Dare to Dream

"15, there's still time for you

Time to buy, and time to lose

15, there's never a wish better than this

When you've only got 100 years to live"

 ~ 100 Years by Five for Fighting

Isn't it remarkable at how much we spend our time in daydreams when we're little, but then try to "grow up" and face reality as the years go by?  Why is it that little kids always get the bad rap in school for being lost in the clouds?

Picture a world of gray.  The sky is always overcast, and the general mood depressed.  There is no laughter and no sound of children playing or running around.  The people are plain, wearing drab clothing, their hair unkempt and knotted.  In your amazement of how absolutely dull everything and everyone is, you don't watch where you're going and run into someone.  As you apologize and help her back to her feet, you notice something in her eyes.  An emotion is evident, but this emotion tears at your very soul.  What you see mirrored in her eyes is the murky cloud of despair.

If the world was devoid of dreamers, the world would be lacking in ingenuity, creativity, and motivation.  It wouldn't have the motivation to build skyscrapers, start family businesses, or make movies.  Without proper motivation, nothing would get accomplished because it would all be purposeless!  There would be no reason to continue on in life and try to make something of yourself if there was no reason to do so.


What motivates people?  Dreams.  A glimmer of what they know can be if they set their minds to it.  If they work hard, picking themselves up from the dust whenever they fall, not taking failure as a final answer, they know that much can be done.  They realize that they have the chance to make their lives whatever they want them to be, and so they are going to dream up such a dream that will give them the best life.


Don't be afraid of dreaming because of the pitfalls along the way.  Don't be afraid to stand out and do something different, breaking from the tide of the repetitiveness that tends to hold the world back.

Remember the child-like dreams you once held onto?  Do you remember those dreams spurning you on to adulthood with thoughts like:  "I can't wait till I grow up because then I can be the judge!" or "When I get old enough, I'm gonna join the army and fight off the bad guys!"  Sure, when we were little we didn't see how rocky the path would be in getting to our destination of choice, but that only allowed us to dream all the more!  And with dreams strong enough, the hard parts won't make us back down because we'll be able to see the end goal.

Dare to be different.  Dare to dream!