Dreams

"A dream is a wish your heart makes." - Cinderella

When we dream we look at the possibilities of who we can become and all that we can do. We may dream about a certain career, becoming famous, or even reaching a certain ideal. The draw of achieving our potential, or making a desired possibility happen leads us on from one dream to the next. There never seems to be an end to them.

As a kid I can remember having the dream of doing something that I would be remembered for after I had passed on from this life. As a kid I thought that meant one of two things, either being an actor in a movie or TV show or doing something extraordinarily heroic. I wanted, more than anything in the world, to be known for something...anything! I wished, I hoped, I DREAMED that something would end up being associated with my name in such a way that people would be overcome with admiration whenever my name or accomplishment was mentioned. Kind of like Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone.

I dreamed of not only inventing or doing the greatest thing since sliced bread; I dreamed of outdoing Otto Frederick Rohwedder and inventing or doing the thing greater than sliced bread.

Now, as I remember this little dream of mine, and reflect on all that's happened in my life, I realized that my dream has been, and will be fulfilled , even if I don't outdo Rohwedder and his sliced bread. I will be remembered as a son, a brother, an uncle, a friend, and one day as a father. And that is enough. Dreams will be dreamt up by everyone time and time again, and to too many people they may seem to be unfulfilled, and maybe even pointless. But they would be wrong. What I've learned is that life is going to be all we dream of and more, though maybe not exactly how we dream of it. So never stop dreaming!