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You gotta have a dream, if you don’t have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?

– “Happy Talk”,  South Pacific

A dream is a wish your heart makes.

– WALT DISNEY, Sleeping Beauty

Dreams and wishes are the manifestations of our hearts deepest hopes and desires. They help to brighten our quiet times when we can are alone with just our thoughts and they help to sustain us through our darker times. Throughout our lives, as either children or as adults, it’s through our dreams and wishes that we are given the opportunity to safely explore our thoughts and feelings to discover the things in life we want the most.  And the beauty of dreams and wishes is that they are limitless. As children, we can wish to join the circus (in spite of the clowns), wish to fly or wish for a pony. As an adult we can wish for fame and fortune, to either be a supermodel or date one, or wish to meet the person or have the job of our dreams. While in the safe confines of our minds, our dreams and wishes can roam freely and without care or concern but when it comes to the possibility of our dreams and wishes becoming real, that is when a bit of reality sometimes needs to be introduced into our fantasies and unfortunately, this is when they sometimes end.

But sometimes our dreams, wishes, or anything we think we really want the most, can benefit from a little distance so we can gain some clarity and true perspective of them. How many times as both kids as adults have we been beyond 100% sure there was something or someone we wanted more than anything but then once we got them, the thrill of their newness wears off and we are left feeling a bit lackluster about them or, even worse, have the feeling of “Oh what was I thinking???” It explains very well the high divorce rate in our country as well as the many yard sales just overloaded with other people’s unwanted possessions that at one time they wanted SO badly. I mean if we actually had joined the circus, wouldn’t smelling like elephant droppings and cramming ourselves in that little clown car with those clowns (Oh the HORROR!) get kinda old after awhile? And wouldn’t being or dating a supermodel get kinda annoying when they eat only 2 grapes and a piece of lettuce while you chow down on a cheeseburger? It doesn’t sound like good fun and happy times to me, I tell ya! But on the otherhand, it’s also with some distance and perspective that we can realize just how much our dream or wish REALLY means to us. Some dreams coming true can change your life for the better. Not all dreams becoming reality have you ending up being shot out of a cannon or with popcorn and JuJu Bees stuck to the bottom of your shoes.

So while unfortunately some sacrificed dreams might never see the light day, there might be a reason for those dreams to dissipate into mist with the first rays of the morning sun. But for other dreams, however, they might only need to be sacrificed for awhile, due to timing and circumstances. In the end, it all really comes down to the dreamer and how, after some time and perspective, they decide just how important their dream was to them to begin with. This decides whether their dream will survive to perhaps be fulfilled some other time. The dreams that were never meant to be will turn into stardust while the ones destined to survive will wind up shining amongst the stars. In the end, it’s all up to the dreamers….

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.–Lanston Hughes

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.-Pamela Vaull Starr