Dreams that came true and then some

This is a photo of my feet coming in for a landing during my Alaskan ZipLine excursion in 2009 (photo by my friend DeLynn). Before this cruise ship and excursion extravaganza I thought of Alaska as just another dream. That I was able to go in a bit of style and comfort with a friend I really love...that was a dream come true. We saw whales and bears and eagles and mountains and so many amazing things.

Today was a blur. I spent all but an hour or so in bed.
The bright spot of that was my phone conversation with my friend about dreaming. I may have been half dead physically but my dreams were still working.
She and I joke that her feet are planted two feet under the ground and mine are two feet off the ground. Somehow together we balance things out. Though my idea of balance is still a little afloat.

A house is in my dreams. This dream is more in the hands of God than me.

I think I am an expansionist at heart. In my head I see a picture of land that I own and property I manage and rent out and use for good. I also have a community center that offers ballet lessons and bird club meetings and ping pong tables and stuff for kids. I also own a donkey and have my organic herb garden in my yard (my dream yard).

I don't care if my dreams are realistic or not. How realistic was it for Wilbur and Orval Wright to create a flying machine? How about that silly idea of a horseless carriage? I am now telling myself: "DREAM BIG and dream often."
One saying the skateboarders at the Olympics say is: "Go big or go home."
That's about how I feel about it too.

Thank God for dreams.
GratefulJoy