In order to have a goal you must first have a dream. A goal is a measure of movement towards achievement. A goal defines a set of requirements to a plan through which your dreams come into fruition.
History records, through cave drawings, rice lettering's, verbal recitation of memories, and all other forms of communication the realization of someones dreams. Dreams can be grand or small. Dreams have no rules but those of the dreamer. Dreams are the catalysts for every major milestone of achievement. We venture into space and return because someone dared to dream it was possible. Explorers set a voyage because they believed.
Children dream of toys and candy and all things that make them happy. Teenagers dream of the perfect world, with their friends and that special someone and believe that there is no "bad" in front of them. Adults find solace in their dreams. It's a special place they don't have to share if they don't want to. It's a place where they can rearrange circumstance and rules to create their desired ending. Dreams are not pragmatic nor in many cases touch upon reality. But dreams are essential to move forward in their lives.
We teach our children, in very elementary ways, to create dreams. In order to teach them how to create or build or understand friendships they must learn to dream that this can happen. This provides the "teaching moment" that introduces planning, adjusting, sacrificing, saving, convincing and so many new and exciting "tools" in the "toolbox" for them. Dreams provide a safety net for our children to experiment without anyone getting hurt. It allows our children to experience happiness on many levels and teaches them how to deal with hurt, safely!
I can not think of a world that dreams would not enhance! Dreams and dreamers are to be cherished and nurtured. The next cure, the next great invention, the next sustained peace treaty, the next, the next, the next everything will come from dreams.
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