Be a Dreamer of the Day

Dear loving people,

 

Dreams do come true, at least we can all agree on this. I equally agree strongly with T.E. Lawrence who said “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds, awake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it reality.”

 

What a beautiful truth, dreamers of the day equally know the place of mistakes in their struggle to conquer. They agree with what A. Alvarez wrote in his The Games Climbers Play “To put yourself into a situation where a mistake cannot necessarily be recouped, where the life you lose may be your own, clears the head wonderfully. It puts domestic problems back into proportion and adds an element of seriousness to your drab, routine life. Perhaps this is one reason why climbing has become increasingly hard as society has become increasingly, disproportionately, coddling.”

I enjoy climbing mountains, the higher you go the scenery gets the more magnificent. Dreamers of the day are equally good climbers, they understand that mountains are climbed by those who begin and not by those who want to be sure. They know that you see the countryside better when you are at the hilltop and not at the bottom of the valley so they set to work.

Notice I talk of dreamers of the day and not daydreamers. Are they the same? I chose not to think so. A daydreamer to me is simply someone who indulges in some idle, pointless or absentminded daydreaming and ends it there. A dreamer of the day on the other hand is a conscious person with a burning desire to act upon their dreams to make them a reality. They don’t consider dreams to be a pastime activity but a process to lead them to eminence.  Dreamers of the day understand perfectly that to succeed, you’ve got to WORK HARD; in order to work hard, you’ve got to TRY MANY OPTIONS; in trying many options, you will MAKE MISTAKES and even to make mistakes, you’ve got to START.

As you begin to climb the mountain of your success, you will face breathtaking challenges, remember the words of Confucius who said “It does not matter how slow you go, as long as you don't stop.” and “If you don't let go, you can't fall off!” Jerry Moffat, advice.

Be a dreamer of the day and always remember that they are equally good climbers.