Shape Your Dreams
The clack of the keys is much too loud. In the stillness of the night, it sounds as if a tiny hail storm has taken residence in my window sill. The time on my little desk clock reads a number that is impossibly late but I am not tired. The words come like water. The keystrokes hardly pause. It is the rhythm, the sound, of… →
I was listening to podcasts at work on Tuesday. It was a fairly typical day; emails needed answering; phone calls required my attention; TPS reports needed doing. Then like a bolt lightning, the host of the show I was listening too utterly shattered my concentration. I scrubbed the play head back. What did she just say? It was a quote from George Addair “Everything you’ve… →
In a few days many of us will gather with families or friends around the Christmas tree. Underneath the pretty ornaments and twinkling lights we will find brightly wrapped boxes waiting just for us. With childlike glee we will tear off the paper revealing the hidden treasures inside. We will smile, our hearts touched and give a gift to another until all the presents are… →
Every year I am asked about those that have no dreams. What if I don’t have a dream? What if my dream is broken? What if my dream is lost? Life is hard and dreams are fragile things. Sometimes they are left behind, sometimes our dreams don’t work out. Does this mean that we are somehow broken or deformed? Does that mean we can no longer dream?
When I say the word “dreamer” what is the first thing comes to mind? Maybe you think of the artists; painters, musicians, sculptors and writers that have filled this world with so much creativity and beauty. But have you ever thought about the scientist as a dreamer? What about the architect? How about the doctor, or the pilot, the truck driver or the stay at home mom? Are they dreamers too? What about you?