a lot about pursuing your dreams – waiting for God’s timing, understanding that failing doesn’t make you a failure, and learning to dream big. I didn’t really plan it to happen, it’s just been something on my mind the past few days. But I’ve noticed something in myself and in a lot of the comments made on these posts.

Dreaming is easy. Making your dreams happen is hard.

It takes time. It takes energy. It takes changing your lifestyle, overcoming fears, learning a new skill, networking, finding others who want to pursue your dream with you, changing how you spend your time, your money, your resources. It involves taking a risk…and possibly looking like a fool. It involves making goals, and wondering what will happen if you can’t achieve them.

And, of course, it means you could fail, and fail big.

But I think the hardest part of pursuing your dreams, the one thing that trips people up, scares them, and keeps them from moving forward is not knowing where to start.

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