I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; “and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.”
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. It was a lofty dream. His dream was, and continues to be, the inspiration for many people, not just in his homeland of America but right around the world. His dream wasn’t just something he wished would happen, he went out of his way to start making it happen.
Many of us have big dreams. We dream of injustices being corrected, of wrongs being righted, of the world’s wounds being healed. We dream of poverty becoming history and of people being able to live their lives in peace.
I wonder what big dreams you have. Are they just dreams or are you finding even small ways to see those dreams move towards reality? We can all play a part in seeing big dreams develop and become real.
Then there are the smaller dreams. By smaller I don’t mean unimportant I just mean that they are dreams on a smaller scale, closer to home. My smaller dreams are vitally important to me.
I dream of seeing my children growing up to realise their full potential. I dream of growing old with Pauline, my one true love. I have many other dreams too, far too many to mention. Some relate to family, some to faith, some to work and various other areas of life.
What are your ‘small’ dreams? What are those things that impact your world? Are you just hoping for those dreams to become reality or are you actively working towards seeing them happen?
We all have big dreams. We all have small dreams. Then there are the tiny dreams. What do I mean by tiny dreams? In Harry Nilsson’s Puppy Song he sings, “Dreams are nothing more than wishes and a wish is just a dream you wish to come true.”
Tiny dreams are more like wishes, mostly wishes that only benefit ourselves. I’ve got plenty of them too. They’re not earth shattering dreams but things that would be wonderful if they hapened but it won’t really rock my world if they don’t happen. Some are possible, others are just in the realm of ‘that’d be nice’.
I dream of winning Lotto but seeing as I don’t play Lotto that’s not likely to happen. I dream of seeing the West Coast Eagles win the Grand Final this weekend. (That’s very likely but my world won’t fall apart if it doesn’t happen.) I dream of my income one day exceeding my outgoings. I also have a wild dream about coming home from our upcoming holiday to find that the Backyard Blitz team have been to our home and tamed our wild garden. (I am officially the world’s worst gardener.) My life would be ‘nicer’ with some of these tiny dreams being realised but they’re not really part of the big picture.
So, do you have big dreams, little dreams and tiny dreams? Are you actively working towards seeing some of those dreams burst into life? What will you do today to change tomorrow?
Posted by Rodney Olsen
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My dream (at least for the past few years) was to be employed as an ambulance officer. I’ve been a volunteer ambulance officer for years, but yesterday was told I had been accepted into the Tasmanian service as a paid officer. 🙂
Congratulations Adam. It’s always wonderful to see a dream come true. 🙂
Congrats Adam, a friend of ours from the city recently relocated to the regional area we now live – as the first ambulance officer for our village – you have a vital role to play in the life of the community
we’ve had a dream to create a soulspace for people to retreat and recover, and we’re currently making it happen, one day at a time
Just because I might not be able to answer your questions doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate them. I’ve just never allowed myself to dream very big. Personally, I wish I could get the landscape around my house to be beautiful – or rather, perfectly beautiful, more beautiful than it already is. I dream of my entire top field being a beautiful garden that one would enjoy walking through and spending time in. Included among the gardens would be a water feature, a labyrinth, a rose-covered arbor, maybe a gazebo, a tree fort, a tree swing, some cool statues, bird baths, bird feeders. That would be about it!