Just Dreamin'
"I have a dream." How many times, in the almost 50 years since Mr. King spoke them, have they been repeated? Did he have any idea the power those four words carried? For me, his words are more than just his dream. They are an invitation, permission if you will, to have our own dreams. Because, what are we, really, without our dreams? It is in our nature to aspire, to reach and stretch. If we don't dream, we stagnate, stuck in a pool of sameness, and stinted in our growth. Dreams give us freedom, they are our wings. Do you have a dream? Is it something you share and shout out loud? Like my author-dream? It used to be something I kept inside, covered and sheltered. I feared to share it, sure that in the sharing I made myself more vulnerable to not achieving it. I've found, though, that speaking, saying it out loud, does not diminish it's shine and sparkle. It is still there, waiting, watching as I reach out to touch it. I h...