Dream On Dreamers

Tonight as I sat watching a movie instead of writing a much needed paper for a class I started thinking about what I was actually doing. The American Dream is what every American, and immigrant to America, dreams for. But that's just the problem; if we dream all day what do we have at the end of it? Are we better for dreaming about that American Dream rather than working for it? I may dream about the day when I have graduated from college and am married to the man of my dreams....ah, again there's the word dream! Should I be looking for the man of my dreams, or the man of reality? Yes, I should be writing my paper right now, instead of writing this post, but that's what blogs are for, right? They are places for us to express ourselves, a place to put down the things we ponder and wonder about. That is what I am doing here. I am putting down the most recent thought that came to my head that I thought was worth writing about. 

Now, I don't want any of you to think that I am not a dreamer, because evidently I am...or I wouldn't be writing this post. I dream probably 80% of my life! Yes, I realize that I have to do the work and go through the struggles so I can appreciate the life I am working towards. I am so thankful for the hard times; because without them I wouldn't enjoy the great times as much as I do. Life is great isn't it? We can be sitting like a couch potato in front of our laptops and a thought like the American Dream and what it stands for pops into our heads. The American Dream was the last thing I thought I would be writing about tonight. Just a nonsensical thought that came into my mind as I sat dreaming. So, keep dreaming, dreamers! It does more good than you think. Living life without dreaming is like childhood without an imagination. I think my feelings are described best by one of my favorite characters, Elpheba from WICKED:

Every so often we long to steal to the land of what might have been, but that doesn't soften the ache we feel when reality sinks back in.