“What typically happens with our dreams is that we build in ourselves walls of realism. We begin to juxtapose our ability (as finite as it is) to what seems supernaturally impossible.”
Dreams don’t just vanish. They’re not like standing water that eventually succumbs to the elements and transforms into nothingness over time. Dreams are built on hope. The hope that you can become the unfathomable, that you can do the unthinkable, that you can create the unimaginable. Yes, hope is inextinguishable and is a carrier of our dreams. There are all kinds of theories about what dreams are. Are they our brain’s attempt to make sense of this complicated world we live in? Are they a manifestation of our deepest desires and conflict? Are they a means to help process our emotions and unresolved issues? I have no earthly idea, but I know dreams matter. Oh, do the matter.
Dreams matter like the air you breathe matters, like the beating of your heart matters. Dreams matter because hope matters. I firmly believe that we dream in relation to what we are exposed to and what we are exposed to helps to create the world we build in us and around us. How remarkable is it to know that we have the power to build, to create, in mind, what we would dare to believe can be? That kind of power and ability doesn’t just evaporate. What typically happens with our dreams is that we build in ourselves walls of realism. We begin to juxtapose our ability (as finite as it is) to what seems supernaturally impossible. As we mature, we literally convince ourselves that life’s happenings are either working against our dreams or for it. We hardly ever get to the place of realizing that all of life, its beauty and hardness, is part of building towards the dream.
Life is a vapor, but your dreams aren’t. Think about what the hope for your future is built on. It certainly shouldn’t rest in the comparison of what others have and you don’t. It shouldn’t live in the grief of your unmet expectations of what you thought would be and when. Don’t fall into that trap of thinking less of yourself or your dreams simply because you realize your humanity is just as mortal as God always intended it to be. There are a lot of people who can do a lot of things, build cars, make movies, create the internet, but the dreams we have are a byproduct of the God who has built all things, namely your hope for an expectedly positive end. Keep the dream alive.
With Sincerity,
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With Sincerity 