Dreams... Endless Possibilities 11/29/14



 

When we look outside on a dark cloudy morning what are we thinking? About the chance of rain, what we won’t get done or what rotten weather for the weekend? Will we have to change our plans, cancel the camping trip or postpone a planned meeting?

What happen to that little girl or boy that didn’t care about the weather because there was a hundred different things you wanted to do! Didn’t you play baseball in the rain, get muddy and when you came home mom was mad but she smiled and kissed you anyway. Hopscotch or jump rope didn't end with a few sprinkles and you kept playing until you hid under a tree or were called inside. How about riding your bike, playing in the park, walking the beach, the weather didn’t stop those activities... Have we really changed that much?

Did I hear "Yes, I have grown up"?

But what have we lost?

Dreams... The endless possibilities we believed in, wanted to reach for.. Many of us just quit trying.

"Life has gotten in the way" "I have too many responsibilities" "There is no time for dreaming"

Perhaps those responses have crushed the child within.

Does not the splendor of a Christmas tree, the first winter snow, a thunder storm bring to surface the excitement we felt so long ago?

Have we forgotten the power of dreams... They can inspire us to go beyond the possible, push further than we imagined, to find a strength long forgotten.

The sun is always shining, even on a rainy day. We must soar above the dark clouds, remember the joys of dreaming and let them lift us to a forgotten plain. Where we can remember lost dreams...

To achieve... We must believe