DREAMS

 Dreams constitute the ambitions, aims and goals that we hope to achieve. Our view of the life we would like to live in the future. All of us had dreams since childhood of living some kind of life. A life that we admire, see as simple and one full of happiness.  Such a life is characterized by a well kept family, a nice car, good house that is in alignment with nature letting in the bright morning sun rays and the cool evening rays, travelling wherever you want to, having an enjoyable job, going to church and living life sweetly.

Right at the point of conception and birth we are all set in flight working for our dreams. Some are born in a life that they would really like to change, others in a life that they see no avenues for change. This is either because they are satisfied with their way of life or they have decided to remain in whichever state they find themselves in.

The desire is felt greatest when one has an aim of changing his/her family’s financial state, when making promises to a loved one on how the future will be or even just a desire to accomplish some things such as travelling the world, starting a project to help the poor or improving the state of one’s community. 
 

Situations and occurrences in life bring about modifications to our dreams. Some dreams are realized earlier than expected, others as expected, others take longer than expected while saddest of all are those that are abandoned on the way or never realized. A case in point is that of parents. During the courtship years, many promises are bound to be made especially by the man. The two lovebirds sit together and see the life that they would like to have such as building a nice house, buying a car and building a nice family as well as achieving ones desired level of education.

With time the couple might achieve their dreams but some do not. Other people known as children come into the picture and make changes to the equation formulated. The children come to a time when they also need to have a taste of education. The prevailing financial situation and obligations might or might not allow the two parties to pursue their ambitions simultaneously. Most of the time the parents will halt theirs to let the young ones pursue theirs. The promise of building a house, studying or buying a car is adjusted to some later date in the future. The parents therefore set their children into flight and hope that they will achieve theirs quick. 

The parents will make lots of sacrifices and do everything to ensure the children have a smooth ride. Some children will be good and behave as expected while others exist who do not. As all these happen time moves. Some children will end up building the house and buying that car others might not. The parents might have some of their dreams realized through the children. Other dreams will definitely be abandoned since time might not allow them to come to completion. Children should therefore have this in mind and do all they can to ensure the parents get the best that they can.

Above all, whatever is perceived in the mind can always be achieved. We all are as great as our dreams and the more we dream the more we grow. However, we should not live dreaming only but putting in place measures to actualize the dreams lest we fail to realize them. The times might come when we will be obliged to forgo our dreams for the sake of others but as far as we can let us dream the wildest dreams and pursue them.