What is a Dream?

A dream …. sueno or sonar – Spanish ….

is a series of thoughts, visions or feelings that happen during sleep;

an idea or vision that is created in our imagination and that isn’t real;

something that you’ve wanted very much to do, be , or have for a long time.

To have a dream can, sometimes, collide with contentment.

Do you say to yourself – if I can get that promotion I will be content ?

Do you say to yourself – if I can buy that big house you’ll be content?

Do you say to yourself – if I had more money I’d be able to do more with my life?

These all sound like wonderful dreams. But, have you thought them through?

Do you know that with that new promotion comes more responsibility?

Do you know that with that big house you’ve got more expenses for the upkeep?

And, what about all that cleaning?

Do you know that money can’t always buy happiness?

Can it make life easier for you and your family? Yes, sometimes.

There are some who might disagree.

Contentment is in the little things.

You know, those small dreams you thought were really special

when you were very young and innocent.

 I remember the first time, Sister Mary Madeline sat us in a circle to read us a fairytale story. I was in kindergarten. It was ‘The Princess and the Pea’. From that day forward, I wanted to be a princess.
When I was a young child, my parents never read fairytales or stories to me at bedtime or at any other time. I looked forward to story time at school every day.
I was inspired. My imagination began to create wondrous images. One day, I remember coming home from school and tying a long piece of nylon fabric around my head. The elongated piece that hung to the floor                                                                                                                  was my flowing long hair. I danced and dreamt about my prince holding me as me twirled across the dance floor. It was like a magical cloth.
It was worth all of the yelling my mother did when she saw what I had done. It was some special fabric she had for a future curtain project.
With each story Sister Mary Madeline read to us I, obviously, became much more fascinated. My imagination soared.
Kids would tease me when I told them I wanted to become a princess. They said I wasn’t pretty. They said I had weird frizzy hair. They said my hair wasn’t blond.
I didn’t need them to remind me that I was different from them. I knew it. I was the only brown skinned girl with frizzy hair in an all white school.
I suppose that could be called bullying today. But, it was my everyday life. It made me want to prove them wrong. It stirred me on to keep the dreams I wanted alive.
Dreams can bring a tremendous amount of content if we create them with the focus of being happy instead of just gathering things. We forget when we’re trying so hard to get to the finish line. We miss all of those simple things along the way. Our dreams vanish into stress.

Dreams can help us strive for greater things because we believe in them.

But, we should never lose sight our childlike dreams.
I think Walt Disney said it best:
When you wish upon a star

Makes no difference who you are

Anything your heart desires
’

Will come to you

If your heart is in your dream


No request is too extreme


When you wish upon a star


As dreamers do

Fate is kind

She brings to those to love


The sweet fulfillment of

Their secret longing



Like a bolt out of the blue


Fate steps in and sees you through

When you wish upon a star
Your dreams come true
Keep your dreams alive ……. Isadora

2015©isadoradelavega

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