Dream On

I wish things would turn out the way I want them to all of the time. They don’t. We all face disappointments in life. At times we just want to give up.

What would happen if you didn’t take any more shots in basketball because you missed a shot that would have won a championship?

What would happen if you didn’t take another turn at bat because, like mighty Casey, you struck out with the bases loaded?

What would happen if you decided not to drive because you failed a driver’s test?

While I can’t guarantee that you would have the opportunity to win another championship or knock in some home runs or pass the driver’s test by giving it one more try, I can guarantee that if you don’t give it one more try, you will never have that opportunity.

At the time when it feels you should give up on your dreams, you should dream some more. It may seem a crazy thing to do, but look at it this way. If you have no dreams, you have no dreams to come true. If you have many dreams, one, just one of them, might come true.

You have the option of living in certainty that nothing will happen or the expectation that something could happen. Which one would you rather choose? Many opt for the sure bet. It feels safer knowing what the future holds in store.

Although I feel like Charlie Brown at times when he was trying to kick the football, I trust that one time Lucy will not pull it away. In fact, that is what I wanted to see in the last strip of Peanuts. I don’t know why Charles Shultz didn’t think of it. He should have had Charlie Brown kick the ball a mile. It would have been a fitting end to a great comic strip.

The way I figure it, I will keep dreaming on until some of my dreams come true. The odds are with me. Eventually something will happen.