on being a dreamer

dear friend

have you ever
been called
a dreamer

you know

one of those
unrealistic
impractical people

who are never
going to amount
to anything

congratulations

being called
a dreamer
is an honor

those who
look down
on dreamers

have yet
to realize

that most of
the great leaps
of civilization

were initiated
by dreamers

new vision

dreamers offer
all of us

a new vision
of what is possible

they give us
hope

they take risks
and make sacrifices

to show us
the value
of their vision

only then

after the dream
has become visible

do the realists
come on board

lesson

never wait
for the approval
of the realists

you will die
of old age

i never wait

for the approval
of anyone

i have always
been a dreamer

some
have wondered

if my dreams
would ever
amount to anything

all my life
i have been called
unrealistic

you’d think
that would have
discouraged me

it didn’t

i kept
right on dreaming

and thank god
i did

or i never
would have gotten
to live my dreams

never would
have become

a doctor
and a writer

i am living
my dreams
right now

as i write
this letter
to you

and i’m also
happily in the midst
of bringing

several more
of my “unrealistic” dreams
into being

how about you

are you
a dreamer too

do you ever hear
a bully

coming at you
from the world

or
a bully

coming at you
from inside
your own mind

trying
to shame you

by telling you
be realistic

be practical

don’t
be a dreamer

dreamers
never amount
to anything

what a load
of sadistic lies

in the 60’s

those
kennedy dreamers

jfk and rfk

were
our leaders

back then
rfk declared

some men
see things
as they are

and say why

i dream
of things
that never were

and say
why not

maybe you

are saying
to your self

yeah

but how
can I

ever be
like jfk or rfk

you don’t
need to

you just
need

to give your self
permission to dream

we are all dreamers

we created our dreams
for our future
in early childhood

psychoanalysts call it
our ego ideal

our dreams
remain with us
our whole life

they are there
to sustain us

inspire us

revive us

every one of us

contains original
constructive vision

every one of us
is a potential builder
of the new

and all
our dreams
are needed

our dreams are still calling us

it is never
too late

for us
to revive a dream

we’ve had
all our life

or to dream
a new dream

for ourselves
and for the world

we have it in us

our dreams
are who we are

and there is always
more inside us
than we realize

there is always
a surprise
inside us

a little piece
of a dream
we love

just waiting
for an invitation

to come outside
and play

blessings

dr. hall