When Dreams Take Shape

Can you imagine what the world would be like if we didn’t have dreams? Would your home exist? I certainly wouldn’t be writing this. There would be no clothing, books, art music, we’d still be living in caves, fighting for survival. Dreams fire our actions. Nothing is created that was not dreamed first. You might not have a clear idea of how the thing would look, but there was a desire; to make things better, to make things happen, to live in harmony, or in a grand palace. Dreams of somewhere safe where our ancestors could sleep peacefully at night, to have clean water or a means of travelling across the sea. The novelist’s desire to tell a story of an orphaned child who finds a family and fortune. The architect’s dream to build the most impressive skyscraper, the tallest, most visually appealing, and so on. Sometimes the dreams are tangible, visible and other times a nebulous idea that no one can quite visualise, but the idea drives mankind forward. Equality, human rights, or a sound. Dreams are so important to us all, they guide our waking hours and desire to further ourselves and grow. People who dream small tend to live small lives, happy and contented, perhaps, but small nonetheless. There are plenty of big dreamers but big dreams require big actions. So while we might all dream big there’s another skill to make these dreams happen. Big dreams need a team to be realised. No man is an island and likewise no big dream is a solo project. Dreams may start with one person but only when these dreams are shared will they ever take shape and become a reality.