Dear Dreams,
Thanks for keeping me company all these years. You have been a constant friend. When I have been down and afraid I won't make it through you have pushed me forward. I think it is important for people to have a dream. Something they are passionate about to work towards. It keeps them going and makes there life worth something. I just wish you didn't seem so elusive.
When I was little I first wanted to be a doctor, a ballerina, a lawyer, or a veterinarian. I wanted to go to Harvard, I wanted to cure cancer, I wanted to wow and amaze. As I got older my dreams got to be less far fetched. I knew I didn't really like science. I knew I liked math and was good at it but I wouldn't want to spend every day doing it. I knew I loved English. I think that is how most dreams begin. We start to realize that they will only last and sustain us if we find something we truly love. Books were like breathing for me. I decided to be an English teacher. It was a long road to deciding what kind of teacher I wanted to be, who I wanted to teach and what exactly I would teach but I have it figured out now. I managed to cling to this dream and it gets closer and closer every day to becoming my reality.
It has been a hard journey for us, me and my dreams, though. We have had to learn what it means to really work hard. To really be exhausted. To really not see the end of the ever stacking list of problems in front of us. There have been so many roadblocks along the way but there have been even more helping hands.
This letter though isn't about the road blocks or the helping hands. This letter is in homage to my dreams. This letter is a thank you for keeping me strong. This letter is to say I can make my dreams come true.
"Reach for the moon because even if you miss you will land among the stars"
Dani
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