Dreams of the Dreamer

We all dream of a better day to come and for some of us, that better day does not come fast enough. We get so full of waiting and doing the right thing especially when we only see those who view the world in a totally different manner getting the breaks that we may feel we deserve. We wish for that one day when the heavens will open and the treasures that we feel have been stored for us there will be delivered to us here. It doesn't happen fast enough.

We then began to stop the dreams because we feel that no one is listening. We feel so ticked at our situation in life that all we can do is strike back at that which we feel is keeping us from getting what we feel we deserve. We resort to any activity which will get us to that plateau that we have struggled to reach for so long. We want to; no we need to feel the sun on our faces for once in our lives. We step all over others to get to the summit and only after getting there do we realize what we have been telling ourselves for so many years. The true essence of a person can be found in their dreams.

Using the shoulders of others is only satisfying when you give them the credit for lifting you up. That the treasures we work to store in heaven are only meant to be enjoyed there and not here. That living is not something that you should fight to hold on to but something that you should fight through. That our real legacy is not our mountains of possessions but the lessons we passed on to our children and/or to those we had an opportunity to influence. Don't stop the dream.

My dreams shall continue. Mainly because, I am a product of a single mother in a family of 10. I was born in the southern part of the United States during a time where the color of your skin dictated how much good information you were given or how even the playing field would be. My only way out of that nightmare was to work hard, treat people right, graduate high school and the military. With all of that accomplished, I knew that there were still more I needed to do. I went to college and received an Associate degree in Business Administration, took in 4 foster kids, my son from a previous marriage and helped raised them. I developed this plan to revitalize the forgotten side of my town and invented numerous products to bring to market. I wrote and got published a book titled "Parenting 2000; A Single Father's Prospective and thought that was all I needed. It was not.

Now I sit still waiting on, investors to help me bring the ideas to life, a publisher to help me bring my series of children's books to market and anything to help re-start my business. I have been victimized by people who used my ideas to further themselves without any compensation to me. I have been the subject of numerous inquiries regarding whether the thoughts I project are really mine or stolen from another. I have been questioned on my belief in the overall goodness of people and shown thousands of reasons why I should not trust. All this and yet, I know that one day soon God will answer my prayers and all that I have fought and waited for shall be delivered. My only real concern is if my current situation is that time or will it just be another stop on my journey? Either way, I know that my dreams will continue and I will be okay.