Perchance To Dream: Driving that train, high to attain

The hardest thing about having a dream, is that because it is your dream, others may not understand it. The people you trust to tell that dream to may tell you that it's unrealistic, that you can't do it, or put "ifs" in front of you, saying "What if it doesn't happen?", or asking questions like "How much time will you devote to this pursuit?"  Those who dream don't ask those questions, so it is perplexing when those questions are presented, because it never crosses their mind. The only things that cross the mind of one who has a dream are 1)What the dream is 2)How to go about this dream in a logical realistic fashion, and 3)Never giving up. Sometimes people plant roadblocks in your mind because they just can't see how the pursuit of one's dream can be beneficial, consuming, and rewarding all at once. A person's dream is not something separate from them, or something that just comes and goes like the full moon. A person's dream is part of them, and a great portion of who they are, what they believe, and what makes them tick. When you understand a person's dream, and just how they go about it, you understand them, and that dream is a big bay window into their soul. When you dismiss a person's dream, you are in a sense cutting their legs off, and dismissing a part of them that they feel is the most valuable and sacred. If you don't believe in someone's dream, it sometimes is best to just keep that to yourself, because the most hurtful thing that someone can say to someone with a dream is that it is nonsense, or that they don't believe it can happen for them. That is like saying the bay window into their soul has a crack in it, and they need it replaced.

Upon hearing things like that, the person with a dream has a choice. Be discouraged, get angry, or be more determined than ever to focus on that dream. Getting discouraged does nothing, but create self doubt, where you will begin to hold yourself back because of questioning just what you are doing. This can lead to loss of focus, and drive to succeed, because of the fear of failure. Fear of failure is a killer of dreams because it puts the "What if" into the equation again. When pursuing dreams there is no room for "What ifs." You must be prepared for setbacks of course, but you must be confident that your plan for obtaining this dream will work. That is confidence. And confidence fuels desire. Even if no one believes that you can do something, you have to believe it. you have to believe in yourself to the fullest, because you will then try to improve upon the foundation of what you are doing. And therefore getting better, can only make things better in the long run.
Getting angry will do absolutely nothing either, because it will take you away from your game of pursuit. You will be clouded by the emotion of anger, and won't see clearly, because you will try to achieve something out of spite more than out of desire. Determination is the key. If someone seems to discourage you in some way, or say that your dream is nonsense, then be sorry to hear that they feel that way, and that they have a right to think that, but  disagree, and continue. There is no point in getting angry, because people have their feelings, and their feelings are valid because it is theirs. But theirs don't have to be yours. It's that simple. So just be more determined for yourself, rather than trying to show others that they are wrong.

Your dream is yours. you should hold onto it and protect it like some ancient artifact that you personally found. Because that's what it is. And if someone tries to take it from you, then you need to hold onto it tighter, and carry it within you and around you closer to your heart. Because a person without dreams, no matter how small they may be, is a person who only gets up in the morning because they have to..Not because they want to. Small dreams, big dreams, seemingly against odds dreams inside of a person are what makes us all different. You and I and everyone who reads this have significantly different versions of how we see the world, ourselves, and our place in it. Someone looking at me, may see me vastly different than I see myself, and may not understand just what I do, or why..But that works in all ways. I may not understand another person's dreams, and sometimes may think that they may be looney for thinking that it can be achieved..But I do understand that it is necessary and healthy for them to want what they want..So I can either encourage, or say nothing...Because I understand where they are coming from.

Be now...No one knows what's going to happen tomorrow, so do what you have to do today, in the chance that there is a tomorrow, you can be there when it happens continuing your pursuit of your dream. Don't ever give up..Not for anyone, because your dream is part of you. And if you want something bad enough, you can achieve it whether it takes 5 years, or 25 years. Keep pushing forward, and keep with the plan..Perchance to dream now..Perhaps reality later.