Dreams
During my bike ride today I thought about my dreams. Not the wake up screaming and punching my husband kind or the wild dreams where I can fly, but the things I really want from life. The things most people would typically say that define their goals, the things we want to do before we die.
After watching the implosion of my friends and family’s marriages and relationships this last year I got to thinking about how as couples we need shared dreams. Even if those dreams never come to fruition, the baby steps and building blocks to making those dreams come true shape our daily, shorterm and longterm, goals.
But also just to survive life you need to have dreams. The things you want to do in life to define yourself, give you more meaning to living other than just plain procreation. The inexplicable things that urge us through the daily grind towards an end goal. The “things” that make life worth while and memorable.
My dreams are: Vacation to Australia with my husband. Take up Kayaking with my son. Become a foster parent or guardian ad lidem. Go back to college and finish my degree. Learn Spanish Take a martial arts and get a black belt. See the Blue Men in concert.
Through the years this list for me changes. For the last 11 years it’s more revolved around my son. I expect that the list will continue to change. Hopefully I’ll be able to say I’ve done them! If you make your own list, remember to be specific. Then it just makes your dreams that much more attainable.