dreaming of a dream

"I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
-Henry David Thoreau

something that sweeps me out of consciousness, into a bliss unattainable in this world, a picture of hope. a glimpse so real, I can practically taste the salty sweat coming down m face. ever had those dreams that are so real you awake and are amazed to find yourself in a "normal" place? those seem to be ordinary for me. i actually had one just last night.

but better yet, have you had a dream about a dream? as you drift off, all you can picture is something so brilliant, so desireable, it can only be but a fleeting wish, outside hope, a dream within your dream.

i am currently having a dream of a dream. i had the awesome please of going on my second young life camp as a leader. that place, that 1/52 of my year is my dream. everything seems so beautiful, so peaceful, so set apart, so holy. and yet i still return home to the same stress, same struggles, same mental anguish, that week seems so far away.

it must be a dream. . . . .

so now i sit at home, one early saturday morning dreaming of that place that seems that it can only be a dream. now it is that much more special to me, that much more meaningful, that much more honored. i cherish my dreams, even the ones that come to live. don't forget that dreams are real, can come true and do happen for all of us. but more importantly, don't forget the dreams that come true. don't overlook how amazing and how awesome that dream that came to life felt, smelled, looked. God's sliver of heaven that He allows us to experience is meant to show us the best sides of this gift He's given us called 'life.' let those memories ring violently so that those images, those friends, those experiences never leave. when you remember those, you live in God's promise.