Your dreams, in great detail (15/30)
dream, a photo by b. jacqueline on Flickr.
"Your dreams are your dreams. You don't have to apologize for them."
It's a simple statement that contains so many truths. All of us are unique. All of us are different. God created us as we are because we have our purposes. Everyone has a different mission. Everyone has a different Personal Legend. So we're all entitled to different dreams and certainly different destinies.
I am a dreamer. Many people might scoff at my imaginative nature but I don't really care. I am glad to be a dreamer. They are such interesting realms to discover. When I let my mind wander on its own, it comes back with plenty of interesting ideas. It's certainly more fun and more exciting than the mundane thoughts from our everyday lives. I am full of dreams. I am alive because of them.
I spoke about Personal Legends earlier. If you read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, you will understand. Let me just give you a great idea:
We're all supposed to go after our Personal Legends. It's our obligation to the Soul of the World. It's our mission in life. When we're younger, we are aware of our Personal Legend. We are fearless, brave and full of hunger. But as we grow older, we tend to grow "wiser" so we ignore them to follow more practical plans. That's the truth. We start to believe the lies of the world and the things that other people say. Then we start losing our belief and we begin to lose hope. Soon we put those dreams away in a little closet at the back of our mind and say that we don't really need it. We don't really want it... And we sadly believe our own lies and deceit. We spend our lives trying to find something to fill the gap of emptiness in our lives while believing that we're on the right track. No, that's not true. We've given up on our dreams. That's the sad part. We give up too fast. Dreams nourish the soul; dreams free us from the mundane. It makes us hopeful, optimistic and brave. If we have a dream then we have to follow it regardless of the danger or the uncertainty. When we are very close in realizing our dream, we are bound to go through some suffering and sacrifice. But it's all worth it when you win it. That's what makes winning feel so good! I'm really happy to say that I'm one of those people who never give up in dreaming. I don't stop dreaming or believing because it's what gets me through.
My personal dream is to be an author. I want to be published. I want to smile when I see my name in bookstores. I want to change the world with my ideas. I want to be paid for doing what I love. I want to bring fame and honor to my family and country. I want to be recognized as someone with talent. As a child, I know that I will become a writer. It's my only talent. It's what sets me apart. It's the only activity that gives me a sense of peace and energy. I do with so much enthusiasm! This is why I want to be an author. I want to keep doing what I love to help out with the community. I want to touch people's lives. I want to commune with God whenever I enter that blissful quiet state when I focus on my story to bring forth the emotions that they need. I want to keep writing. That's my dream. I want to write until I die. I want to live independently to weave my stories and to create my worlds. I want to be left in peace to hone my craft. Have you ever felt the same burning need? Have you ever experienced true passion? God grants us different dreams and different gifts. This is mine.
That's why I don't want to apologize for wanting it. I certainly don't want to deny it. I dream of it. I love it. I am passionate about it. No wonder I am a passionate person. :)
Aside from that, I dream of other things. I want to have an awesome career, a nice house and even a great car. I dream of supporting my family through the hard times. (I want to help my sister go to med school. I want to help my brother go to law school...) Sometimes I even dream of traveling around the world to see it's sights, hear it's sounds and feel it's pleasures. I am a dreamer and God knows how far it will take me.
It sounds corny but I also dream of having a family. I have to contradict myself now. I want to get married, have a good marriage and produce lots of God-fearing children. I sometimes dream of a handsome and honorable husband who deserves my heart. I'm a part of those old-fashioned hopeless romantics who wish for a happy family.
I've got many dreams. It will take a longer entry to compile them. But they're my dreams. So I'm happy.
What are your dreams? :)
Via Flickr:
"I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each others dreams, we can be together all the time."
- Hobbes (of Calvin and Hobbes)
Explore #79 on Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Wow.