this dream i'm working on.

what a lovely sentiment, "this dream i'm working on."

have you ever thought of a dream as something you actively pursue?

today, i'm over the 39 week pregnant mark, and so much of my time i'm now daydreaming of the future, of my dream day, week, year, life.  i haven't specified what my five and ten year goals are, but if i close my eyes, i can visualize them.

i see my family, our home, travels and my career ambitions.

i see us laughing and working hard to live to the fullest.

for most of our young lives we work toward many milestones, from sports, grades, college and grad school acceptance, to getting a job, owning a home, marrying, starting a family.  these milestones can be easily quantified on a checklist, but how do they make us feel?  should not our dreams that we are working on make us happy first and accomplished second?

from what i gather, much of adulthood could easily be claimed by guilt.

instead of chasing towards our dreams, we try to stay afloat and feel badly for what we aren't doing.

visualizing a five year dream is difficult when you can't feel satisfaction from today or this week.  it's especially difficult when you're more concerned with what others think you should be than who you know you are.

anyway, maybe this is all idealistic, but shouldn't we try to catch our dreams?

what's the harm?

i got the idea for this post from here