Dream

I never want to go to work again... No, I’m dead, damn serious!  I know that most of you out there feel the same way I do.   What you have to do for 8 or 12 hours at a time to provide a living can make you absolutely miserable.  Just the mood you feel when you say the six most horrible words in the English language "I have to go to work".  Man it sucks.   But it makes me think, how did we all get to this point?  I mean what path did we choose that was so far away from where we dreamed to be that it has gotten us to the point where what we do for a living is killing us.  I assume that like me, most of you were encouraged to dream as a child.  Those questions of what do you want to be when you grow up were probably a main stay for all of us.  So where did we go wrong?  Why aren’t we living out our dreams?

I believe that the reason most of us have failed to achieve the level of happiness that we once knew in our hearts that we were destined for is because of the worst concept anyone has ever come up with.  The notion of being "realistic", it’s like a damning prophecy.  To be realistic you have to succumb to the idea that you are not special and will likely do no better than those who have tried before you.  Isn’t that a wonderful way to inspire greatness?  Over time our ability to think beyond the here and now has been murdered with the concept of reality and the restraints that come with it.  "I want to be this...."and the response becomes "That’s good but you should be realistic and have a backup plan".  What a horrible exchange, I tell you my dreams and you tell me that instead of being uncommon I should settle for mundane.  

I know that it seems very "realistic" to have a backup plan but I believe that developing a plan for failure serves to plant the initial seed.  You don’t wake up in the morning and develop a plan for the chances that you don’t make it to the bathroom, no, you just accept that you will and so you do.  Accept that you will and so you do...  Makes perfect since, no backup plan needed here.  Maybe we should stop calling them dreams and just call them "what will be's"  because if you tell someone a plan of action that they believe is far fetched they label it a dream but if you tell a person a future plan that seems "realistic" they will call it a goal.   Who are you to assume that I am not special?  lol (I know my mom and sister will go crazy when they read that) It’s said that "success is uncommon and it will not be enjoyed by the common man", I completely agree with that statement but I think the level of "uncommon" in all of us can be fostered and should be protected.  Our dreams are what guide us and without their direction we are simply lost.