Reality for a Dreamer

I am usually not a morning or afternoon writer and today I will not attempt to be. Maybe writing is for dreamers. Maybe writing isnt for me. Maybe I need to crawl out of a dream world and enter this thing called reality?

What is real? How do you know it is real? Generally I would say, follow what you feel. Your feelings are never wrong. Your hearts cries are real but today, I dont know if that is even true. Today all I know is that I am a dreamer and even in a dream world pain creeps in. Reality hurts. Dreaming hurts. So what does one dare to do?

Dreaming is nothing more than masking reality with false hope and it appears that it hurts and pierces through the soul just as reality, only dreaming takes longer and wastes time. Why dream? Why hope?

A man once said

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live." ~Mark Twain

I believe in life one should live with passion, putting their heart behind every word and every action. Speaking without fear and worry of judgement. Being comfortable in your skin and in your thoughts and being transparent. Being an open book.

A not so wise (apparently) young woman said

"Having to decode lies is hard but having to decode the people that speak them, is harder." ~Angel Alyson

"So, in my promise to be true to myself, I will remain transparent, no matter how ugly, how truthful, how disapointing life may get. If anything, at the end of the day I will have at least the truth beside me. I cannot say truth eases all pains or puts ones mind at rest but it grows in the soul and truth is contagious. This world will always offer pain but at least something good can pour from it, truth..."

So here I am. I am hoping that my sons smiley face french fries will put a smile on my face as well. He is pretty sure they will make his day all better, I wish I could think like him. He may be labeled as "disabled" but perhaps we are disabled in expecting that in which we cannot obtain. Maybe we need to dream smaller so that we have more of an opportunity to meet them eye to eye, with a smile rather than tears.