To Live the Dream or Dream About Living?

It’s funny how day dreams will sometimes get you through the day. Your body is in one place that might not be as great as wherever you have floated off to in your mind. In your own dreams you can be whoever you want to be, where ever you want to be, whenever you want to be there. In real life, you can only be who you are. You can only be who you are at that moment. You are limited by time and place which dictate what you are able to do and what you are not.

So often we try our best to remain in a state of comfort where challenges are minimal, and discomfort is avoided at all costs. We aim for our own private utopia and make any changes necessary to keep it. Sometimes those changes are physical, surrounding our environment with memories of the past, photos, toys, posters, anything that can take our mind off of the fact that we would rather be somewhere else. And sometimes it is our mind that takes off to a better place than where you currently are. A memory of the past, a place you would currently rather be, or to a future where everything in life finally makes sense. And when you find yourself doing that, you realize that the utopia you have created in your mind, isn’t enough anymore. You find that daydreams are insufficient and all the decorative artifacts and mementos that you surround yourself with are still lacking. You remember that in the past you never dreamt you would be where you are now. And although you have tried hard to create paradise in the circumstances that you now face, the circumstances you yourself created; you have not succeeded.

And when you become aware of that, there is only one thing left to do. There is only one decision left to make. Do you hold on to this makeshift bliss? Or do you disassemble everything that you have worked hard to maintain, taking the risk to see if the reality is as good as the dream? So the question is do you want to stay where you are or strive to be the person you have always wanted to be? A person that doesn’t avoid challenges, but welcomes them. A person that doesn’t seek the reward of comfort, but knows that to become uncomfortable about the right things is a reward in itself. A person that has left the past behind, and has walked into their destiny. A person that knows that they are living the dream, experiencing the realization that they were created for something better.