Living Your Dreams

Some of us are living our dreams unconsciously

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Stuck at home with more time than food, Pauline sighed and said, as sadness and regret took over her mind, “My life is wasted. If I die today, I die with unfulfilled dreams.”

Angelina, her niece, asked, “What did you want to be as a child, Auntie?”

Pauline faked a smile to mask the sadness in her heart and face. Then she revealed, “I wanted to be a Nurse.”

“ Really, Auntie?” 16-year-old Angelina Parker asked, moving closer to her Aunt/Mother, took her hands, and as their eyes touched, these words of love, healing, and wisdom burst from her lips like water from a leaky garden hose, “You had raised all four of us when mom died ten years ago. You have nurtured and nursed us throughout the tragedy of Mom’s illness and death. You are the one everyone calls when they are sick. You took care of Grandma and Grandpa until they died. You have nursed all the babies and children in this family. You might not have gotten a chance to fulfill your dreams, but you have been living in it all of your life.”

Tears flowed freely from Pauline’s eyes as her nieces’ words extinguished the pain and regret she carried around for years, which sometimes became unbearable.

Pauline caressed her niece’s hands and stared into her eyes as she smiled happily. Then she hugged her tightly and said, as she eased back, “You are right, I have been living in my dream, unaware."

If you wished to become a teacher, but life took you on a different path, but you have managed to teach yourself and others many things that have improved their lives, who said you aren’t a teacher? The same goes for all of us in different areas and fields. Sometimes, we don’t get our wishes or dreams, but we unconsciously are living in our dreams.

Are you consciously or unconsciously living your dreams?

Thank you for reading this piece. I hope you will enjoy it.