September 26, 2025- The dreams we choose

My dreams are all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge; when annoyed – my dearest pleasure when free. 

~Mary Wollstonecraft

Our dreams are born of so many things. They are a product of our lived experiences, but a function of our imagination. We have no accountability for our dreams. We are not required to explain them to anyone. We don’t need others to validate them.

Which dreams are we discussing, here? All of them. There are the dreams we have when we are asleep, perhaps having meaningful interactions with live stuffed animals. There are the dreams we have when we are awake, maybe of a future version of ourselves with some of our goals already met. We have permission to dream all of it, while asleep or awake.

What should we do with these dreams? That is where our true power resides. We can chase them or let them be. We can share them or keep them to ourselves. We can love them or dislike them. We can take refuge in them to take a break from our current time and place.

Many of our dreams can come true, slowly, one choice at a time. Let’s choose the dreams to focus on, and let go of the rest as creative fantasy. Let’s make the dreams we choose come true.