hopes and dreams
Allyson made a post recently about her hopes and dreams, as she was directed to do by a chocolate wrapper. I have no chocolate wrapper compelling me but her post was inspiring all the same, and so here is a list of mine.
I hope that I will love my children the way my father loved his.
I hope that I will have a happy marriage.
I hope that I will enjoy my job.
I hope to look back on my life at 70 and be pleased and satisfied with my memories.
I hope that eventually I will feel that I belong.
I hope to someday speak fluent German.
I hope that senior year is everything I want it to be.
I hope that living life with an open mind will make me intelligent.
I hope that my acne will go away.
I hope to become a professional pilot.
I hope to go skydiving.
I hope that the man I marry proposes to me in a romantic and personal way.
I hope to play laser tag again someday.
I hope to get another chance to play my French horn with a concert band or orchestra.
I dream of travel, of exploring new places and seeing new things and coming back a smarter and better person.
I dream of living in a Volkswagen van for a year, driving around the Americas.
I dream of a stranger finding me strikingly beautiful and thinking about me for the rest of the day, wondering who I am and what my name is.
I dream of being spontaneous enough to pick up and run away somewhere for a couple of days, and of a friend spontaneous enough to go with me if I stopped at their house on my way out of town.
I dream of sitting on a hillside looking at the stars and talking about something meaningful with someone that is important to me.
I dream of being a hero and saving the day or someone's life.
I dream of finding out that I can use magic.
I dream of the thrill that comes from breaking the rules and the camaraderie that comes of doing it with someone.
I dream of playing bass in a rock band.
I dream of laughter and love and companionship, of snowball fights and kisses in the rain and walking arm-in-arm.
I dream of living on my own with a cat that will jump up on the couch with me while I'm watching TV.
I dream of friends coming over to hang out without calling or making plans first.
I dream of riding a big, dark brown horse through a deserted field covered in ground fog.
I dream of sitting in the bed of my pickup truck during a thunderstorm, getting drenched and watching the lightning.
I dream of fighting off an attacker.
I dream of jumping into the ocean with all my clothes on.
I dream of being surprised with flowers on a bad day.
I dream of achieving virtuoso mastery in some skill.
I dream of holding my own in a debate.
I dream of wearing a beautiful white wedding dress.
I dream of kicking ass at Battle Zone.
I dream of knowing how to dance.
I think I'm going to try and indulge myself in any and every way possible this evening. Step One: a nice long shower.
I hope that I will love my children the way my father loved his.
I hope that I will have a happy marriage.
I hope that I will enjoy my job.
I hope to look back on my life at 70 and be pleased and satisfied with my memories.
I hope that eventually I will feel that I belong.
I hope to someday speak fluent German.
I hope that senior year is everything I want it to be.
I hope that living life with an open mind will make me intelligent.
I hope that my acne will go away.
I hope to become a professional pilot.
I hope to go skydiving.
I hope that the man I marry proposes to me in a romantic and personal way.
I hope to play laser tag again someday.
I hope to get another chance to play my French horn with a concert band or orchestra.
I dream of travel, of exploring new places and seeing new things and coming back a smarter and better person.
I dream of living in a Volkswagen van for a year, driving around the Americas.
I dream of a stranger finding me strikingly beautiful and thinking about me for the rest of the day, wondering who I am and what my name is.
I dream of being spontaneous enough to pick up and run away somewhere for a couple of days, and of a friend spontaneous enough to go with me if I stopped at their house on my way out of town.
I dream of sitting on a hillside looking at the stars and talking about something meaningful with someone that is important to me.
I dream of being a hero and saving the day or someone's life.
I dream of finding out that I can use magic.
I dream of the thrill that comes from breaking the rules and the camaraderie that comes of doing it with someone.
I dream of playing bass in a rock band.
I dream of laughter and love and companionship, of snowball fights and kisses in the rain and walking arm-in-arm.
I dream of living on my own with a cat that will jump up on the couch with me while I'm watching TV.
I dream of friends coming over to hang out without calling or making plans first.
I dream of riding a big, dark brown horse through a deserted field covered in ground fog.
I dream of sitting in the bed of my pickup truck during a thunderstorm, getting drenched and watching the lightning.
I dream of fighting off an attacker.
I dream of jumping into the ocean with all my clothes on.
I dream of being surprised with flowers on a bad day.
I dream of achieving virtuoso mastery in some skill.
I dream of holding my own in a debate.
I dream of wearing a beautiful white wedding dress.
I dream of kicking ass at Battle Zone.
I dream of knowing how to dance.
I think I'm going to try and indulge myself in any and every way possible this evening. Step One: a nice long shower.