Keep Dreaming.....

"It’s not about how to achieve your dreams, it’s all about leading your life. If you lead your life in a right way, karma will take care of itself. And dreams will come to you." says Randy Pausch. That being said, one of the dreams I have always had is "my own house with a white picket fence". And maybe that was more symbolic than literal.... the house doesn't HAVE to have a white picket fence... or does it?

Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent things such as ideas and emotions .... when we see a heart, we think 'love' (or is that just me? lol) And while I may not have called it symbolism, I'm very big on attaching meaning to things, and things to meanings. I do the same with music, too. Most of the time, I call it being sentimental. But I know now that some of it is more than sentiment, it is symbolic. Anyways, that's just how I am. I realize it more lately ... sometimes on my own, and sometimes with the help of someone else.....

My MrBig, in all his wisdom, knows that we should never give up our dreams. And he conveyed this to me in a unique way, and sent me a package recently. (Thank You, again!) And I have to admit, when I saw the size and shape of this package, I was totally confuzzled! What on earth could be in such a box? It was over four feet tall, maybe a foot wide, and three or four inches thick. With a bit of trepidation, and a lot of anticipation, I cut through the tape and opened it up; nestled there in the shipping popcorn was a board. A board? Strange.... !!! So I picked up and read the note that explained it all..... It is a picket .... a symbol of my dream!!!

"Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die,
life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly"
~ Langston Hughes

I have a perfect spot
for this picket,
this symbol of my dream,
that I will never give up!

Dreams take all shapes and forms;
they change with time,
experiences and maturity.

Today I hung this picket
in a place where I will see it
every day
and it will be a reminder to
never give up hope, and to
Keep Dreaming!

Hopeful HUGS to everyone!!