I’ve read that dreams cannot come true until we acknowledge them and release them into the world. Until we plant the seeds, giving them soil and water to germinate, they cannot grow.
I’ve also read that today is a great day to plant some dreams. It is the first day of the year, the first day of a new decade, in fact. Only slightly better was ten years ago today, when we started a new year, a new decade and a new century all at once. Still, in order to plant these dreams on this auspicious day, I would have to know what these dreams are.
I have a dream….no, that phrase has been used…
Well, I’m in school now. I started back a year ago. I’m working to earn my Bachelor’s in Education so that I can teach. I feel like I’ve always wanted to teach, to work with young kids. So, that’s one dream…that I will work hard and make good progress towards the goal of the Bachelor’s degree this year.
We have also bought a new home this fall. So, I have this dream of making into a warm, welcoming sanctuary for family and friends. I have this dream of it being an active hub for the kids’ friends and ours. I have this vision that it can be a restful place. Can it be both an active hub and a restful place all at once? I guess time will tell.
I also have this vision of my yard in this place being a beautiful garden, that I will be able to work in it and enjoy the process of changing it from just a yard to a place of sanctuary for me and for wildlife. I’m such a novice gardener…I guess time will tell here too.
More dreams linger…turning my garage into MY place. I have a workshop there already, but it’s very unfinished and basic…I want to decorate it. This dream may be years in the future though, I guess.
If dreams must be planted in order to germinate and grow…and each dream takes its own sweet time to grow…time will tell how big these dreams get. Dreams in the darkness of the year, soon to be exposed to the sunshine, the rain and the harsh weather of reality.
