Live the dream
Sep 6th, 2010 by Angele
Back when I was a little girl, I was a dreamer. But people told me I should be practical. The flames of promising dreams were always burning stronger, kindling in my soul like a smoldering fire. I saw great things in the soft daze of a summer day and in the starry sky of a long winter night. Faith replaced fear, the way sunshine replaces gloomy dark clouds. My dreams were nursed through bad days until they were brought back to light.
I believe the eye cannot see what credence promises. Dreamers dream. We feel the excitement of infinite possibilities. We see, not black and white or grey, but vivacious and sparkling colors. We see potential. We are secret keepers of hope and skies without limit. We are your friend, your family, your neighbor. We are the gaudy and pretentious man sitting at a table of a fancy restaurant. We are the filthy beggar in the street. We are the woman on the mosque steps, her body formless beneath her hijab. We are the factory worker from another land. We are the stranger smiling at you on the bus. We are in regions of war and terror, in bustling cities, in the quiet countryside… We are here and we are there.
We walk among the arson of unbelievers, letting them tear apart our body but never reaching our soul. Just like the phoenix bird that rises out of the ashes, we never surrender. We let nothing hold us back from exploring our wildest fantasies and aspirations. And even through all life’s setbacks and disappointment, we still go on because the future is ours. We are not scared. We go on because we believe in a better day. We stay true to our beliefs.
When I was a little girl, people told me to be practical. I chose to be a dreamer. I chose to be a dreamer and an achiever.
powerful….did you write this?
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight.” – Oscar Wilde
To Kit,
I wrote this thinking of my own dream.. you know, publishing my book and all. I believe everything starts with a dream until you grab a hold of it and make it your reality.
and then, ouche, back to reality!
wake up! wake up! WAKE UP, DUDE!
you are friggin late for work!!!
:P
welcome to the community of dreamers, Angele!
the sandman will be really proud of ya…
To waz,
Congrats!
You managed to ruin my inspirational writing with your comment!! -___-”
i love this
To Houzhou,
Thanks. I hope you are a dreamer too ’cause I believe that without dreams no reality could exist =]
Good one and written so beautifully! u should definitely publish a book. I am a big dreamer too.
The world and life are as exciting as your dreams and imagination. It is boundless and limitless… Dreamers do achieve but live rather sad/lonely lives (in reference to some famous dreamers of the past). The world without dreams is a world without colour and sound – a very stale world… :)
always a pleasure! :P
@ “without dreams no reality could exist”: hmm better be careful about this coz oftentimes you are so caught up with dreams that you forget what reality really is! :P
btw, you should go watch the movie Inception. the main theme, in some ways, is about dreams and how dreams can affect our reality. i strongly recommend it!
I agree with you, and I think I live by the same rules
or maybe a bit of both…
Sorry for spamming you, you know it’s not my policy, but I just want to tell all participants of the “A piece of me” game that I’ve moved my blog to welovetoothfairy.com!
xoxo
Shirley
woohoo! we are the dreamer revolution!
love what you wrote! keep going! <3