Dreams, we all have them and I'm not talking about the kind you get while you're sleeping. The dreams I'm talking about are the ones that come during the day. The ones that don't just go away so easily, and if they do, they always find their way back to you. People ask why you always have your head in the clouds, and sometimes you just can't help yourself because those dreams just take hold of your every thought. When they do take ahold of your thoughts, you consider what you're doing to achieve them, and sometimes it feels like it's not enough. 

Sometimes those dreams feel so far out of reach, it's like you take those five steps forward and something has dragged you ten steps back. At times you consider the possibility that your dreams are truly impossible so you want to give up, and if you're considering that at any point in working towards your dreams, I want you to reconsider. I want you to reconsider the thought of ever giving up on your dreams. 

No matter how big or how small dreams drive us, they push us to be a better version of ourselves. So, what if they feel out of reach today, you're closer than you were yesterday and tomorrow you'll be closer than you are today. Nothing and I mean nothing can stop you from achieving whatever it is you dream about, but you. 

Today I'm leaving you with two quotes. One sits on my desk, so whenever it is, I feel like giving up I just look over at the little owl holding the quote, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."  The next quote I have heard on and off for years, and it's so simple but it means so much. Always in your life you should, "dare to dream."

Both quotes hold so much meaning, and if you let them, they can carry weight within you that keeps you holding on to those dreams that are so close, yet so far out of reach. 

T. Neal | Cambridge, MD

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