Dreams

[erudito]

Dreams can be those things you have in your sleep, or they can be hopes for the future. Either way, they are works of imagination.

When folk write that man cannot live by bread alone, dreams for the future are one of those other things people need. To be entrusted with someone’s dreams is an act of profound trust, because of the capacity to

Comments

[shu_shu_sleeps]

It never ceases to amaze me how you can get inside people's heads and express what they are thinking.... broken dreams hurt - a lot, and its excaberbated when the people responsible continue to run away from what they have done and evade the consequences. Thank you for putting into words, part of what has been running in my head for the past year or so.
I like Lois McMaster Bujold's way of looking at it -when you choose the act, you choose the consequences. Yes we all make mistakes, and can be thoughtless and hurtful - but thats why we all come with a reset button a conscience and the ability to take responsibility for our actions and decisions:)

Bujold

[erudito]

I have often found Lois McMaster Bujold puts matters in a way that have helped crystallise things for me.

There is no greater praise for a writer than to express what people feel but have not been able to find the words for, so thank you for saying so.

[fizzyland]

Very thoughtful post.

Thank you

[erudito]

The issues have been on my mind somewhat.