Dream Again

Do you remember when you were a little kid how you used to dream about what you wanted to be when you grew up? There was no limit to it. If you were in a classroom, all of the kids would shout out what they wanted to be without a second thought. When we are little, we're encouraged to dream as big as we possibly can and as far as our imaginations will take us. But then as we get older, we are taught just the opposite. People tell us to lower our expectations to avoid disappointment. They tell us to grow up and think practically. To stop worrying about a dream and start worrying about how we are going to make money, and what is affordable. But what's the point in life if we just go through day by day, doing the same routine over and over again? What is the point in living if we have nothing to push for... no goal to reach. No dream to put an effort towards. I myself have found that there isn't really one. But then we come to this world around us that wants to crush us down into a box of little expectation and rigid thought. The world tells us that there is no use in dreams, because they will only lead to pain. It tells us to never take chances, to avoid any chance of failing. But if you look around, the greatest things on the planet were made because someone had a dream and took a chance. The Wright brothers, for instance. Everyone told them that people couldn't fly. That their machine wouldn't work. But they had a dream to open the sky to mankind, and they took a chance... Look at the result. Because of them we can fly nearly anywhere in the world, and even into space. Without that first working flying machine, much of what we have today wouldn't have happened. So why is it people today want to crush people's dreams?  I don't have an answer for that, but I do know that dreams are important. I'd like to encourage anyone who reads this post to take just a few minutes and think about what they would really like to do with their life. What some of their long term wishes would be. They may not be as impossible as you think...