Dreamer

"...you may say that I'm a dreamer.
But I am not the only one. I hope some day you'll join us...."


This song has always spoken to me on a very different level. All of the lyrics are something to be heard, something to be expressed, something to strive towards. A world full of dreamers, instead of nightmares. A world where people feel free to dream as big as they can-- sure, they might never get it. But there's a lot of things in life that people want and don't get. Is it the want that keeps us going?

In so many stories, hope is the key. Where better to find hope than in dreams?

It's so terribly easy to feel overrun and overpowered by this sometimes-lightless world. It's so simple to allow others' darknesses to overshadow our dreams. It's effortless to starve the dreamer inside-- all you have to avoid is dreaming. Just stop.
Stop wanting, and hoping, and desiring.
Things will never get better.
Things will be sad forever.


OR.
We, as dreamers, can change the world. Change the expectations. As I've mentioned before, the human mind is practically limitless. If we set our mind to hope and happiness, love and peace, aren't we even just one step closer to it? Can we, by hoping and trusting enough, actually change the world? Inspire others to dream?

I, personally, have decided to continue to dream. Regardless of the shit that is dumped on me by myself, my work, my world, I will continue to dream. Even if I know my dream will never come true *cough, cough* iREALLYwannarideaunicorn *cough, hack* I'm determined to continue feeling the magic that exists only in my dreams. I'm determined to work towards a world where everyone feels comfortable enough to let their dreams run and fly, pulling themselves along with it.
I'm determined to dream, and keep dreaming until the day I die.


".....and the world will live as one." -John Lennon