...I've seen a lot of threads around here over the years asking about people's dreams or fantasies.

I have seen many different responses from many different people.

But....

What if you never LEARNED to dream of being something bigger or " better " that you are.

What if, as a kid, you spent all your time trying to survive and keep from going completely insane?

What if your life is all you have. No hopes, no dreams, no fantasy life that you want to live some day.

What then?

What are you left with?

Would one be thought to have an " empty " life??

Would there be the thought that the person has something " missing " in their life?

I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving

Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they turn your hope apart
As they turn your dreams to shame

I had a dream my life would be
So different from the hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed

my thought is everyone is entitled to having a dream.. and its never to late to start thinking of one... even people with dreams have not had that good of a childhood..

But there is one critical element missing in that idea.

The person never learned HOW to dream. No one ever told that person that it was ok to think bigger.

So where would you tell the person to start figuring out how to start?

Life is what you make it...hopes, dreams, and fantasy lives aren't real anyhow for 95% of the world. 95% of the world hates their jobs or are unemployed...hate their marriages or are divorced multiple times...they don't have the cars they wanted, the kids they wanted, the food they crave. They aren't Astronauts, Firemen, Senators, or Scientists....they just live

Fair enough, E.

But I would be willing to bet that, even though they " just live " at this point, those people still HAVE dreams or things they look forward to.

Or. at the least, somewhere they go in their minds to " escape " their everyday lives.

I'm one of those people....I play my guitar to escape...thats all I got...my mind is too cluddered with thoughts of bills

Heh. I definitely know THAT feeling. LMAO

I don't know. I don't think as many people really made plans for their entire life that beleived. Sure in our early lives, we might have said "I want to be a physcial therapist' or be "the first to manufacture a car that runs on electricity' but those dreasm led to other things, more creative.
I made little plans and have let life lead me where it would, as long it kept me on a good path. It has. So maybe that was my goal. Not having a defined one. I did have a vague one, always enjoy working with people and remember years ago just putting that out there and letting it take me. You have to trust the powers that be to let you be the most you are meant to. Trust is a big word for many. Money can always be the excuse for not doing anything, but a weak one.