Day-blind Dreams

A dream deferred does not dissapear.  Dreams are "day-blind stars, waiting with their light" (Berry); you can't always see them, but they still exist. It is up to the dreamer to hold on to hope when life's obstacles, like clouds, obstruct a person from their goals. Wind pushes a dreamer even further off course, and precipitation fogs one's vision.

Every now and then, a shooting star carves its way out of the midnight darkness and makes its way onto the territory of a dreamer. If she so chooses, she can grasp that star and let it's light radiate off onto her skin. Such opportunities arise and allow a dream to fluorish, but one needs to have the sharp eyes to pick out these fleeting opportunities amongst many other miniscule stars.

Dreams never die--they evolve. When I was young, it was my dream to be an ice cream truck driver. Free ice cream whenever, whereever. Every child's fantasy. As I accumulated candles on my cake, this dream of "becoming (something)" transformed from ice cream woman to famous actress to author to veterinarean to marine biologist to rheumatologist to geneticist to anything but what I am now. Although what I wanted varied through the years, the mechanism and motivation behind said desires remained constant.

The key to achieving your dreams is persistence and a little bit of luck. Oh, did I say a little bit? I meant seventeen truck loads and eight oceans of luck. Because there are only seven oceans on Earth, and I'm writing to humans and not aliens on Jupiter, it may be somewhat of a difficulty to accumulate an eighth ocean of luck. This is where persistence comes into play. Never. Give. Up. Success stems from never stopping, having the strength given all life's unfavorable circumstances to TRUDGE ON through the rain and the snow and the wind and the clouds and the blinding sun. TRUDGE ON and let your shooting star find you.