HoldFastToYourDreams
Ihaveadreamtoday.
Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvallyshallbeexalted,everyhillandmountainshallbemadelow,theroughplaceswillbemadeplain,andthecrookedplaceswillbemadestraight,andthegloryoftheLordshallberevealed,andallfleshshallseeittogether.
Wow,whatadreamithasbeenforMartinLutherKing.Butthechangingworldseemstellingmethatpeoplegraduallygettheirdreamslostsomehowintheprocessofgrowingup,andsometimesIpersonallyfindmyselfsayinggoodbyeunconsciouslytothosedistantchildhooddreams.
However,wemeeddreams.Theynourishourspirit;theyrepresentpossibilityevenwhenwearedraggeddownbyreality.Theykeepusgoing.Mostsuccessfulpeoplearedreamersaswellasordinarypeoplewhoarenotafraidtothinkbiganddaretobegreat.Whenwewerelittlekids,wealldreamedofdoingsomethingbigandsplashy,somethingsignificant.Nowwhatweneedtodoistomaintainthem,refreshthemandturnthemintoreality.However,thetoughestpartisthatweoftenhavenoideashowtotranslatethesedreamsintoactions.Well,juststartwithconcreteobjectivesandsticktoit.Don’tletthenamelessfearconfusetheeyeandconfoundourstrongbeliefoffuture.Throughourtalents,throughourwits,throughourenduranceandthroughourcreativity,wewillmakeit.
Holdfasttodreams,forifdreamsdie,lifeisabroken-wingedbirdthatcannotfly.Holdfasttodreams,forwhendreamsgo,lifeisabarrenfieldfrozenwithsnow.Somydearfriends,thinkofyouroldandmaybedeaddreams.Whateveritis,pickitupandmakeitalivefromtoday.