Dreaming your dream

Joseph of the Old Testament was a dreamer. It predicted his future. Joseph of the New Testament dreamed as well. His dreams gave him answers. Dominic Guzman dreamed too, wild dreams about founding a new Order that would be both monastic and active. How crazy was that? Yet Dominicans have existed over 800 years. Some dream.

Hans Selye is quoted as saying realistic people with practical aims are rarely as realistic and practical in the long run of things as the dreamers who pursue their dreams.

If the Gospels teach us anything, it is to believe. And part of believing come through dreaming...of what could be, of what we are meant to be, of where life can take us. Dreams can be the doorways to wonderful changes in our lives, to great events, to important changes. What they hold for us depends on how we deal with them. Do we look at the future in unrealistic ways? Do we look at it through our present down to earth situation? Do we take steps that bring us closer to realizing our dreams?  For a dream to become real, we must really believe in it.