"Keep your face in the sun and you will never see the shadows" -Helen Keller
After a recent conversation with my mom, I was reminded that it's OK to dream and that dreams are free. Following this little heart to heart that we had, I began thinking. And what I got to thinking about is that as a child I could dream the biggest dreams and live out the biggest fantasies that could come to mind. However, as the years came and went, something happened. I stopped dreaming. Perhaps it was because I got busy and forgot to keep dreaming. Or maybe it was because as I got older, I thought that maybe dreaming was silly and a waste of time. Maybe I was even afraid to dream out of fear of what others may think.
However, after that conversation the wheels started turning in my head. My mom was absolutely correct, dreams cost nothing. They are absolutely free. And they are perhaps the one thing that no one can ever take away from you.
I also began thinking of the dreams that I have had, the ones that have come true, the ones that are on their way, and the ones you just never know about. My dream of becoming a teacher and working with children with special needs is one that I had for a long time and something that I always knew would come true. I have seen my KY Wildcats play in the Final Four, but I'm hoping that the dream will be complete and they take the title in NOLA in 2012 (which in a way would make my life full circle seeing that I started out in KY and ended up in NOLA). I have yet to travel the country of Australia, but I know that one day I will be Down Under having my breath taken away. I still haven't woken up with Donnie Wahlberg (or as my Dad calls him, the guy from Blue Bloods and Band of Brothers) in my bed, but you just never know.
So I have decided that I'm going to keep on dreaming. I think that the day we stop dreaming, is the day we throw in the towel. I believe that humans always need to have something to look forward to...something to keep them going. Sometimes the biggest obstacle that we encounter is mind over matter...and if you focus on the mind part...you just never know what can come to matter.
Victoria, B.C., Canada
March 2011
Here from the LBS Tea Party. What an inspiring post. Never stop dreaming!
ReplyDeleteHi there (popping in from LBS tea party)! I live in BC. Isn't Victoria fabulous??? This is a great post. Made me think about the things I have dreamt about and put aside. Perhaps I will pick them up and proceed. :o)
ReplyDeleteI went to Victoria for the first time this spring...it took my breath away! I felt like I was walking around in a post card! Thanks for stopping by and keep dreaming!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful post.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, I was just pointing out to a friend the other day that the difference between a dream and a goal is a plan of action, and as such I don't have too many dreams anymore because most of them now come with plans of action, making them officially goals...
I'd say "good luck" with the Donnie Wahlberg dream though. :-)
stopping in from the LBS tea pary.
I got here though EverybodyNeedsALittleSugar. Thanks for sharing such an amazing post.
ReplyDeleteHere's an image of that J. Campbell quote http://pinterest.com/pin/9386173/
Maybe you could come visit me too sometime. Have a nice weekend!
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